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McCormick Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1949
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a Farmall H tractor near International Harvester's experimental farm.
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Barnum Depot

Date: 1912
Description: View down railroad tracks of a locomotive arriving at the Barnum Depot.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior shot of the Blue River depot. Five men are standing outside the building. There is a Wells Fargo cart on the platform.
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The "Spirit of St. Louis"

Date: 1928
Description: Charles Lindbergh's airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," while visiting Madison.
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Krueger Family in Field

Date: 08 24 1907
Description: August, Tina, Sarah, Jennie, Edgar and Alex Krueger posing outdoors in a field. Alex took this photograph remotely with a string tied to the shutter of the...
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Homecoming Powwow

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk men and women sitting and standing around a large medicine drum in an area portioned off by canvas barriers in front of a lodge. Identified as the...
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Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: View down main street with storefronts on both sides, with large power lines along the sidewalks stretching into the distance, and a hill in the background...
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Photographer J. Robert Tayor

Date: 1928
Description: Standing atop a special vehicle fitted with a body built to resemble a camera, Taylor found the ideal vantage point from which to cover a news event. The c...
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Train and Automobile at Intersection

Date: 1939
Description: A train is shown at the intersection of Williamson, S. Blair, and E. Wilson Streets in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot.
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Riverbank Card Game

Date: 1910
Description: Two men smoking pipes and playing cards in the grass along a riverbank.
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Farmer Filling Manure Spreader

Date: 02 09 1911
Description: Farmer shoveling manure into the box of a horse-drawn International New Low manure spreader in a farm yard.
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Loading Logs from Skids

Date: 02 1914
Description: Loggers moving logs onto a horse-drawn wagon in the snow.
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Airplane Mechanic Works from International Truck

Date: 1972
Description: Color photograph of a mechanic working on the engine of a DC-3 airplane from the back of an International 1010 Custom pickup.
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Rock of Gibraltar in the Richmond Memorial Park

Date: 1902
Description: Two women and a man pose atop Gibraltar Rock in Richmond Memorial Park, which was dedicated by Jens Jensen and the Wisconsin Friends in 1927 in order to co...
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Farmall M Tractor Pulling a 122 Combine

Date: 1948
Description: View across field of a man harvesting wheat with a Farmall M tractor and No. 122 combine (harvester-thresher).
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Stock Day at Blue River

Date: 12 06 1910
Description: Elevated view of stock day at the railroad yards, showing pens of sheep and other livestock ready for loading into railroad cars. All of the cars are deco...
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Farmall Super A Tractor with Cultivator

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of a man cultivating a field with a Farmall Super A tractor and attached cultivator.
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Farmall Super A Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man operating a Farmall Super A in a field.
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Ginseng Beds

Date: 1938
Description: Workers preparing ginseng beds in northern Wisconsin.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Votes

Date: 1924
Description: View of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at the voting booth in Maple Bluff, Wisconsin at the conclusion of his independent, third-party Presidential campaign.

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