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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | "Knotter men" work at tables in the McCormick Twine Mill. Windows line one wall of the brick room, and a system of belt-driven machinery is arranged along ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a catalog for Emerson Farm Implements. Features an illustration on the front in red, black and orange, of an older man reading an Emerson ca... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Two men standing at a bar with a bartender. The back of the bar is mirrored and reflects some of the room, with a wood stove seen in the reflection. A cash... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a man wearing a straw hat and eyeglasses, holding a miniature agricultural implement in his hand. Text reads: "T... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for D.M. Osborne & Co. harvesting machines showing three old men. Two of the men appear to be listening to the third man. I... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Back cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Osborne line of harvesting machinery. The illustration shows a man with spectacles and g... |
| Date: | 04 03 1903 |
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| Description: | Front cover, first page, and menu listing for a banquet given in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt by the Merchants and Manufacturers Association at Pl... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | William Elwell Middleton stands beside the giant candy cane which he won on Christmas Day, 1909. There is a bookcase in the background. |
| Date: | 02 22 1902 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu page of the annual banquet of the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County. On the cover is an oval tipped-in portrait of club president... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length studio portrait of Catherine Orb Seipp (1846-1920), widow of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp and owner of Black Point Estate. She is stand... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of four women, seated in front of three men, all unidentified. The women wear high-collared white blouses and long dark skirts. The men wear... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of nine men and two women seated on a porch. A few of the men are holding cigars, and both of the women are holding umbrellas. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Informal studio portrait of Ada James holding a gun, and her father, David G. James in a hat, with four other people dressed in pioneer-type costumes. A wo... |
| Date: | 08 1905 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of children carrying newly split wood in their arms. Alfred Holt, wearing glasses, is sitting on a pile of wood in a small wagon. Donald H... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A copy of a seated, three-quarter length studio portrait of Henriette Brandhorst Brumder (1841-1924). She is wearing a dark dress with embroidered trim, a ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | This family decided to make a family portrait with a number of the members doing an activity. On the right a man is wielding an ax, while in front of him a... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Edward Petersen, left rear, and his son William F. Petersen, right rear, pose behind three unidentified people sitting on a rustic bench in a yard. Edward ... |
| Date: | 08 28 1904 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A crowd of men, women and children are posing on the beams and floor of a new barn on the Frank von der Sump farm. The barn has a stone foundation. A porti... |
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