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Cutters Protesting a Lockout

Date: 1933
Description: Cutters from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America union picket a Reed Brothers Company lockout.
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Mayor Law and Chic Sale

Date: 07 20 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law presenting the keys of the city to Chic Sale, former Dane County land owner and character impersonator performing at the Orpheum Theater...
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Halle Steensland and Family

Date: 1875
Description: Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children (left to right: Morten, Henry, Edward, Halbert and Helen) in front of their home in Mapl...
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Office

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Description: Exterior view of the offices of the "Wisconsin State Journal" at 117 East Washington Avenue. Posing in front of the building are David Atwood, John Hawks, ...
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Loading Brewery Barrels

Date: 07 18 1934
Description: Men loading barrels from Wagner Brewing Company onto the bed of an International truck. They are standing near a doorway to a brick building with an electr...
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 706-712

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Description: Each little world has its private Atlas
working his ethic in longhand
toward the stage set for the point of No Return
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J.E. Rhodes & Co., Pork and Beef Packers

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Description: View from street of the front of the J.E. Rhodes & Co., Pork and Beef Packers building on Main Street. A group of men, with a cat and a dog, are posing in ...
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Elevated View of Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view looking down at a group of men posing on the sidewalk in front of a dealership. There is a horse-drawn carriage in front. Signs in the window...
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Brandmeyer's Barber Shop

Date: 03 1930
Description: Two barbers standing and posing on the sidewalk in front of the James J. Brandmeyer Barber Shop at 404 W. Lakeside Street. A sign in the window advertises ...
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Brooks McCormick

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Description: Brooks McCormick walking with two men near a building with a sign that reads, in part: "Przemysl Motoryzacyun." The location may be in Poland.
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Reporting the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A young male reporter for WFRV-TV Local 5 is holding a microphone and talking to the camera, which is operated by a camera operator standing in the foregro...
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Orange Crush Delivery Trucks

Date: 02 23 1925
Description: Two men are sitting in the driver's seats of two delivery trucks for Orange Crush. The beds of the trucks are open, and the truck on the right is carrying ...
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Delivery Truck

Date: 09 03 1927
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck. A man is standing at the back of the truck on the right. The sign painte...
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Wright and Vand Der Rohe

Date: 1938
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies Van Der Rohe, and others at the Johnson Wax building construction site.
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Kuslansky Electrical Supply Co. Inc. Truck

Date: 07 16 1928
Description: View towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of an International truck parked along a curb in front of a brick industrial building.
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McCormick-Deering Hoist

Date: 07 19 1928
Description: View across street towards a man using a hoist to mount street lights a near an intersection in a city. Men are standing on the sidewalk watching the insta...
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Floral Delivery Truck

Date: 04 27 1929
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck with a sign that reads: "Parkside Floral Shoppe." There is a brick building in the...
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Portrait of Male Employee Standing Outdoors

Date: 12 26 1922
Description: Full-length portrait of a man wearing a suit standing on a sidewalk alongside a factory wall.
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Portrait of Man Standing Outdoors

Date: 07 01 1930
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors on a lawn near a sidewalk. He is wearing a suit, eyeglasses, and is leaning on a cane he is holding in his ...
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Two Men Sitting in Truck

Date: 10 17 1928
Description: View from front left of two men sitting in the cab of an International truck. Behind the truck is a brick building. A sign on the side of the truck bed rea...

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