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Streetcar Track Construction on Capitol Square

Date: 1905
Description: Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot...
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Wagon Exhibit Area

Date: 1909
Description: Farm wagon display area at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Rablin House

Date: 1875
Description: The Rablin House built by John Rablin.
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Olin Residence

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Description: Exterior view of the residence of D.A. Olin, with a horse-drawn vehicle and pedestrians in the foreground. Caption reads: "Res. of D. A. Olin, 1144 Main St...
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Horse-Drawn Road Grader

Date: 1920
Description: Advanced, horse-drawn road grader in action. Here, excess dirt moves up a conveyor belt and is dumped in a wagon next to the grader.
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Early Titan Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Horses pulling a very early water-cooled Titan engine, one of the first models manufactured by International Harvester.
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New Osborne Grain Binder

Date: 07 31 1912
Description: A farmer operates a horse-drawn Osborne grain binder through a field. The original caption reads: "Emerson-Brantingham."
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Husker-Shredder Powered by Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Farmers using a husker-shredder(?) powered by an engine. A man and two children look on from the doorway of a barn. Another man is standing on a horse-draw...
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Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1905
Description: Four men and a woman gather around a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. Two men are sitting in a horse-drawn wagon.
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Loading Dock at Regina Branch House

Date: 1912
Description: A group of men stand near a train at the loading dock of an International Harvester branch house, most likely at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. A horse-draw...
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Des Moines Branch House

Date: 1912
Description: Bridge and rail yard near an International Harvester branch house in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The branch house building is in the distance.
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Cotton Bales in Wagon

Date: 1919
Description: A wagon loaded with bales of cotton sits in front of a loading dock. The wagon was possibly made by the Weber Wagon Company.
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Boy Driving Weber Wagon

Date: 1930
Description: A young boy leading two mules in pulling a Weber wagon full of corn.
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Men and Women in a Carriage on Film Set

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of a Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reaper ...
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Del McDermid in Horse-Drawn Vehicle

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Men in Period Costume for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Husker and Shredder in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Two men loading corn stalks into a husker-shredder from a horse-drawn wagon in a snow-covered field. A building with windows near a sloped roof is behind ...
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Corn Binder and Wagon

Date: 1914
Description: Two men stand in a horse-drawn wagon as corn stalks are loaded from a field.
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Machine Shop Building Site at Milwaukee Works

Date: 05 05 1911
Description: Elevated view of construction crew clearing land for a six-story machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory.
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Milwaukee Works Construction Site

Date: 04 20 1911
Description: Men clearing ground at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory for the addition of a six-story machine shop.

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