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Hotdog Cookout

Date: 05 15 1965
Description: Girl Scouts cooking hotdogs over an open fire. The Great Blue Heron council weekend campout was held at Hartland Sportsman's Club grounds.
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Clyde Beatty

Date: 1933
Description: Clyde Beatty, with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, sits on a chair outside a circus tent with two young tigers.
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Fuller and Johnson Co. Booth

Date: 07 07 1934
Description: Inside the Fuller and Johnson Co. tent at the Outdoor Expo, rustic scene featuring 4 Caille outboard motors. "Caille the only outboards with gear shift con...
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Madison Roofing Company Booth

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: A man standing in the Madison Roofing Company booth at the Dane County Fair displaying various samples of roofing materials.
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Strolling Hog

Date: 1947
Description: Boys, in background, watching as a pig, in the foreground, is taking a stroll around the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
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Child with Injured Foot

Date: 08 1957
Description: A young Algerian girl has her foot treated by a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker in a tent. The man is wrapping the girl's foot in bandages. She ...
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Red Cloud Park

Date: 1978
Description: Native Americans keeping the music alive. George Whitewing, a Ho Chunk musician from Wittenberg, Wisconsin, plays his drum while a crowd looks on in Red Cl...
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Twine Clock

Date: 05 1930
Description: Spectators gather around a clock tower constructed of twine at the exhibition of the German Agricultural Society in Cologne, Germany. The exhibition took p...
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Power Units on Display at "100 Years in Chicago" Celebration

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of various power units and tractors on display at Soldier Field for International Harvester "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. Original capt...
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Tent Inspection for Former Harvester Employees

Date: 1942
Description: Major Paul H. Wood, center, inspects cots in a tent while two of the tent occupants, former employees of the International Harvester Company, stand at atte...
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National Defense Photo Montage

Date: 1942
Description: Montage of machines and armaments produced by International Harvester for the war effort. Included are images of jeeps, crawler tractors (TracTracTors), an...
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Wesley W. Jung and Sled

Date: 1968
Description: Wesley W. Jung poses by a sled built by the Jung Carriage Company for J&W Jung & Co. Department Store to make deliveries in Sheboygan during the winter.
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Peeling Carrots

Date: 05 26 1958
Description: A boy in a Boy Scouts uniform for Milwaukee County Council 406 is sitting on a camp stool and peeling carrots. Caption reads: "Peeling carrots was unexciti...
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Fred Derr and Dan Buretta

Date: 09 18 1984
Description: A man is stirring food in a pot, while another man is trying a spoonful of it. A variety of bottles and cans are on the table near the pot. A connected new...
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Klondike Flapjacks

Date: 05 1968
Description: A Boy Scout or Scout Leader, with "Madison Wis 101" on his shoulder patch, making pancakes in a skillet over an open fire. Beside the skillet is a coffee p...

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