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Man Parked Outside Automotive Store or Dealership

Date: 1914
Description: Man in an International Model M truck outside an automotive shop or dealership. Signs in the store window advertise tires and "vulcanizing." The bed of the...
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Men in Horse-Drawn Sterling Wagon

Date: 1914
Description: A man and boy seated in a loaded Sterling wagon pulled by a team of horses on a dirt road. In the far background stand several buildings, including residen...
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Tractor Pulling Elevating Road Grader

Date: 1914
Description: Rear view of a Mogul 30-60 tractor pulling an elevating grader. Two men stand on the platform of the grader while a wagon follows alongside to collect the ...
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"One-Mule Agriculture Method"

Date: 1914
Description: A group of farmers use mules to plow a field near a dirt road. A farm building and electrical or telephone poles are in the background.
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Hauling Manure

Date: 1914
Description: A man is using a shovel to load manure into a wagon pulled by two horses. One of the horses is wearing a turnout blanket marked "IHC."
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Grand Army of the Republic, Men at Encampment

Date: 1914
Description: Outdoor view of Union veterans standing near a war memorial in a square downtown.
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Plowing a Field

Date: 1914
Description: View along freshly upturned furrow in an open field. In the middle ground a team of three horses pulls a plow(?) through the field. Homes and factory build...
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated, angled view of the facade and right side of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company building. The structure has a set of stone steps that ...
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Corn Shipment from IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 1914
Description: Burlap bags marked with their weight sit on a shelf awaiting shipment. The text on the bag reads: "International Harvester Co. of N.J. Agricultural Extensi...
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St. Mark's Parish School

Date: 1914
Description: View across street toward the front and right side of St. Mark's Parish School. A dirt lot is to the right.
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Man Seated Atop Bales of Hay

Date: 1914
Description: Man seated on a horse-drawn wagon loaded with bales of hay near railroad tracks.
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Men Driving Through Forest

Date: 1914
Description: Three men are driving an automobile along a dirt road in a wooded area.
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Wisconsin Grasses

Date: 1914
Description: View of piles of cut grass in a field. Men on a wagon with a heavy load of hay pulled by a horse can be seen in the background.
Postcard

Bridge Crossing Chippewa River

Date: 1914
Description: Photographic postcard view from shoreline of a bridge over the Chippewa River. Caption reads: "Bridge Crossing Chippewa River, Bruce, Wis."
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Under Water Packing Crate Escape

Date: 1914
Description: Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Hungary and raised as Erich Weiss in Appleton, Wisconsin, preparing to do one of his famous escapes, this time from a sub...
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Local Boilermakers and Helpers

Date: 1914
Description: Boilermakers and their helpers pose on and around a horse-drawn wagon that bears a sign that reads "Boiler-makers and Helpers," perhaps for a parade. Man o...
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Scenic View

Date: 1914
Description: View down path along rough road towards a building labeled "No. 4". The De Soto Depot, railroad tracks, a boxcar, and the Mississippi River are below on th...
Postcard

Lauerman's Store

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior view across intersection toward the Lauerman's Store on a street corner. There are pennant strings hanging on upper floors of the building, and a ...
Photograph

Velie Automobile

Date: 1914
Description: Two men sitting in an open car in a field. There is a bluff in the background. On the front of the car underneath the windshield is a license plate with th...
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Farmers' Alliance Store

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior of the Farmers' Alliance Store. On the side of the building are two signs that say: "Horseshoe Tobacco."

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