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Diagram of McCormick's Reaper

Date: 1867
Description: A diagram of McCormick's cultivator-reaper, which was patented in 1845. The illustration, titled "The Cultivator" depicts a man using a rake to remove the ...
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American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
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McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
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Dr. Babcock with Butterfat Tester

Date: 1926
Description: Dr. Stephen Babcock with an electric centrifuge butterfat tester.
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McCormick Reaper Exhibit at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: Female model posing with a rake next to a reproduction of Cyrus Hall McCormick's first reaper at International Harvester's "A Century of Progress" Worlds F...
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Weather Radar

Date: 1950
Description: Meteorologists using radar equipment outdoors.
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Wrights' Neighbor

Date: 07 02 1909
Description: Test flight of the bi-plane invented by Ray Zorn of Dayton, Ohio, who later resided in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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First to Fly — Completing the Army Demonstration

Date: 1909
Description: Wilbur Wright, in the bowler hat, preparing the Flyer for the conclusion of the test required to win a U.S. Army contract. The 1908 demonstration had been ...
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Girl at Vegetable Stand

Date: 1917
Description: Girl selling vegetables to a customer at vegetable stand along Milwaukee pike. Original caption reads: "The little girl in charge sold over $800 worth of v...
Book or Pamphlet

J.F. Seiberling & Co. Catalog

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back covers of an advertising brochure for the New Empire line of mowers, reapers and grain binders manufactured by J.F. Seiberling & Company. Th...
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Woman Shopping at Kroger Store

Date: 07 09 1943
Description: A woman shopping in the produce department at the Kroger store at Union Corners, 2541 Winnebago Street. She was promoting the Oscar Mayer Health for Victor...
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Testing Milking Machines

Date: 11 10 1937
Description: Three male workers testing the "Clean Easy Milker" milking machines at the Ben H. Anderson Mfg. Company, 3220 Atwood Avenue.
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George Trayer with Plywood Panel

Date: 06 23 1933
Description: U.S. Forest Products engineer, George W. Trayer, in the laboratory with a plywood panel, newly developed to provide strength and durability in construction...
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Toledo Computogram Scale with Tradesman

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: Interior view of a Toledo Computogram scale on a counter in a Dodgeville store, with the grocer weighing bananas. In the background is a display of merchan...
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Anglidle Scale in Dodgeville Grocery Store

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: View of Anglidle scale in Dodgeville store showing grocer weighing bananas. Merchandise is on display on the counter and on shelves in the background.
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Man Weighing Chickens

Date: 07 30 1929
Description: Man weighing chickens on a Toledo scale at the Southern Wisconsin Produce Company, located at 638-40 West Main Street.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man weighing a milk can on a new Toledo scale at the H.M. Zander Creamery.
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Old Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man using an old scale at the H.M. Zander Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Man weighing a box on a Toledo scale at the Belmont Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man is weighing a bucket on an old scale at the Evans Creamery.

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