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Oscar Mayer Meat Display

Date: 06 02 1931
Description: Display of Oscar Mayer meat products. The meat, along with fern leaves as decoration, is displayed on a large sheet of paper placed on a table against a wa...
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Cock Pit

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Description: View of a thatched roof cock pit located in a fenced-in area and surrounded by trees. Published by Variety Store.
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Cranberry Parade Float

Date: 1950
Description: Parade float sponsored by Eatmor and Ocean Spray Cranberries. A beauty contestant sits with a large cranberry pie on the float which is pulled by a John De...
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Loyd Cheese Factory

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior of the two-story Loyd Cheese Factory. A barn on the left of the factory features an advertisement for Star Tobacco.
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The Pure Milk Company IH Truck

Date: 10 17 1928
Description: Side view of an International milk truck operated by "The Pure Milk Co. Limited." A man is sitting in the driver's seat holding the steering wheel. The bac...
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Egg Day Parade

Date: 10 15 1935
Description: Women ride on a parade float on the bed of an International C-line truck during Egg Day at the Western Washington Fair. Two men are riding inside the cab o...
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Truck Driving Down Texas Highway

Date: 1977
Description: View from side of road of an International Harvester model F-4370 truck traveling down a Texas highway. Behind the truck is an overpass with a sign reading...
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Creamery

Date: 1926
Description: View across yard of the co-operative Creamery Company. There are two large vents on the roof of the building that have weather vanes decorated with cows.
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Sun Bath on Buster Island

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: Two men enjoy a nude sun bath on Buster Island in the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, in the South Pacific. The man on the right, wearing only boots, is...
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Mendota Shoreline with University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse

Date: 1896
Description: View from sloped lawn of the Lake Mendota shoreline, with the Olin boathouse in the foreground, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison boathouse on the ri...
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Dr. Penton's Office, Telephone Company, and Van Schaick Studio

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Description: View from street towards the facades of Dr. Penton's Office, the telephone company and Van Schaick's photography studio. Two men are standing on the sidewa...
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Faulkner's Grave

Date: 02 2014
Description: Gravestone of William Cuthbert Faulkner and his wife, Estelle Faulkner, in St. Peter's Cemetery. The markers and gravestones are weathered and dirty, and t...
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Crossroads Cheese Factory

Date: 1940
Description: Shrubs in full bloom and a vigorous vine growing along the eaves create a picturesque view of a cheese factory. Typically, the long narrow building is buil...
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Prairie Chicken on Nest

Date: 06 23 1930
Description: The written description on the reverse of this photograph reads: "Prairie chicken incubating her eggs in a nest located 5 miles southwest of Plainfield." S...
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Prairie Chicken and Eggs

Date: 06 27 1930
Description: A prairie chicken hen is seen in profile near her nest with its clutch of eggs. On the reverse of the print is written: "The bird has stopped to carefully ...
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Kraft Phenix Plant

Date: 07 1936
Description: Vines are growing on the side of the brick Kraft Phenix cheese factory building at the corner of Ninth Avenue and Edison Street. Raised letters on the frie...
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Mirror Lake

Date: 1950
Description: Mirror Lake, below the dam at Timme Mill. Trees and foliage cover the banks and overhang the water. The one lane high reverse metal truss bridge, commonly ...
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Forgotten Pool

Date: 1956
Description: Pool at an old distillery in Hamilton. On the left are trees and shrubs. On the right is a stone building that is arched over the pool. Above the arch is a...
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Tug of War

Date: 08 28 1904
Description: Maggie von der Sump, center, is holding a ring sausage as two teams of three women each pull on opposite ends of a thin rope. Maggie's sisters Leta, far le...

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