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International Harvester Office Employees

Date: 08 1909
Description: Three office workers at their desks at an International Harvester office in Canada(?). A map of Canada and a portrait of William Deering are hanging on the...
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Philip La Follette addressing National Progressives of America

Date: 04 28 1938
Description: Governor Philip La Follette addressing the newly formed National Progressives of America at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion. La Follette...
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Iowa Corn and Small Grain Exposition Ribbon Winner

Date: 02 10 1912
Description: A bundle of oats on display with a ribbon that reads: "Ninth Annual Iowa Corn and Small Grain Exposition, Newton, Iowa, Jan. 29 - February 10, 1912". Anoth...
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Old Spring Inn

Date: 03 1951
Description: An interior view of the Spring Inn at 3706 Nakoma Road, built in 1854. A chair and a spinning wheel are in the foreground. Interior stairway, one of a seri...
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Pepsi-Cola Bottling Plant

Date: 1938
Description: A McCormick-Deering Cooler installation in a Pepsi-Cola bottling plant. The cooler is mounted on a raised platform.
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Man with McCormick-Deering Milker

Date: 03 13 1939
Description: A man holds hoses attached to a wall-mounted McCormick-Deering milker. The original caption reads: "Milker solution rack scene."
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Butterbeans and Suzy

Date: 1962
Description: Jodie "Butterbeans" Edwards and his wife "Suzy," a vaudeville comedy act. After Suzy died in 1962, Edwards continued to tour until the time of his death in...
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Houdini in Chains in "Terror Island"

Date: 1920
Description: Harry Houdini, world famous escape artist who spent his boyhood in Appleton, Wisconsin, sitting in a chair wrapped in chains in a scene from the silent fil...
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Dorny Dornfeld

Date: 1929
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Werner "Dorny" Dornfeld, a Chicago area magician who was a leader in several national organizations of magicians. The "Be...
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Frederick Layton

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Frederick Layton in middle age.
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Hercules Dousman

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Description: Digital reproduction of a framed oil painting of Hercules Dousman. He is leaning on the back of a chair, holding his gloves, and iis wearing a suit with an...
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Hungarian Bride and Groom

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Description: Full-length portrait of a woman and man standing and posing in traditional wedding costume. Caption reads: "HUNGARY. Mezokovesd (near Budapest), a bride an...
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Theater Guild Committee

Date: 08 09 1956
Description: Four women posing in front of bookshelves, looking at stacks of publications. Caption reads: "The Theater Guild committee met Wednesday at the Unive...

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