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Dangers of Moving Machinery

Date: 08 1927
Description: A man is climbing on a moving harvester-thresher (combine), illustrating an agricultural hazard for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Depart...
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Danger of Firearms

Date: 08 1927
Description: A man sits on wooden outdoor stairs holding a firearm, while three children standing around him.
Photograph

Danger of Curved Staircase

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man descending a curved staircase inside a building. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustra...
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Staircase Danger

Date: 07 1927
Description: A girl holding a long coat or blanket, a broom, and a dustpan while descending a flight of stairs at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Girl Using Scissors

Date: 1926
Description: A girl is sitting and leaning on a porch column outdoors while using a scissors to clip something from a newspaper. Taken at International Harvester's Hins...
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Smoking Near Haystack

Date: 10 1926
Description: Two men are resting against a haystack while smoking pipes. The photograph was staged at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm to demonstrat...
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Gun Safety

Date: 12 1926
Description: A man smoking a pipe is pulling a gun by the muzzle out from the back seat of an automobile, while another man holding a gun is standing beside him. The sc...
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Taking a Header

Date: 12 20 1879
Description: Engraved image of a man falling off of a high-wheel bicycle. Two people in the background are watching the accident.
Postcard

Collapse of a Structure

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Description: Group portrait of men wearing winter coats and hats. They are standing on a metal roof, examining a large collapsed industrial structure which is behind th...
Photograph

Patricia Ann Palmer (2) Caught in Truax Park Drainage Pipe

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Young children inspect the hole where Patricia Ann Palmer's (2) leg was caught in an unused drainage pipe at Truax Park. Rescue workers cut the hole in the...
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Waukesha County Dragging Operation

Date: 01 05 1955
Description: Elevated view of two people breaking ice with an ax and an ice breaking pole [a gaff?]; other people in the background are standing in a boat pushing poles...

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