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St. Peter's Church Steeple

Date: 05 1984
Description: "Workers do steeple repair on St. Peter's Church."
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Train and Depot

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Description: View along railroad tracks towards a group of men and boys standing on a platform in front of the Preston Depot while a locomotive arrives. In the backgrou...
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Sextonville Alert Hall

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Description: Exterior of Alert Hall. Near the roof line is a sign with the date "1905". Posters are in the windows and a broadside is posted outside underneath a window...
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Scenic View

Date: 1924
Description: A road intersection in a rural area. A tree and a shed on the left. A general store in the back. A house, a shed and a cornfield on the right.
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Street Scene

Date: 1916
Description: View down middle of unpaved street towards six children standing in the middle. There is a storefront on the right, with an automobile and a horse and bugg...
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Real Estate Office

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Description: A small real estate office in a rural setting advertising "Summer Homes for Sale on Red Cedar Lake." There is a house in the background on a low hill in th...
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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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Farmall M and Hay Sweeper

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Description: Man on a Farmall M with hay sweeper mounted on front.
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American Eagle Model A-129

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Description: Left side view of an American Eagle Model A-129, a three-seat open-cockpit sports/utility biplane, sitting on a runway. A man is sitting in the rear cockpi...
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OX-5 Swallow

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a OX-5 Swallow sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "4250." This airplane was powered by a Curtiss OX-5 eig...
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Man Operating TD-25 to Move Tree

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Description: Man operating a TD-25 to move a tree. The sign painted on the side reads: "Riemer Bros. Inc. Schiller Park, ILL." There is a building in the background on ...
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Plows on Display Outdoors

Date: 06 17 1925
Description: Plows on display outdoors. There is a building on the left with a sign that reads: "Notice Private Property Keep Out." There are other buildings across a f...
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Man Using Farmall Tractor to Pull Mower

Date: 07 21 1925
Description: Rear view of a man driving a Farmall tractor to pull a mower to mow a field. There is a building in the background.
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Fleet of Delivery Trucks

Date: 04 24 1928
Description: Seven men are sitting in the driver's seats of seven trucks parked in a clearing in a field. Behind them on a hill are buildings among trees. he sign paint...
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McCormick-Deering 10-20 Hitched to Orchard Disk Harrow

Date: 12 21 1928
Description: Rear view of a McCormick-Deering 10-20 Hitched to Orchard Disk Harrow sitting in a field. In the background is a fence, and beyond the fence are wood build...
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Digging Potatoes

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of two men working in a field. One man is driving a Farmall tractor which is pulling another man who is sitting on a pot...
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Horse-Drawn New 4 Cultivator

Date: 12 12 1919
Description: Rear view of a horse-drawn cultivator with fertilizer attachments working in a field. Power lines and a fence are along the field on the right. Buildings a...
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Red Cedar River

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Read Cedar River, Rice Lake, Wis." and "Hand-Colored." A view down the railroad tracks, over a metal bridge spanning a river. In the ...
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Service Roll, Town of Genesee

Date: 1918
Description: View of the service roll for the Town of Genesee. Local service members' names are listed, and a small cannon is set up below. Next to it is a sign that re...

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