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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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McCormick-Deering 10-20 Industrial Tractor Hauling Burlap

Date: 05 18 1925
Description: A man operating a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor to haul carts loaded with what appear to be bundles of burlap fabric. There is an industrial b...
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Six P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoists

Date: 1912
Description: Six Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoists at a lumber mill (probably Pacific Lumber Co.). There are men on the ground as well as operating the cran...
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Red Mound Street Scene

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Description: View across street of a general store on the right, and another business on the left. Two men and a dog pose in front of the general store. A horse and bug...
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Gathering Crowd

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of crowd of men, women and children, gathered for some unidentified occasion, standing in the street. There is also a group of people gathere...
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Stone Octagon House

Date: 1860
Description: Three adults and two children are standing on the porch of the Baraboo Octagon house. The stone hexagonal building stood on Bench (1st) and Broadway and se...
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Cream City Brewing Company

Date: 1906
Description: A view of the south (W. Wells Street) facade of Cream City Brewing Company's Triangle Bar. The two-story building features decorative brickwork. There is a...
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Market Day on Third Street

Date: 11 04 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Market Day on Third Street. Greetings from Watertown, Wis." Elevated view of a busy street scene on market day, with many pedestrians...

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