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| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two men harvesting hemp using a McCormick Farmall H tractor and hemp binder No.2. In the background are houses among trees. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The farmer and his wife are making soap outdoors. Lye is made by letting rain water seep through wood ashes for several months. Lye and fat produce soap. T... |
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| Description: | Train pulling a long load of logs through the woods. Horses replaced oxen teams and are used along with wood burning trains to haul logs. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja... |
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| Description: | Barn raising. The foundation is constructed from local fieldstone or "pudding stone," found in the nearby fields. A large group of men are is posing holdin... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Halvor Nerison Hauge (1830-1906) had much to be proud of in 1874: an imposing brick house, modern harvesting equipment and a growing family. When Dahl publ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Central Railroad train on White River Bridge, with crew posing on top of cars. The bridge was 1600 feet long and 110 feet above the water. In 187... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph. This view from East Washington Avenue shows photographer Andrew Dahl on his horse "Curnel" in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Dahl had j... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster showing a Milwaukee brand mower, grain binder, hay rake and reaper manufactured by International Harvester Company. Features a color ill... |
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| Description: | Bathing suit model posing standing in a rowboat, landing an eight-foot plastic Musky (Muskellunge). |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man demonstrates his unsuccessful bird wing-like mechanism, which was part of an experiment in aviation. |
| Date: | 08 24 1929 |
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| Description: | A farmer is standing in a tobacco field, with crop ready to harvest. Farm buildings are in the background. |
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| Description: | The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom... |
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| Description: | Winter view of exterior of Lappley Bros. Lumberyard and Feed Mill. |
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| Description: | Aldo Leopold, UW Professor of Wildlife Management, posing with binoculars around his neck. He is about to embark on an inspection and bird-watching tour of... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | A fleet of rafts on the Wisconsin River below the Kilbourn dam. |
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| Description: | Two lumberjacks pose at the base of a tree with a double-handled saw poised to cut. |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of a farmer baling hay with a Farmall C tractor and baler. |
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