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| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the brewery with the Mississippi River in the background. Caption reads: "G. Heileman Brewing Co., La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory. A driveway on the right leads up a small hill to the right side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van Camp Conde... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Three smiling children wearing white clothing are sitting atop a gigantic, dark squash. Text in top left corner reads: "Beaver Dam, Wis." Fence lines back ... |
| Date: | 10 30 1909 |
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| Description: | An elderly, bearded man hauls a giant onion using a dolly. The man is wearing a black hat and white work gloves. The background shows the side of a barn.... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Two men are pulling a giant fish over a wooden fence. They are on the shore of a lake. On the ground beside the men rests a pile of several other giant fis... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A giant, oddly-shaped potato rests on a flatbed railroad car. A horse-drawn carriage with a driver is visible behind the train. White bags filled with pota... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a farm scene with giant produce. A man and a woman stand on top of a giant ear of corn, resting on a horse-drawn cart. Around them are mor... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of several farmers working to lift a giant onion onto the flatbed horse-drawn cart. Beside them is a giant mound of onions with a ladder leani... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the building, with main arched entrance on the left. There is a bridge on the left over the river. Caption reads: "Pabst Building, Milwau... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Two boys haul four giant plums using a small wagon pulled by two white goats. One boy is holding the reins. The boys are wearing jackets and caps. The back... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Postcard of the Milwaukee lakefront. In the foreground is an image of Neptune standing in Lake Michigan holding a trident in one hand and a beer stein in t... |
| Date: | 10 18 1939 |
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| Description: | Postcard submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. On the front of the postcard is the slogan: You can 'whip' our cream but you can't... |
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| Description: | Robert Carl Hering and his son Alexander Hering are standing next to a horse-drawn wagon filled with milk containers. Farm buildings are in the background.... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the Farmers' Store at Stonefield. Sales clerks, customers and merchandise set the scene. |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the interior of the candy store at Stonefield. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Traffic to the J. Ohlenforst Bakery at 529 S. Sixth Street, in the Walker's Point neighborhood, is impeded by street construction. There are piles of grave... |
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| Description: | Behind a barbed wire fence a man is splitting log rounds into barrel staves. The staves are stacked neatly to dry. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard. Three-quarter view of a beet sugar factory, with five sections of the building at different heights, including one that is five-stories... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view down curving road and fields toward the works. Caption reads: "Milwaukee Vinegar Works And Red Star Yeast Company, Cudahy, Wis." |
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