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Motorcycle Races

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of crowd and observation tower at motorcycle races at the Dane County Fairgrounds. Men on raised platform are judging the races.
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Horizontal Hole Boring Drill

Date: 1914
Description: A horizontal hole boring drill, presumably at the Pawling & Harnischeger factory, drilling holes into crane parts. There is a man on the lift operating the...
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Gas-Powered Concrete Tamper/Breaker

Date: 1914
Description: Man operating a gas-powered concrete tamper/breaker that is being used to consolidate concrete over ditches after laying water or sewage main pipes. There ...
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Gas-Powered Concrete Breaker

Date: 1914
Description: Man operating a Pawling & Harnischfeger concrete breaker on the street. The machine is stamped "Pawling & Harnischfeger Co. Milwaukee, Wis." Pedestrians ar...
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Picnicking near Lake Superior

Date: 1914
Description: Four individuals, sitting in the shade near a table during a picnic on Madeline Island. Includes Elizabeth Nesbet (Mrs. S.C. Marty, Sr.), Gertrude Capser (...
Postcard

National League "Cubs" Ball Park

Date: 1914
Description: View from the upper right field corner of a baseball game in progress at the National League Ball park in Chicago. The stands are filled with spectators an...
Photograph

Street Cleaner

Date: 1914
Description: Street cleaner cleaning a street. A man and boy stand on the opposite sidewalk watching. Another street cleaner is on the left. Perhaps in Milwaukee.
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Street Cleaning Truck

Date: 1914
Description: Side view of a man driving a street cleaning truck with water reservoir, sprayer, pump and brushes. Tracks are running down the street, perhaps for a cable...
Photograph

Lewis Sherman

Date: 1914
Description: Quarter-length side-profile studio portrait of Lewis Sherman, Milwaukee physician and pharmacist.
Poster

The Red Cross War Fund Poster

Date: 1914
Description: "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl...
Poster

Keep It Coming

Date: 1914
Description: United States Food Administration World War I Poster. "Keep It Coming/ We must not only feed our soldiers at the front but the millions of women and childr...
Poster

On The Job For Victory

Date: 1914
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of the inside of a shipping manufacturer, with men working near a ship in drydock. Text at bottom reads: "On The Job For V...
Photograph

Carnival Banners

Date: 1914
Description: The exterior of carnival banners with people gathered in front of them. Probably depicting "Gay Paree" at the State Fair.
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University Class for Boys

Date: 1914
Description: R.A. Moore speaks about corn to a University of Wisconsin-Madison class of boys.
Photograph

Grant County Contest

Date: 1914
Description: Large group of unidentified children and adults pose outside a large brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Date: 1914
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis wearing a bow tie.
Photograph

Louise Fazenda

Date: 1914
Description: Portrait photograph of Louise Fazenda wearing a large floppy hat when she acted for the Joker Comedy unit at Universal. The handwritten caption at the b...
Photograph

Statue of Nathan Hale

Date: 1914
Description: A bronze statue at Yale College honoring Nathan Hale. The ivy covered brick wall of Connecticut Hall fills the background of the photo.
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Irene Castle, in Watch Your Step

Date: 1914
Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Irene Castle in a tripping pose for Irving Berlin's 1914 Broadway musical Watch Your Step.
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International Model M Truck at E.W. Plaisted Hardware

Date: 1914
Description: Man parked in an International Model M truck outside the storefront of E.W. Plaisted Hardware. Two men are seated just outside the store along with a small...

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