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Houdini in Chains

Date: 1922
Description: Harry Houdini, the well-known escape artist, was born in Budapest, Hungary and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin. At the time of his immigration his name was s...
Print

Antone De Pas & Son Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of Antone De Pas & Son, Badger tire and tube dealer in Bay Settlement, Wisconsin, with a three-color illustration of a couple standing by an aut...
Photograph

Two Men Sitting Underneath a Parts Display

Date: 1910
Description: Two factory workers dressed in dark work clothes, light aprons, and dark hats sit on a crate below a numbered display of parts, most likely at Internationa...
Photograph

Man Assembling Parts for IH Truck at Dealership

Date: 05 03 1927
Description: A man wearing a long jacket and a hat is working at a machine assembling parts for a truck, parked in the background.
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Man Assembling Parts for IH Truck at Dealership

Date: 05 03 1927
Description: A man wearing a long jacket and a hat is working at a machine assembling parts for trucks parked in the background.
Photograph

Man Assembling Parts for IH Truck at Dealership

Date: 05 03 1927
Description: A man wearing a long jacket and a hat is working at a machine assembling parts for trucks parked in the background.
Photograph

Man Assembling Parts for IH Truck at Dealership

Date: 05 03 1927
Description: A man wearing a long jacket and a hat is working at a machine assembling parts for trucks parked in the background.
Photograph

Man Assembling Parts for IH Truck at Dealership

Date: 05 03 1927
Description: A man wearing a long jacket and a hat is working at a machine assembling parts for trucks parked in the background.
Photograph

Male Factory Worker Posing Outdoors

Date: 03 18 1920
Description: A factory worker is standing in front of a pile of scrap parts in a factory yard — most likely at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
Photograph

Man Working on Assembly of Part for Cultivator

Date: 01 26 1921
Description: A man is working on assembling a part for a cultivator in a large factory area. Other men are working in the background. Parts are stacked on the right.
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Machine Parts Displayed at McCormick Works

Date: 11 08 1915
Description: Parts are displayed on the cobblestones outdoors in the factory yard. Two men (heads out of frame) are standing and holding a small backdrop behind the par...
Photograph

Portrait of Man

Date: 08 13 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of a man wearing a hat and a pin striped suit standing on a lawn in factory yard. Behind him are stacks of factory parts, and in the d...
Photograph

Portrait of Man

Date: 07 17 1919
Description: Portrait of a man standing indoors wearing overalls and a hat. There are machine parts hanging from hooks behind him. The man is missing parts of his finge...
Book or Pamphlet

Man Adjusting Gang on Disk Harrow

Date: 02 13 1911
Description: A man is adjusting a gang on a Disk Harrow which is resting in a cart. There is a railroad car in the background.

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