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Lawson M.T.2 — Pilot Seat. Air Pump and "Pyrene" Mounting

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard showing details of the pilot's seat for a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2), including the Pyrene mounting.
Photograph

Ford in the Weeds

Date: 1962
Description: Old Ford coupe in a farm setting.
Photograph

Middleton High School

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the Middleton High School.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View down unpaved road of a filling station. Along the side of the station on the left is a hand-pump, and a large tank lying on its side. Three buildings ...
Photograph

School at Germantown

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior of a schoolhouse with a hand-pump water well and flagpole in front.
Print

Dear Valentine

Date: 1925
Description: Valentine's Day card with a boy pumping water while a girl is scrubbing a heart in a tub. He is wearing a blue outfit and she is wearing a lacy blouse. A s...
Photograph

Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view from railroad tracks of the Depot. Four men are standing alongside the depot building near a wheeled cart. The building features two signs, o...
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Hotel and Bowling Alley

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior view from across street of C.J. Hensel hotel and bowling ally. An automobile is parked near the raised platform in front of a storefront with larg...
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Charles Brown at Pump

Date: 1925
Description: Charles E. Brown stands beside a chain and crank operated water pump. Brown was the curator of the museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and ...
Photograph

High School

Date: 1925
Description: View of the front of the high school. The grounds feature a hand-pump water well and a flag post.
Photograph

H.B. Tanner and Ross Moorhead

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Description: Dr. Herbert Tanner and Ross Moorhead standing in front of an an Okeh Ranger Oil Co. car. There is a large wooden spool in the foreground stamped Roebling's...
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Looking East from Post Office

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior of the post office. On the sidewalk, a man and woman stand and three men sit on the steps. A black car is parked at the curb. A hand-powered pump ...
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Public School

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior of the public school in Eastman. On the left is a large stack of logs, and near the entrance to the school is a hand-pump.
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Public School

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of the first district public school, erected in 1916. There is a hand-pump for water in the yard in front of the building.
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High School

Date: 1913
Description: The exterior of the high school. The building features a bell tower, tall chimney, arched doorway and Dutch/Flemish gable. There is a hand-powered pump and...
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Farmyard Water Pump

Date: 1913
Description: A man pumping a water pump that drains into a water bucket behind a fence. Cows behind the fence are drinking from the bucket. Next to the man is a young ...
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Meadow Brook Resort on Highway 13

Date: 1925
Description: View across lawn of the main building of Meadow Brook Resort. An automobile is parked in the drive and a group of young women are posed sitting in front of...
Photograph

New High School

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Description: The exterior of the high school. The building features a bell tower, tall chimney, arched doorway and Dutch/Flemish gable. There is a hand-powered well nea...
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Man at Water Pump

Date: 1965
Description: A man hand pumps water in the yard outside of White Station Freedom House. "In all the rural Freedom Houses (and all rural houses) wells and outhous...
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Fishing

Date: 1920
Description: Three men and a woman pose with a pole of a stringer of fish. One of the men holds his pet dog. Behind them on the left is a bathtub, hand-pump for water, ...

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