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Howard Russell and Dog Team

Date: 1920
Description: Howard Russell with dog team bringing the mail to La Pointe.
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Brookins and Wright Airplane

Date: 07 1910
Description: Walter Brookins, a boyhood friend of the Wright Brothers, flying a Wright airplane over the ocean at Atlantic City. Brookins set numerous records for altit...
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Ringling Circus Wagon and Clowns

Date: 1910
Description: A Ringling Circus wagon, pulled by a horse, with clowns riding on top, is part of a parade along a city street.
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Milwaukee Trolley

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Description: Streetcar #254 of the Milwaukee Street Railway Company on the North Avenue line, together with three company employees. Two men sit on the front steps of a...
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Haymarket Square Riot Infirmary

Date: 05 04 1886
Description: A photograph of a painting depicting the wounded being treated at Desplaines Street police station after the Haymarket Square riot. The riot started as a r...
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Surrender of Albert Parsons

Date: 06 21 1886
Description: A photograph of a painting depicting the surrender of Albert Parsons to Cook County Illinois authories. Parsons had been arrested in connection with a conf...
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Imperial Hotel Brochure

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Description: Cover of an English-language tourist brochure entitled "Imperial Hotel Tokio." The brief text does not mention the hotel's famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wr...
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WPA Work at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 1939
Description: A WPA program on the State Fair Grounds. The workers have dug a long trench, and the project probably concerns improved sanitary facilities for the fair, a...
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Coal Miners

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Description: A group of coal miners.
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Dr. Thompson's Office

Date: 1900
Description: View from street towards Dr. Thompson's office, a small building with a front porch framed by two columns, and located between two larger buildings.
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S.C. Johnson and Son Wax Co. Building

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of the S.C. Johnson and Son Wax Co. building.
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S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Building Interior

Date: 1940
Description: Interior view of a hallway in the S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. building.
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S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of the S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Johnson Wax Research Tower

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of the Johnson Wax research tower.
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Johnson Wax Administration and Research Center

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of the Johnson Wax Administration and Research Center.
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S.C. Johnson & Sons, Inc. Office Building

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view of the S.C. Johnson & Sons, Inc. office building looking toward a parking lot.
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Johnson Wax Administration Building

Date: 1949
Description: Elevated view of the Johnson Wax Administration Building taken at dusk with the circumferential bands of glass tubing lit.
Postcard

S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc. Office Building

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior elevated view of the S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc. office building. Caption reads: "An authentic original in the world's modern architecture. The new...
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S.C. Johnson Building

Date: 1936
Description: The S.C. Johnson and Son Wax Company building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1936.
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Farm Women Class

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Description: Summer camp for Wisconsin farm women on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, with Wisconsin home economics leader Nellie Kedzie Jones. Mrs. Jones is pr...

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