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Reaper, Binder and Mower outside McCormick Works

Date: 1890
Description: Reaper, grain binder and mower in a yard outside the McCormick Reaper Works.
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Barn and Farmer's House

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of barn and farmer's house of John Bass.
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Kilgore Texas Rangerettes at IH Show

Date: 07 1958
Description: Kilgore Texas Rangerettes forming a chorus line under the sign "New World of Profit" at International Harvester's product introduction show.
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Farmall 300 Tractor with Loader and Turkeys

Date: 1958
Description: Farmer Hubert Hill using a Farmall 300 tractor with a front-end loader to control a flock of turkeys. The original caption reads: "Hubert Hill's elevated f...
Manuscript

Back of Black's Fort Map

Date: 07 04 1776
Description: Notes written in red ink on the back of the map of the Battle of Black's Fort.
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Evans & Novak at the White House

Date: 1966
Description: Publicity portrait of journalists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak taken outside the White House. Their long-running newspaper column was entitled Inside ...
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Train No. 5, Engine No. 8

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Description: Several men are posing with train No. 5, engine No. 8.
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Swearing-In 48 Agents

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: Scene in rural schoolyard as Sheriff Sam Giovanoni swore in 48 Beverage Tax Agents as Iron County Deputies on Tuesday night, just before a a sweeping raid ...
Print

Watson Manufacturing Co. Advertisement

Date: 1885
Description: Advertisement for Watson-Deering Twine Binder for 1885. The illustration features a rear view of a man using a team of horses to pull a twine binder throug...
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Signing of the Inheritance Tax Bill

Date: 1975
Description: Signing of the 1975 Inheritance Tax Bill, 1975 Senate Bill 113. Protestors used the occasion to show opposition to the upgrade of Highway 18-151 to an expr...
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Quentin and Winfield Krafka

Date: 07 30 1961
Description: Two man are holding part of the framework for a car chassis, which is set on sawhorses and is being disassembled. Caption reads: "Bare bones are all...
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Wisconsin Education Association Annual Meeting

Date: 11 04 1966
Description: A woman wearing a leopard-print coat and a scarf over her head is looking at a person in the foreground on the left. Caption reads: "Teachers, arms laden w...
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Surprise Birthday Card

Date: 10 04 1981
Description: Overhead view of a man standing on a lawn. He is holding up 5 fingers on one hand and making a zero with the other. On his lawn someone has painted "50 TOM...

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