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Mrs. Mary Kundrat, Czechoslovakian Immigrant

Date: 11 06 1965
Description: Mrs. Mary Kundrat, age 85, moved to the United States from Czechoslovakia in 1907. She describes her life in places she has lived and the work she has done...
Photograph

Interstate Median

Date: 1965
Description: At many places in Wisconsin, the Interstate Highway is divided by a wide median strip that provides a scenic view for the motorist. This photograph shows ...
Postcard

Soldier's Monument

Date: 1900
Description: Soldier's Monument on Grand Avenue, with a wreath places at the base. Steeples of a church are in the background. Scroll work has been added to the upper a...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler

Date: 09 09 1936
Description: A woman wearing a dress places bottles into a "McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler "for cooling beer". The photograph was taken at Royce Cafe in Edmond, Oklahoma...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler

Date: 11 02 1934
Description: John R. Hauen? (Haven?) places a milk canister into a McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler set into the ground.
Photograph

International C-30

Date: 06 22 1936
Description: A man stands beside an International C-30 truck owned by the Southern Canada Power Company and places an object into a side compartment. There is a "Danger...
Photograph

Man Feeding Cows

Date: 1947
Description: A man takes bales of hay from a wheeled cart and places them in a wooden livestock feeder. Farm buildings and a herd of cows are behind the man.
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee Landmarks

Date: 1974
Description: This map of Milwaukee shows forty landmark buildings located and identified, including those on the National Register of Historic Places and the Historic A...
Poster

Build a Stronger Labor Movement Through Rank and File Action

Date: 
Description: Poster with screen printed images of people, places and things. Text at top reads: "Build a Stronger Labor Movement Through Rank and File Action." Text at ...
Photograph

Draw Furnace at Canton Works

Date: 11 03 1941
Description: A factory worker places charges into an electrically controlled draw furnace at International Harvester's Canton Works. Original caption reads: "Shell Pack...
Photograph

Decorating First Apartment

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: Newlyweds George and Lorna Homes decorate their first apartment at 1028 Erin Street. George places his oil painting "Russian Spring" on the wall as Lorna i...
Photograph

Central High Homecoming King and Queen

Date: 09 26 1951
Description: Central High School homecoming king Gilbert Pond places a crown on the homecoming queen, Marilyn Krask. In the background are two members of the queen's co...
Map or Atlas

Washington Island

Date: 1941
Description: This 1941 tourist map of Washington Island, Wisconsin, shows points of interest and places of business. Some information is shown pictorially. Rock, Hog, D...
Map or Atlas

Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1989
Description: This pictorial map shows the Sheboygan river, businesses with phone numbers, historical buildings, other places of interest, and includes a brief history o...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering 6-Can Milk Cooler

Date: 09 23 1936
Description: Tony Gildig takes milk bottles from a crate and places them into a McCormick-Deering 6-can milk cooler. Some of the writing on the cooler is readable but ...
Photograph

Madison Mothers March on Polio

Date: 01 23 1952
Description: Mrs. Robert Fletcher, 3304 Wallace Avenue, holds one of the large March of Dimes containers seen in Madison business places this month. Mrs. Fletcher is on...
Map or Atlas

Official Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1923
Description: This map shows counties, roads, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and portions of surrounding states. Included is an index to cities, villages and other places...
Map or Atlas

Road from Green Bay, by Milwaukee and Racine, to the Northern Boundary Line of the State of Illinois

Date: 1900
Description: This map shows the distances and land use and type along the road from Green Bay to Racine. A few places are labeled, including Devil River, Sheboygan Rive...
Photograph

Annabel Nelson with Rubber Toys

Date: 1942
Description: Annabel Nelson places three rubber toys on a scale, presumably to donate them to the war effort, while F.E. Williams looks on. The two crouch on the groun...
Photograph

Rock Island Lines Railroad Truck

Date: 12 16 1936
Description: A man places a bag onto the bed of an International C-1 truck owned by the Chicago Rock Island Railroad. The truck is marked with the text "No.9" and "Wate...

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