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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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Denniston House Hotel

Date: 1945
Description: The hotel has a sign above the porch that reads: "Old Denniston House".
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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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Farm Building and Water Tower

Date: 1915
Description: Small wooden building next to a tall water tower.
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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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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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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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Apartment Buildings with German Flags

Date: 1914
Description: Patriotic Berlin. "Hindenburg's victory, 80,000 Russian prisoners."
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Austrian Steam Roller

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian steam roller intended to be used to even out bad roads in Russian Poland and Galicia.
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German Soldiers in Antwerp

Date: 1914
Description: Our naval infantry departing Antwerp in order to occupy Ostende. German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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German Soldiers and Dutch Officials

Date: 1914
Description: Dutch officials and German soldiers in front of the locomotive pulling the train returning Belgian refugees from Holland.
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Refugee Suffering

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees sitting at the back of a wagon that has become their home.
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Results of Direct Hit from 180mm Shell

Date: 1914
Description: Results of a direct hit from a German 180mm artillery shell in Antwerp.
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Antwerp Train Station

Date: 1914
Description: Sealed off entrance to the main train station in Antwerp.
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House in Antwerp

Date: 1914
Description: During the siege of Antwerp, residents used this ladder to climb onto the roof to scan for German zeppelins. A German airship (zeppelin) dropped bombs on A...

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