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First to Fly — Almost Flying

Date: 1901
Description: Wilbur Wright (standing, second from the right) with Edward C. Huffaker, Octave Chanute, and George Spratt in the workshed. Chanute was a special visitor f...
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Saturn SA-5 Rocket

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Description: Workmen making adjustments for launch are dwarfed by the Saturn SA-5 booster rocket, a preliminary stage in the development of the Saturn V. Eventually, Sa...
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Wheel of Cheese

Date: 11 15 1929
Description: A worker weighs a wheel of cheese on a Toledo scale for the National Cheese Products Federation.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 04 15 1929
Description: Man weighing Mautz paint pails at Mautz Paint Company with a new Toledo scale.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 08 1928
Description: Employee with a Toledo scale at the Fisher Body Co.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man using other Toledo scale at Mt. Horeb Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man using a small Toledo scale at H.M. Zander Creamery.
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Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man weighing a milk can on an old scale at Mt. Horeb Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man weighing a large container on a Toledo platform scale at the Federation Creamery.
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Weighing Cotton

Date: 1920
Description: Men weigh(?) bales of cotton on a wooden platform, while other men load or unload bales onto a wagon drawn by mules.
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Men with Cotton Bales

Date: 1920
Description: Men lead two mules in hauling a wagon full of cotton bales near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform.
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Cotton Bales on Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: Two men place a bale of cotton on top of a pile on the back of a mule-drawn wagon. They are near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform...
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"Romance of the Reaper" Film Still

Date: 1929
Description: Scene from the film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the building of the first practical reaper on the McCormick farm in Virginia. Actors playing the parts ...
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Weighing a Bale of Sisal Fiber

Date: 1949
Description: A worker carefully weighs a bale of sisal fiber, possibly at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Weighing the bale of s...
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Sisal Fiber Bale on IH Plantation in Cuba

Date: 1949
Description: A man wearing a cowboy hat is using hooks on the end of a chain to move a bale of sisal fiber on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. A curved t...
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Workers Weighing Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Male and female workers weighing bundles of twine on a scale, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill in Chicago.
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Experimental Tractor

Date: 1896
Description: 40 H.P. experimental tractor. Original caption reads: "40 H.P., Built in 1896."
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Early Experimental Tractor

Date: 1905
Description: A man is sitting behind the wheel of what appears to be an experimental tractor. The location is staged for a photo shoot, with a white cloth hanging in fr...
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Man Using Microscope

Date: 1943
Description: A man using a microscope to match a ball bearing for an aircraft torpedo at an International Harvester factory. The original caption reads: "A powerful mic...
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Three Men Weighing Scrap Iron

Date: 1942
Description: Three men stand near a trailer while weighing in a load of scrap iron brought from a farm by William Gory (at far right). At left is Jim Barrett, manager o...

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