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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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Raftsman's Series No. 1406 : Trip Finished. Pulling Out The Lumber

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left is loading lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon, while a man in an apron is holding the horses...
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Andreas Dahl's Wagon

Date: 1871
Description: Andrew Dahl's wagon is on the side of a two-story log house in Blue Mounds. On one side of the wagon cover is "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." On the ba...
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Phoenix Proving Ground Truck Testing Headquarters

Date: 1953
Description: Headquarters building for truck testing at International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by International H...
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Power Shovel or Crane Near Large Trench

Date: 1929
Description: International dump truck and a power shovel or crane next to a large trench or quarry. There is a building in the background. The sign on the shovel reads:...
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Joe Bear Heart near Table of Drying Corn

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Description: Lantern slide of a Ho-Chunk man wearing a hat posing standing behind a table loaded with kernels of corn on a cloth drying by a wooden building. The man is...
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Idaho and Washington Northern Railroad Yard

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the railroad shipping yards of the Idaho and Washington Northern Railway. Included in the image are numerous buildings, workers, trees, an...
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Engineer Sawmill

Date: 08 22 1943
Description: The sawmill for the engineers at the military camp on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The soldiers are just ...
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Robert Doyle and Captain Money

Date: 11 05 1943
Description: Robert Doyle and Australian Captain William (Bill) A. Money, chat on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). In t...
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Blacksmith Shop

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Description: View looking up snow-covered hill towards a man posing standing next to a tree on a snow-covered ground in front of a wooden structure with a sign that rea...
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Sand Hauler Wreckage

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with wreckage, and men working on the right. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1...
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Sand Hauler Wreckage

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with wreckage, and men working on the wreckage. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after th...
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Man on Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View down field towards a man working in a field using a horse-drawn McCormick binder. There are buildings in the background on the right.
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Ice Harvesting Machine

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Description: A man stands near an ice harvesting machine on a lake. A label on the machine reads: "Wisconsin." There is open water behind him, and in the far background...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder on Steep Hillside

Date: 1900
Description: View up hill towards a man using a horse-drawn binder along the side of the steep hill. A large building is at the top of the hill.
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Farmall M and Hay Sweeper

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Description: Man on a Farmall M with hay sweeper mounted on front.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center

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Description: View of a brick and stucco building on the side of a road. It has an overhanging roof line and a cantilevered canopy over the lower entrance.
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Fleet of Delivery Trucks

Date: 04 24 1928
Description: Seven men are sitting in the driver's seats of seven trucks parked in a clearing in a field. Behind them on a hill are buildings among trees. he sign paint...
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Truck for Laying Asphalt

Date: 10 01 1928
Description: A man is standing at the front of a truck parked on a ramp. Further back on the right a group of men are working laying asphalt with large machinery. A gro...
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New Addition to an East Wilson Street Office Building

Date: 06 07 1958
Description: An addition to the General Casualty company building at 117 East Wilson street nearing completion. It will house the offices of the Fire Association Group ...

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