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Blacksmith Shoeing a Horse

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Description: A blacksmith in a working apron prepares a horse for shoeing. The bridled and saddled horse stands quietly next to another horse in the blacksmith's shop, ...
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Machine Shop Worker

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Description: A man wearing safety goggles and an apron while working in a machine shop. He may be part of a safety program.
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Street Scene

Date: 1916
Description: View down driveway of two men and a woman stand on the open porch or loading dock of a building. A car is parked next to the group. There are other buildin...
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Group of People with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1895
Description: A man with his back turned is posing on a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. On his left are four females, including a woman, one younger woman...
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Willms Home with Cigar Workers

Date: 1890
Description: Cigar workers on the sidewalk in front of the Willms home, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are young men and older boys, some in aprons. Anna Willms (b. 1881) a...
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Group in front of Log Cabin

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Description: A woman (seated) and four men pose in front of a log building with a tree stump in the foreground. One man is holding a rifle, and is also holding a dog on...
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Logging Camp

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Description: A group of people, presumably loggers and camp employees, pose with horses at a logging camp. A muddy puddle is in the foreground, and behind the group are...
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Group in front of Boarding House

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Description: A group of people pose in front of a boarding house. One man on the right is holding up a small child. There is a large pile of lumber or fuelwood next to ...
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Three Men in a Shoeshine Shop

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Description: Two African American men working in a shoeshine shop. The younger man is shining the shoes of a white customer who is sitting in one of the chairs on the e...
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 11 1948
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color illustrations of a truck carrying coal, a baby, a hospital scene, and a refrigerator. Includes ...
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars

Date: 02 10 1978
Description: "Widmer's Cheese Cellars. (l-r) Harvey Kamrath, Ralph, Joe, and John Widmer scoop brick cheese curds out of the vat. Widmers are now in their 56th year of ...
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Outdoor Cooking

Date: 06 09 1954
Description: Doctor Lawrence V. Littig cooking a steak on a grill while his wife Sally and seven-year-old son Norman look on.
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World War I Ambulance Company

Date: 1917
Description: Panoramic group portrait of the Wisconsin National Guard Ambulance Company No. 1 at Camp Douglas, together with its ambulances and motorcycles with sidecar...
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Woman with Spinning Wheel

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Description: View of a woman standing near a tree in the yard with a large spinning wheel.
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 1972
Description: "Harvey Kamrath washes Brick Cheese at Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Snow Blower

Date: 1963
Description: Winter scene of Ralph Widmer, the photographer's brother, using a snow blower to clear a walkway on Wisconsin Street, Theresa, Wisconsin. Written on back,...
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Loading Lumber onto D-35 Truck

Date: 07 23 1937
Description: Two men from the Alliance Lumber Company Limited load lumber onto the bed of an International D-35 truck. The truck features a 179-inch wheelbase.
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Men Loading Kawartha Lumber Company Truck

Date: 1938
Description: A group of men load bundles of lumber onto the bed of an International D-30 truck owned by the Kawartha Lumber Company. The truck is parked in front of a b...
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Globe Plaster Company Truck

Date: 09 14 1937
Description: Men load bags of plaster from a loading dock onto the back of an International D-30 truck owned by the Globe Plaster Company.
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McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers stand at tables while working to assemble farm equipment at the McCormick Reaper Works factory.

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