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Experimental Tractor with Attached Cultivator

Date: 1920
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental, reversible, early Farmall (?) tractor with attached cultivator.
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International Delivery Truck

Date: 05 1921
Description: Two men pose next to the open back of an International delivery truck. A box of pipe and cigarette tobacco sits in the back of the truck. The truck may be...
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Milk Booth at the State Fair

Date: 1950
Description: The Department of Agriculture's "All You Can Drink for Ten Cents" milk booth at the Wisconsin State Fair. On the roof is a cow crafted from a bale of hay. ...
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WPA Work at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 1939
Description: A WPA program on the State Fair Grounds. The workers have dug a long trench, and the project probably concerns improved sanitary facilities for the fair, a...
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Lake Tomahawk

Date: 1955
Description: The shore of Lake Tomahawk.
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S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of the S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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S.C. Johnson & Sons, Inc. Office Building

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view of the S.C. Johnson & Sons, Inc. office building looking toward a parking lot.
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Johnson Wax Administration Building

Date: 1949
Description: Elevated view of the Johnson Wax Administration Building taken at dusk with the circumferential bands of glass tubing lit.
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International Model F Motor Truck

Date: 1918
Description: International Harvester Model F (or 31) motor truck operated by the Wisconsin Milling Company.
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International G-61 Tanker Truck

Date: 05 17 1922
Description: An International Model G-61 tanker truck parked on a city street. The writing on the truck reads: "Texaco Motor Oil, Filtered Gasoline; Texaco Petroleum Pr...
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International Model 63 Meat Truck

Date: 02 09 1924
Description: International Model 63 truck operated by "Frank Woidat U.S.Y." "Wholesale Meat". The truck is in front of a building with a sign reading: "U.S. Veterans' B...
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Lord Baltimore Laundry Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Man at the wheel of an International model D-15-M truck with a 113-inch wheelbase and a Metro body. The truck was one of thirteen Internationals owned by t...
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Construction Work at San Francisco World's Fair

Date: 10 15 1938
Description: Adams Motor Grader #102 owned by Eaton & Smith at the back entrance of the San Francisco World's Fair. The motor grader was powered by an International pow...
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International Truck on a Snowy Street

Date: 10 16 1926
Description: An International truck parked in the middle of a snow-covered street. Residential and commercial buildings are behind the truck.
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Bales of Sisal

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of baled sisal stacked in a field alongside a dirt road. Several structures and a railroad cars are on a hill in the background.
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West Suburban Transpartation Co. IH Bus

Date: 10 19 1922
Description: Right side view of a circa 1922 International Harvester bus. The side of the bus reads: "West Suburban Transportation Co. Cicero, Berwyn, Riverside, Lyons,...
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Apiary of Elias Fox

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Description: Backyard apiary of Elias Fox. Chickens are in the yard among the numbered beehives. Fox and family are posing standing in the background in front of a fenc...
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Turvill Shop

Date: 1898
Description: View up dirt road towards a young man standing near the Turvill shop. The tree-lined road leads up a slope towards another building under trees.
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Charles Pfeifer Float in Spanish American War Parade

Date: 1898
Description: View of a horse-drawn float decorated with banners and flags and rows of pharmaceuticals on shelves. Two costumed children are posing in the back. A large ...
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Remaining Signature of Commerce

Date: 1982
Description: Flat sculpture or sign of a monarch butterfly attached to the side of a brick wall. Leaves are hanging from branches of a tree from the upper right and par...

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