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John Muir

Date: 1875
Description: Head and shoulders oval framed portrait of John Muir (1838-1914).
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First Four-Wheel Drive

Date: 1909
Description: Five men pose with the first successful four-wheel drive vehicle, which was made in Clintonville in 1909. The inventor, Otto Zachow, is the man seated at t...
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Men in Yard Weighing Bales of Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Men in a residential backyard using a hanging scale to weigh bales of cotton loaded on a wagon pulled by a team of work horses.
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Chas. Genge Meat Market

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of the meat market. A man wearing a butcher's jacket stands on the porch alongside a platform scale.
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Medical Students and Cadaver

Date: 1896
Description: Group of medical students (?) and instructor (?) posed around a cadaver. Presented by Dr. John G. Meachem III of Racine, Wis. Probably a dissection class a...
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Forest Products Lab

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of men from the Forest Products Lab posed along with wooden propellers. They are posed on a hill, with trees in the background.
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Taking Oxygen Samples

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is kneeling on the ice and snow at Potter's Lake. He is running a machine that is testing the oxygen levels in the water, while recording the results...

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