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Tractor Running Belt-Driven Thresher

Date: 1914
Description: International Harvester tractor (likely a friction drive) running a belt-driven husker-shredder in the snow-covered yard of a farm.
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Globe Milling Company Office

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Globe Milling Company office.
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Globe Milling Co. Office

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the Globe Milling Company office.
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Pigs Loose in Nakoma

Date: 02 25 1947
Description: Four men wrestling with escaped pigs in the backyard of a home in the Nakoma neighborhood. A truck loaded with about 80 hogs overturned in the 3600 block o...
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Historic Workbench of Deming Fitch

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: A workbench is pictured on which the desks for the first state constitutional convention in 1848 were made by Deming Fitch, its former owner. Mr. Fitch, wh...
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J. Robert Taylor Family

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Description: Family posed in a line in a yard outside a home. Identified from back: Alma Reinhardt Taylor, Ellen Taylor Higgins, J. Robert Taylor, Donna Taylor Adams, ...
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J. Robert Taylor in Yard

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Description: J. Robert Taylor standing on a walkway in a yard with a wooden building in the background.
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J. Robert and Alma Taylor

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Description: J. Robert Taylor and his wife, Alma Reinhardt Taylor, photographed in the front yard of a home with three young girls. The youngest girl is holding the han...
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Horse-Drawn Binder Pulling into Driveway of Farmstead

Date: 1900
Description: A man is driving a horse-drawn binder into the driveway of a farmstead. Another horse-drawn vehicle is partially visible in the driveway. This farmstead ma...
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P&H Concrete Breaker

Date: 04 15 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger concrete breaker on a residential street with a operator in the cab. Men are working in the street, and trees and power lines are l...
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Gasoline Powered Concrete Breaker

Date: 04 18 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered concrete breaker on a residential street with an operator in the cab and men working on the ground. Houses and yar...
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Leicht Transfer and Storage Company Truck

Date: 11 15 1937
Description: An International truck used by the Leicht Transfer & Storage Co. parked in a driveway beside a residence and a garage. A man is sitting in the cab. The let...
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Bloch Family on Porch

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Description: Robert Bloch and his family pose on their second floor porch at the flat they rented at 2626B Maryland Avenue. This was during Bloch's work at the Marx age...
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Bell Systems Truck

Date: 1934
Description: An International truck owned by Bell Systems is parked in a gravel driveway. A man wearing a hat is perched halfway up an electric pole with a coil of wire...
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Bamby Donut Truck

Date: 1950
Description: A man removes a wire tray filled with wrapped packages from an International LB-110 truck owned by the Excelsior Baking Company. The truck is parked along ...
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General Office Building at Quad Cities Tank Arsenal

Date: 1942
Description: Exterior view of the southeast side of the General Office building of International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal. The building has an American flag...
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International Metro Truck

Date: 06 1949
Description: International Metro truck parked at the curb in a residential neighborhood with large houses in the background.
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Paper Boy Delivering Newspapers

Date: 1918
Description: A boy wearing a coat and hat standing on a sidewalk while delivering newspapers to nearby homes. Attached to his newspaper bag is a sign reading: "Cook Cou...
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Retired Farmers' Residences

Date: 10 30 1917
Description: View down a snow-covered dirt road surrounded on either side by retired farmer residences.
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Farm Employee Housing

Date: 1929
Description: Farm employee housing. Original caption reads: "employees cottages on Briarcliff Farms." Children are sitting on the porch of the house in the foreground.

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