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Farmers Refueling International 966 Tractor

Date: 1972
Description: Color advertising photograph showing two men in the field refueling an International 966 Hydro tractor with a 1972 International 1010 pickup. The tractor h...
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Futuristic McCormick Grain Harvester

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Description: Industrial artist's rendering of what a McCormick grain harvester of the future may look like ("future farm machines").
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Turn-of-the-Century Bicyclists

Date: 1900
Description: Sidney Catle, on bike, stands with his sister Sarah to his right, Harvey Richards, and twin sisters.
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Schuetzen Park Pier

Date: 08 1894
Description: View from shoreline of two people standing on Schuetzan Park pier. A sailboat is docked at the end of the pier and there is a steamboat on the water.
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John Steuart Curry

Date: 1938
Description: Candid portrait of John Steuart Curry working in his studio, holding paintbrushes.
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Circus Cook Tent

Date: 1942
Description: Cooks preparing food for fellow workers with Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus.
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Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin

Date: 09 26 1951
Description: Wisconsin State Journal sports columnist, Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin and "character about town" relaxes on a park bench.
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Frank Lloyd Wright on the Building Site

Date: 1936
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright conferring with another man on the site of one of his great designs, the Johnson Wax Building.
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Elephants in Circus Parade

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Description: Several elephants walk up a hill in a circus parade along Main Street. They are followed by a group of horses, while bystanders watch from a platform on t...
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The American Fireman Facing the Enemy

Date: 1858
Description: A fire fighter stands over a fire as he trains his hose on the flames. This depicts the close proximity to the fire fire fighters were required to work be...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Appleton

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view of Appleton.
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Self-Service Supermarket

Date: 1953
Description: A cashier checking out a customer's purchases while another customer is filling her grocery cart with items at the D. Kurman company market.
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Skavlem Family and Frame House

Date: 1875
Description: Family posing outdoors around a table in front of a frame house. There are two men with newspapers, girls with watermelon, and a woman on the porch of the ...
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Lucuis Fairchild Funeral

Date: 05 26 1896
Description: Military honor guard standing outdoors at the funeral of former Governor and Civil War hero Lucius Fairchild, which was held at the Wisconsin State Capitol...
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Don Voegeli

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Description: Don Voegeli seated at an organ.
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Fire Company

Date: 1903
Description: Group portrait of the Madison Fire Department, consisting of 17 individual oval portraits and the station on Webster Street.
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Abraham Lincoln

Date: 08 13 1860
Description: Portrait of Abraham Lincoln before he grew a beard, taken from an ambrotype.
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Bottling Line at Horlick's Malted Milk Corporation

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Description: Caption on rear: "Modern production line methods such as this are praised by packaging experts for their efficiency and cleanliness."
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Grover Cleveland

Date: 1885
Description: Studio portrait of Grover Cleveland around the time he first took office as president of the United States.
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Two-horse act

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Description: Frank B. Miller's two-horse act at a fair.

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