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International Auto Wagon on Snowy Street

Date: 1910
Description: Two young men are driving an International Auto Wagon through a snow-bound residential street. The truck was owned by C.H. Morgan & Co.
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Flying School

Date: 05 1917
Description: A ground school conducted by Princeton University for students who wished to enlist in the Army Air Service. During World War I most American aviators were...
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"Test Pilot"

Date: 1938
Description: A publicity still featuring the lead actors in "Test Pilot," an MGM 1938 motion picture release. "Test Pilot" was the story of a reckless commercial test p...
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Governor at Baseball Game

Date: 09 15 1930
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., (with flower in his lapel), who was campaigning for re-election, took time out for a baseball game at Horlick Athletic Fiel...
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Rockdale Mill

Date: 1885
Description: View of the Rockdale mill, a grist and sawmill built in 1847 by Thomas and Nathan Van Horn. A group of people are standing on a sidewalk or loading dock on...
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O.S. Head House

Date: 1896
Description: The residence of O.S. Head. A man is sitting in the foreground on a wrap-around bench around a tree.
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Combination Cultivator

Date: 1910
Description: Farmer using a walking combination cultivator in a field.
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International Model F Moving Truck

Date: 1918
Description: Two men with an International Harvester Model F (or 31) truck piled high with household items. The truck was operated by Clark's Dray-Storage and Long Dist...
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No. 11 Corn Planter and Cultivator

Date: 1916
Description: A man operates a No. 11 3-row corn planter and cultivator for Angel Vivanco & Cia., in Ibarra, South America.
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Engineering Building

Date: 1930
Description: Mechanical Engineering Building under construction. A group of construction workers are on the foundation are working near a tower. There is a church steep...
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New Osborne Binder

Date: 07 16 1914
Description: A man operates a horse-drawn Osborne grain binder in a field. A note with the photograph reads: "Emerson Brantingham."
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Farmer Using Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Farmer in field using a manure spreader drawn by a team of horses. A cow is standing nearby.
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Planting Potatoes

Date: 1919
Description: A man wearing a wide-brimmed hat and overalls is sitting behind a team of two horses while planting potatoes at the International Harvester Company experim...
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Engine No. 812

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 812, class G5, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in December of 1890. There is a device on the right ...
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Shaplen Arrives

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Description: Robert Shaplen, the tall man with the briefcase, being greeted at an airport in Southeast Asia. Shaplen, who was regarded as the dean of the American journ...
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Man Operating Hay Rake in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Man operating a horse-drawn hay rake in a field. The horses are wearing fly-nets. There are bales of hay on a hill in the background.
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Railroad Employees Posed on Donkeys

Date: 1906
Description: Employees of the Milwaukee Road at Happy Hollow. Left to right: engineers Fred Brown, John J. Rigney, William Wall, William H. Fetherston, and conductors J...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

President John F. Kennedy

Date: 11 22 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Dallas: President John F. Kennedy is shown in motorcade as it moved toward the downtown area. In cente...
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McCormick No. 4 Harvester Thresher used in Argentina

Date: 11 1926
Description: Original caption reads: "Argentine wheat harvesting scene showing the McCormick No. 4 harvester-thresher during the season of 1925-1926"

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