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International Harvester Employee

Date: 04 01 1915
Description: Old man wearing a suit and hat with his back against a brick wall. The man is likely an employee at International Harvester's Osborne Works. One of his leg...
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McCormick Works Employee

Date: 03 31 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors in front of a building. He is wearing eyeglasses, and overalls over a shirt, vest and necktie.
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Lieutenant R. Jens

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant R. Jens of Company C, 310th United States Engineers. He is wearing an officers great coat, leggings, and a fur hat. Behind h...
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Lieutenant H. Pryale

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant H. Pryale of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, C Company, wearing a heavy coat and gloves, as well as a fur hat. ...
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Officers of the 310th U.S. Army Engineer Corps

Date: 1918
Description: Group outdoor portrait of the officers of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, standing left to right: Lieutenant H. Pryale, Company C; Colonel P.S...
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G.W. Estes and Children with Frames and Honeycomb

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Description: G.W. Estes and two young girls, standing in a storeroom. Hive boxes with frames are on the floor. Along the walls are shelves stacked with square boxes of ...
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Visiting a Log Drive

Date: 1912
Description: Businessmen visiting a log drive down the Wisconsin River. One man wearing a vest sits in a boat holding a peavey hook over his shoulder. Other men wearing...
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Ice Cutters

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Description: A large group of ice cutters posing for a portrait. They are holding a variety of implements and are sitting and standing on blocks of ice. Fence and build...
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Portrait of Kent Wood

Date: 1897
Description: Outdoor portrait of Kent Wood sitting on a wooden wheelbarrow against a wall holding a pipe. He has his right arm resting on a wooden box. A dog (at the ed...
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Bicycling Outing

Date: 10 04 1896
Description: View down sidewalk of a group of men and women standing near a large brick building. Bicycles are leaning against the curb and the side of the building. Th...
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Beer Barons

Date: 1885
Description: Six prominent German American brewers pose outdoors, seated around a table, for a portrait labeled "The Poterhouse [sic] Club." Well-dressed in suits and h...
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Governor Nelson Dewey and a Group of Wisconsin Legislators

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Description: Group portrait of men standing under the porch of a brick building. Nelson Dewey is the second man from the right in the front row with a long white beard ...
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Bukowina Peasant

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Description: Native of Bukowina posing for a photogarph on city street.
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Man in front of Lodge at Trout Lake

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Description: A man wearing a coat, necktie and cap is standing at the top of wood and slab stone steps with rustic railing at an entrance to the lodge at Trout Lake. A ...
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Man Sitting on Steps

Date: 07 03 1916
Description: Portrait of a man wearing a suit sitting on the steps of a stoop to a brick building.
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Man Standing Outdoors

Date: 07 31 1917
Description: Full-length portrait of a man wearing work clothes standing on a wooden sidewalk in front of a wood wall, with a brick wall above.
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Man Standing Outdoors

Date: 07 31 1917
Description: Full-length portrait of a man wearing work clothes standing on a wooden sidewalk in front of a wood wall, with a brick wall above.
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Man Standing Outdoors on Steps

Date: 02 14 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of a man wearing a coat over a heavy sweater standing outdoors at the bottom of stairs that lead up to a double door.
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Portrait of Man

Date: 08 13 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors on steps. He is wearing work clothes. Two men are looking out of an open window from the brick building in ...
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Portrait of Man

Date: 08 13 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of a man wearing a hat and a pin striped suit standing on a lawn in factory yard. Behind him are stacks of factory parts, and in the d...

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