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Baseball Game at Tractor Works

Date: 1924
Description: Baseball game at Tractor Works, an International Harvester factory.
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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, standing in the doorway of a train car and signing autographs.
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Circus Canvasman at Work

Date: 07 14 1897
Description: James Whalen, boss canvasman with the Ringling Brothers circus, at work in a van.
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Camping with an International Travelall

Date: 1971
Description: Color advertising photograph of a family singing by a campfire near a Travelall 1010 truck and a Mallard camper. A man is in the foreground chopping wood f...
Poster

International Harvester's Ideal Work Spirit

Date: 1916
Description: A poster or signboard titled: "The Right Spirit" depicting five examples of International Harvester employees engaging in recreational and voluntary activi...
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Official World's Fair Cleaner

Date: 06 22 1933
Description: A man with garment bags over his shoulder leans against an International truck at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago. The truck was operat...
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Allen De Karske

Date: 06 17 1967
Description: Allen De Karske shows off his full beard and waxed, handlebar moustache. De Karske is also wearing a hat and is smoking a cigarette.
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Portrait of Sid Fishing

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Sid Boyum holding a fishing rod and wearing a coat and hat, with a cigar in his mouth. He is standing on a path above a ri...
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Sid Skiing Christmas Card

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Description: Composite of two images: one a photograph of a rock, the other a cutout photograph of Sid on skis. The image is depicting Sid flying through the air on sno...
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Sid with Clay Model of Sambo

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Description: Sid posing with a clay model of Sambo, one of the Milwaukee County Zoo's gorillas during the 1950s. Sid is wearing a suit and has a cigar in his mouth. Beh...
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Break from the Hunt

Date: 10 1931
Description: John Clarence Cudahy, left, and Walter Vail Johnston are resting against a split rail fence during the Washington County Fox Hunt. Both were members of the...
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Sugar Bush

Date: 1960
Description: Steam and smoke billow as a man is boiling maple syrup on the Harvey Blue farm.
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Old Lead Trail

Date: 1960
Description: A man is running his dog on a trail in an old lead mining area. The trees are bare and fallen leaves are covering the ground.

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