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Drying Sisal Fibre in Yucatan

Date: 1910
Description: Workers drying sisal fibre (fiber) in long rows in Yucatan, Mexico. The fibre was used by International Harvester for binder twine production.
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Paving University Avenue

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: Steam shovel loading a truck as part of road construction in front of Collins Lumber Co., 2308 University Avenue. There is a horse-drawn wagon passing by. ...
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Railroad Crew with Handcar

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Description: Railroad workers posing with a handcar on railroad tracks.
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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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State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 01 13 1898
Description: Elevated view of State Historical Society of Wisconsin, under construction, showing the first floor of building, with Music Hall in the background.
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German Prisoners of War Marching to Trucks

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: A work shift of German prisoners at a prisoner of war camp marching to trucks to be conveyed to work at a local cannery.
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Crew at Power Dam Waiting for Dinner

Date: 05 31 1912
Description: Workmen posing outside the dining hall before dinner.
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Cultivating Tobacco with Super A Tractor

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Description: Three-quarter view towards the front of a Super A Tractor. The man operating the tractor is cultivating tobacco in a field. The heavy-duty front axle is vi...
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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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Men Using McCormick Binders in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three men using McCormick horse-drawn binders in a field. A road leading to a large building with a turret is in the background.
Postcard

Gastrow Carpenter Shop

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Description: Color postcard of the carpenter's shop at Stonefield. Carpenters are operating lathes.
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Johnston Harvester Company Advertising Card

Date: 1876
Description: Advertising card with a color illustration of a man using the Johnston Light Combine in a field with two horses. The back of the card describes the agricul...
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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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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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Texting

Date: 2012
Description: Trixie, a young woman texting while standing on the sidewalk on 7th Street. She is wearing eyeglasses, a houndstooth patterned coat with jeans, and sheepsk...
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Workmen and the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman

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Description: View down street towards men at work on a boarded-up building on a street corner. A city bus enters the street on the left. In the background is the Cathed...
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Ideal Plating & Polishing Co. Truck

Date: 02 21 1928
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a truck. In the background is a building and fence.
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Fleet of IH Trucks, with Harvester Coach and Automobiles

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: View across factory yard towards a fleet of trucks. On the far left is a man sitting in an automobile, and on the far right a man is sitting in the driver'...
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Shore Road Vans

Date: 04 27 1929
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck parked along a curb. The signs painted on the side of the truck read: "Shore Road,...
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I-6 — Material Handling

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man driving a tractor. Subject: "I-6 — Material Handling." Where Taken: "Pacific." Information with photograph rea...

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