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Ed Papke's Retirement

Date: 12 11 1954
Description: Herman Kruse (left) and Ed Papke (right) on the occasion of Papke's retirement. Papke was a founding member of Local 7, Amalgamated Lithographers of Americ...
Poster

Farmall Cub Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1957
Description: Advertising poster promoting a "Low Cost Rental Plan" for Farmall Cub and International Cub Lo-Boy tractors and equipment. Features the text: "Do These Job...
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John Wayne Leaning on International Travelall Truck

Date: 1959
Description: Actor John Wayne chats with driver Jim De Shon in an International Travelall sound truck on the set of "The Horse Soldiers". Owned by Goldwyn Studios and h...
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Walking and Talking Robot

Date: 02 15 1957
Description: John Fischer, age 11, demonstrates his invention, a "walking and talking" robot. The robot's eyes light up, and it rolls back and forth on a platform.
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Playing Cards

Date: 05 10 1955
Description: Members of a musician's union playing cards together.
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Switchboard Operator

Date: 01 23 1958
Description: Female telephone switchboard operator at work.
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Operators

Date: 10 22 1957
Description: Female telephone operators busy at work.
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Office Work

Date: 1950
Description: Women office workers file and take phone calls in a busy shared work space.
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Man on Farmall 560 Tractor

Date: 1958
Description: Farmer on a Farmall 560 tractor with disk harrow pausing to talk to another man in a field in front of a farmhouse.
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Shooting a Refrigerator Advertisement

Date: 07 31 1950
Description: A woman wearing an apron posing with a refrigerator in a photography studio while a photographer takes a picture for advertising.
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Get Out the Vote Telephone Drive

Date: 11 05 1958
Description: Women campaign workers call voters to support the Labor Political League and vote for candidates sympathetic to Labor issues.
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Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin

Date: 09 26 1951
Description: Wisconsin State Journal sports columnist, Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin and "character about town" relaxes on a park bench.
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Washing Windows

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern washing the windows outside her house. A cat is lying on the lawn in the foreground.
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International L-185 Moving Truck

Date: 1952
Description: International L-185 moving truck owned by United Van Lines parked in a residential driveway.
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Road Work with a Hough Loader

Date: 1954
Description: Man working on a suburban road with an International ID-6 and attached loader. The loader was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company.
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Baird Law Office

Date: 1954
Description: View of front of the Baird law office. A large stone building is in the background.
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Baird Law Office

Date: 1957
Description: View of the Baird law office, removed from its original location to the lawn of the Brown County Court House.
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Ohio Chemical Salesmen

Date: 05 16 1950
Description: Group portrait of 25 Ohio Chemical & Surgical Equipment Company salesmen seated and standing around a table, 1400 East Washington Avenue.
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Farm Bureau Insurance Co. Office

Date: 04 24 1951
Description: Interior view of Farm Bureau Insurance Company (Rural Mutual Insurance Company) office, 18 S. Thornton Avenue.
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Farm Bureau Insurance Co. Office

Date: 04 24 1951
Description: Interior view of Farm Bureau Insurance Company (Rural Mutual Insurance Company) office, 18 S. Thornton Avenue.

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