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Giant Elm at Intersection of Green Bay and Good Hope Roads

Date: 1939
Description: A man is posing with his left hand resting on the trunk of the General Grant Giant Elm, S.E. of intersection of Green Bay and Good Hope Roads. At site of P...
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Prize-Winning Cabbage

Date: 09 28 1895
Description: Five-acre cabbage field of Martin Anderson near Grantsburg, with several frame houses in the background. Mr. Anderson is holding a prize-winning head of ca...
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Woman at Traveling Photographer's Wagon

Date: 1890
Description: A woman, possibly the daughter of C.R. Monroe, holding up an image of Black River Falls Main Street at the back of a traveling photographer's wagon.
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Young Boys Pose with International 8-16 Tractor

Date: 06 24 1921
Description: Two ten-year-old boys, Paul Lannom and William Smith, posing with an International 8-16 HP tractor and McCormick binder. The boys are the grandsons of "Dad...
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Man Standing with Arm Raised in Cornfield

Date: 09 03 1924
Description: Man standing with his right arm raised in a cornfield, most likely to measure the height of the corn stalks.
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Henry Bigalk and Emil Kuney (Keune)

Date: 1906
Description: Henry Bigalk relaxes in a wheelbarrow holding an axe in his left hand, while Emil Kuney (Keune) is grabbing the wheelbarrow handles as if to transport Biga...
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Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
Description: View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ...
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Schwister's Minnesota-Badger

Date: 1912
Description: John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister i...
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Eddie Rickenbacker-Ace of Aces

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Description: Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker, who earned the title "Ace of Aces" for his 27 victories during World War I. In this photograph he is posed against a plane ...
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Reliability Race Winner

Date: 08 1928
Description: John P. Wood of Wausau, winner of the 1928 National Air Reliability Tour, with his "Waco from Wausau." Also in the photograph are Wood's prizes: the Edsel ...
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Farmer Poses with Watermelon aboard Cotton Picker

Date: 1944
Description: Farm worker, Frank White, stops harvesting to pose with watermelon found among the cotton crop. The field, part of the O'Neill Ranch located in Helm, Calif...
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Gertrude Gillette Driving a Tractor

Date: 05 12 1933
Description: Gertrude (Mrs. Rufus) Gillette driving a tractor, 2627 S. Seminole Highway.
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Mr. Olson with Brown Swiss Bull

Date: 08 25 1931
Description: Mr. Olson is standing outdoors with a Brown Swiss bull at the Dane County fair. Automobiles and wagons are parked along a wooden building in the background...
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Young Girl on F-12 Tractor

Date: 07 06 1937
Description: Beverly Lundsten and hired man Gerald Stanford pose with a Farmall F-12 tractor on the Lundsten farm. The tractor is equipped with rubber tires and a singl...
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Farmer Poses with F-12 Tractor

Date: 05 18 1937
Description: Farmer poses with a Farmall F-12 tractor with #90 plow.
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Farmer and Son on F-12 Tractor

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Farmer Sam Tanaka posing with his son on a Farmall F-12 tractor in a cauliflower field.
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Edgar Krueger with Mink

Date: 1913
Description: Young Edgar Kruegar holding a mink he trapped in one hand and a gun in the other.
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Man Posing with Haystacks

Date: 09 1895
Description: A lone man poses with haystacks in northern Wisconsin.
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Young Woman on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: Young woman operating a Farmall H tractor.
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Men by Haystacks

Date: 1873
Description: View across bare field towards two men posing with four haystacks behind a fence. One man is seated on a fence post and the other stands on a ladder agains...

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