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Model Builders' Reunion

Date: 1984
Description: A reunion of former members of Hangar 13, an organization of Beloit boys that built and raced model airplanes during the 1930s.
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Deering Mower

Date: 1893
Description: George Lincoln sitting on a Deering mower. The original caption reads: "George Lincoln on old Deering Mower about 1893."
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Couple Standing on Boardwalk

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Description: Couple standing on boardwalk.
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International Model M Truck on a Rustic Road

Date: 1914
Description: Man driving three women on scenic side road in an International model M truck. A steep hill, which has been cut away for the road, rises above them. The tr...
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Tractor Powered Silo Blower

Date: 1915
Description: Three men operating a silo filler powered by a Titan 12-25(?) tractor. Two of the men stand atop the silo which is near a barn. The third man is on the gro...
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Cope and Clay

Date: 1914
Description: Clay Judson leaning on the shoulder of Dr. Ernest Copeland. They are standing outdoors.
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The Cook and the Campfire

Date: 08 1915
Description: Earl cooking breakfast over the campfire at the camp near the Vermillion River, which is in the background.
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Resting by Rocks

Date: 08 1915
Description: Jack and William Norris resting during a portage. Jack is sitting on a large rock and William is leaning against it.
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Billy Mac

Date: 1909
Description: Billy Mac examining a plant. He is wearing a hat and a kerchief. There is a bridge behind him.
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Cliff and Canoe

Date: 1910
Description: One of The Gang's canoes in the lee of a sheer cliff on Lac La Croix.
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Ruined Church in Sabac, Serbia

Date: 1914
Description: A man is driving a team of two horses pulling a wagon on a street in front of a ruined church. Rubble is piled in front of another building on the right.
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Serbian Draw Well in Valjevo

Date: 1914
Description: A soldier is using a draw well in a yard and is drinking water from the bucket. Another man is standing nearby. It appears to be raining or snowing.
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Essential Work in Enemy Territory

Date: 1915
Description: A soldier is doing repair work on a telephone pole in Serbia during World War I.
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French Colonial Soldier PoW from West Africa

Date: 1914
Description: German propaganda photograph of a French PoW from West Africa taken at a military hospital in Brussels. The original German caption claimed that during his...
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Austrian Soldier at the Stables

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are using a house as a horse stable in Serbia.
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Soldiers Using House as a Stable

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Description: Austrian soldiers are using a house as a horse stable in Serbia.
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Repairing Telephone Wires

Date: 1915
Description: Repairing telephone wires in the Uzsok Pass, Galicia, which had been destroyed by the Russians.
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Artillery Forward Observers

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian forward observers in Galicia for a 305mm mortar battery using a field telescope to confirm the firing coordinates.
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Leon Bourgeois

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of French statesman Leon Bourgeois.
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Metal Scrap Drives

Date: 1914
Description: Metal collecting site located in Friedenau (Berlin). Separating pieces of iron.

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