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Fisherman with Equipment and Catch

Date: 1875
Description: Studio portrait of a fisherman with his lure, spear, and catch.
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Gesell Family Burlesque

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Description: The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi...
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Butcher with Tools of His Trade

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a butcher wearing an apron, and holding a cleaver and saw.
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Girl Washing Doll Clothes

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop showing Bertha Gesell washing and hanging doll clothes.
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Zincographic Equipment

Date: 1918
Description: Army engineers at Camp Curtiss, demonstrating zincographic equipment. Zincography was a form of printing for large maps using zinc plates.
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Children Sitting Outdoors

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Description: A group of four young children sitting in a circle on the grass. Several buildings are in the background, and a few bare trees are on the right. The buildi...
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Men and Boys Around Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of men and boys gathered around a hay baler and other machines at work on International Harvester's Hickory Hill farm. The farm was located 7...
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Group Watching Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of a men, women, and children gathered around a hay baler and other machines at work on International Harvester's Hickory Hill farm. The farm...
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Studio at Hickory Hill

Date: 1961
Description: A man stands on a ladder while installing what appears to be a backdrop in the studio on International Harvester's Hickory Hill farm. Several free-standing...
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Man Using Camera at Hickory Hill Farm

Date: 1961
Description: A man uses a cloth to cover his head as he looks through a view camera while photographing in the studio at Hickory Hill. The farm was located 75 miles sou...
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Woman Spooling Film at Hickory Hill

Date: 1961
Description: A woman sits at a table while spooling motion picture film onto a reel at International Harvester's Hickory Hill Farm.
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John Johnston and Curling Team Members

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker, seated second from right, with three other curl...
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Studio at Hickory Hill Farm

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of mechanics working with a farm machinery at International Harvester's Hickory Hill Farm.
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Hickory Hill Farm and Studio

Date: 1961
Description: A man adjusts a camera in the film and photography studio at International Harvester's Hickory Hill Farm.
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Equipment at Hickory Hill Photo Farm

Date: 1961
Description: Mechanics work with farm machinery at International Harvester's Hickory Hill Farm.
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Photographers on Roof of Barn

Date: 09 02 1923
Description: Two men are on top of a barn at an orchard, taking a panoramic photograph of an orchard.
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Logging Camp, Black River Falls, Wisconsin

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Description: Elevated view of men posed standing in a logging camp, displaying six teams of two oxen. One man is posed seated in a buggy pulled by a single horse, and a...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Elevated view of men posed standing in a snow-covered logging camp. One man is holding a cat, and there is a dog standing nearby. The photographers wagon i...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed holding logging tools while sitting and standing in a logging camp. Two men stand displaying two teams of two horses, and one man is dis...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men, women and children standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. Some of the men are posed holding logging tools, and two o...

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