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Engine Assembly at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1908
Description: Men working on stationary engines at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Some of the engines are marked with the letters "FAM" which may refer to th...
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Union Depot

Date: 1908
Description: Union Depot with clock tower. The railroad station with clock tower is behind a park. Horse-drawn vehicles are near the entrance. Caption reads: "Union Dep...
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Elevated View of City

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view, showing City Hall, and Hansen's and Zimmerman's Clothing Co., among other buildings. Caption reads: "Birdseye view of Milwaukee, Wis."
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Copy Photograph of Jim Swallow and William Massey

Date: 1908
Description: Copy photograph of a Ho-Chunk man, Jim Swallow, in regalia posing standing and holding a bow in front of cloth barriers or tents. From a powwow group from ...
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Crowd in Street of Black River Falls

Date: 1908
Description: Tourists look on as a group of Ho-Chunk dressed in traditional regalia are walking down the street during the Homecoming Celebration.
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Powwow Group from 1908 Homecoming with Dream Drum

Date: 1908
Description: Copy photograph of five Ho-Chunk men posed standing behind a Dream Drum in front of cloth barriers or tents. A powwow group from the 1908 Homecoming, ident...
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Kalem Studio in Florida

Date: 1908
Description: Photograph of the winter studios of the Kalem Company showing outbuildings on the grounds of the Roseland Hotel on the St. Johns River near Jacksonville, F...
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Mrs. Joseph Smith

Date: 1908
Description: Mary E. Smith seated in a bedroom in the Belvedere Hotel (?), probably in Washington, D.C. or vicinity. Her reflection is in the mirrored door behind her. ...
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Jennie Krueger Holding a Camera

Date: 1908
Description: Jennie Krueger standing at the base of a tree, wearing an elaborate hat and holding her fathers' camera.
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Flora Fels Weege on Horseback

Date: 1908
Description: Flora Fels Weege sitting on top of a horse holding a rifle. She is wearing a men's suit, a hat, and a belt holding ammunition.
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Flora Fels Weege Riding a Horse

Date: 1908
Description: Flora Fels Weege sitting on a white horse while wearing a man's suit, hat, and a belt containing ammunition. She has a rifle propped in her right arm.
Postcard

James St., Looking West

Date: 1908
Description: Hand-colored photograph of James Street looking west. Caption reads: "Columbus, Wis., James St., Looking West."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: View down Main Street, which is lined with businesses. City Hall is on the right, and a dentist's office is across the street on the left. Caption reads: "...
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South Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized postcard street view of a central business district in a small town. The post office is on the corner on the left. Caption reads: "South Main St....
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Interior of Public Library

Date: 1908
Description: View of the reading room at the Public Library. Bookshelves are along the walls. Caption reads: "Interior of Public Library, Janesville, Wis."
Postcard

Water Tower

Date: 1908
Description: Hand-colored postcard of the water tower near the corner of Pinckney Street and East Washington Avenue. Horse-drawn vehicles are in the street, and pedestr...

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