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Cyrus Hall McCormick

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Description: Portrait of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercial...
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Osborne Wagon Exhibition

Date: 09 1910
Description: Crowd gathered under a tent to view the new line of Osborne wagons at International Harvester's Osborne Division exhibit at the New York State Fair, Septem...
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Horlick's Malted Milk Depot

Date: 03 30 1933
Description: Horlick's Malted Milk Corporation depot with receiving trucks.
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Executive Mansion

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of the Executive Mansion.
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Throwing the First Ball

Date: 04 11 1961
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson throwing the first ball of the season at County Stadium.
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Greasing Wheel at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: A factory worker applying grease to a wagon wheel at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works.
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Samuel Hightower with Cradle

Date: 08 31 1927
Description: Samuel Hightower(sp?) stands in a grassy yard and holds up a cradle for harvesting grain.
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Binder Twine Display at Muscatine Imp. Co.

Date: 1929
Description: Binder twine display in the showroom of the Muscatine Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The display features balls of twine stacked...
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Men Work with Milk Cans and Cooler

Date: 1937
Description: Two men are working with milk cans and buckets near a McCormick-Deering milk cooler. The original caption reads: "James McFarland," which may refer to the ...
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HUAC Opposition

Date: 01 08 1965
Description: The investigations of the House Un-American Activities Committee did not end in the 1950s. Here are (left to right) Donna Allen of the Women's Strike for P...
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Washing Facility

Date: 1920
Description: View of a sink installed in a corner in a washroom at School #9. A mirror, towel rack, framed picture, and a row of mugs hang from walls surrounding the si...
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Man Using Hay Rake

Date: 07 04 1935
Description: View across field of a man using a team of two horses to pull a hay rake through a field near Hamilton, Ontario. There appears to be a dog running in the f...
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Henry Harris at his Desk

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Description: Henry B. Harris is seated at a desk reading a large book or ledger. He is wearing a suit, and there is a telephone at his elbow.
Book or Pamphlet

Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1918
Description: Back cover of a booklet produced by the Square Turn Tractor Company to advertise the Square Turn farm tractor, featuring a photograph of the company's fact...
Manuscript

Earth Borer

Date: 1828
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing and description of an earth borer for his handwritten manuscript, Notes and Accounts of Canals, Particularly the Ohio Canal Ne...
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Mr. Lambrigger's Chimpanzee

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Description: Chimpanzee dressed in a suit and sitting in a chair outdoors.
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Isaac Singer with George Zieber

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Description: Actors portraying I.M. Singer and his friend George Zieber with the first sewing machine.
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Leo Lania

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Description: Full-length candid portrait of Leo Lania (born Lazar Herrmann) standing with his hands in his pockets and a cigarette in his mouth.
Drawing

John Peter Altgeld

Date: 1893
Description: Engraved lithographic quarter-length portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progres...

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