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Men Harvesting Hemp with Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of two men harvesting hemp using a McCormick Farmall H tractor and hemp binder No.2. In the background are houses among trees.
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Waukesha Flying Club

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: The Waukesha Flying Club and their jointly owned Waco 10. The members are (row 1, left to right) Charles Gittner, Joe Rombough, and Roy Winzenreid and (row...
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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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Vin Fiz Flies Again?

Date: 05 11 1913
Description: The 1911 Wright Model B rebuilt by Jesse Brabazon of Delavan and his partner-mechanic, Frank Shaffer. Brabazon, who is in the pilot's seat, is about to tak...
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Scene Still from A Girl of Yesterday

Date: 1915
Description: Donald Crisp, aviator Glenn Martin, and Mary Pickford in the 1915 silent comedy A Girl of Yesterday (Famous Players-Lasky, 1915). Martin is wearing ...
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Manitowoc Airport Manager

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Description: Pilot Louis Kakuk, manager of the Manitowoc Airport, with his Waco airplane. Kakuk's career followed a typical pattern for aviators, moving from the freewh...
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Curtiss Airplane and Glenn Martin

Date: 1909
Description: Glenn Martin, who would become one of the great names in the airplane construction industry, in a Curtiss Pusher during the early days of his career in Cal...
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1893
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Johnston Harvester Company. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of Christopher Columbus and hi...
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Machine Company Catalog

Date: 1869
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for Champion reaping and mowing machines manufactured by the Champion Machine Company. The cover features a color illustra...
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Airplane

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear towards the "Keen-Ship" airplane parked on a field, with Charles F. Keen, pilot.
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Football Game at Hillside Home School

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Description: A football game being played near Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Postcard

Bee Farmer in Field

Date: 
Description: A cyanotype postcard of a bee farmer working in his field.
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Bee Inspector

Date: 1934
Description: The state bee inspector (probably the man on the left), and a Dane County farmer.
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Motorcyclist on Dirt Road

Date: 
Description: Man riding a motorcycle on a country road. Two men are standing along the side of the road, and a horse is in the background.
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Packers Players Riding Kids' Bikes

Date: 1973
Description: Green Bay Packers quarterbacks, Jerry Tagge (#17) and Scott Hunter (#16), ride bicycles loaned to them by young fans from Lambeau Field to their practice f...
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Packers Player Signing Autographs

Date: 1973
Description: Green Bay Packers running back, Ron McBride, wearing a #24 jersey and carrying a helmet, signs autographs for fans as he walks from Lambeau Field to the pr...
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Man Standing with Corn Shocks

Date: 1915
Description: Farmer standing outdoors among corn shocks. He is holding a small dog in his arms, and is wearing work gloves and a hat.
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Larry McCarren Walking to Practice

Date: 1973
Description: Green Bay Packers Center, Larry McCarren (#54) walking across the Lambeau Field parking lot toward the practice field. Several young fans seeking autograph...
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Blackhawk Bowhunters Club

Date: 07 19 1953
Description: Dale Weiderholt and Bernadine Cowley, members of Blackhawk Bowhunters Club, preparing to shoot.
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Blackhawk Bowhunters Club

Date: 07 19 1953
Description: Lois Herning, age 10, surveys her results on an archery target at Blackhawk Bowhunters Club.

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