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Irish Milk Boy

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Description: A young boy drives a donkey-powered cart with a large milk can as cargo in Fermoy, Ireland.
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Boys at Work on Urban Garden

Date: 04 18 1917
Description: Boys from the Newberry School and Boys' Club No. 2 work on ground loaned by the Board of Education for a city garden.
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Buggy Race with Fred Pabst

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Description: Two men are racing small horse-drawn buggies on a dirt track at an exhibition at the Pabst Farms. The man on the left is identified as Fred Pabst, Milwauke...
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Group of Men with Boat on Land

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Description: A group of men are gathered around a stagecoach which is mounted on a platform in a yard, with buildings in the background. Some men are sitting inside, wh...
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Train and Depot

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Description: View along railroad tracks towards a group of men and boys standing on a platform in front of the Preston Depot while a locomotive arrives. In the backgrou...
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Draft Horse and Buggy

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Description: View from front towards a large work horse pulling a man posing sitting in a buggy. In the background is a two-story wood building with a large, open doorw...
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Dickey Chapelle with Donkey

Date: 1945
Description: Dickey Chapelle wearing a heavy coat and kneeling to feed hay to a donkey next to a cart on a street in a city in Geurande, France. She has a camera around...
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Massacre Victims

Date: 1939
Description: Germans who fell victim to a massacre by Poles in Lemberg, Poland as the Nazis invaded.
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Empress and Princess Eitel Friedrich

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Description: The Empress and Princess Eitel Friedrich riding in a carriage on the way to visit the hospital ship.
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"Put Out Your Flags— Antwerp Is Ours!"

Date: 10 1914
Description: Horse-drawn trams in Berlin, bedecked with German flags, celebrating the capture of the City of Antwerp in October 1914.
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Officer's Carriage

Date: 1914
Description: German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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Requisitioned Wagons and Horses

Date: 1914
Description: Our naval infantry in Antwerp. German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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Aerial Bombardment of Antwerp

Date: 1914
Description: German aerial bombardment of Antwerp through the use of zeppelin airships.
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Djemal Pascha Departing Jerusalem

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Description: Djemal Pascha departing Jerusalem on the way to the front and war.
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Moving Vilas Park Zoo Alligators to Outside Pen

Date: 06 06 1960
Description: Three zoo keepers move a 45-year-old, one-hundred-fifty pound alligator from its winter pen to an outside pen at the Vilas Park Zoo.
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Harness Races

Date: 09 1963
Description: Harness racing at a County Fair. The horses pulling sulkies are making the turn in front of the grandstand. Another building and trees are in the backgroun...
Postcard

Richfield, Wisconsin

Date: 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "Richfield, Wis." View of an unpaved main street in a small town. There are storefronts on both sides, with sidewalks, trees, fences a...
Postcard

Outagamie County Fair

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Seymour Fair 1907." Elevated view of fairgoers at the grounds with horses, buggies and automobiles. An exhibit building is on the lef...
Postcard

Baldwin Street

Date: 08 17 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Baldwin Street, Sharon, Wisc." An unpaved street with railroad tracks crossing in the foreground. A sign near a pavilion on the left ...
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Hotel and Depot

Date: 10 04 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Hotel and Depot, Spooner, Wis." A view of the railroad depot and platform on the left, with the hotel on the right. People are on the...

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