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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: Carl S. Bates, a young inventor from Clear Lake, Iowa, about to race the Buick owned by Louis Strang on the beach at Daytona Beach. Bates originally chall...
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Curtiss Airplane and Glenn Martin

Date: 1909
Description: Glenn Martin, who would become one of the great names in the airplane construction industry, in a Curtiss Pusher during the early days of his career in Cal...
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Men at Forge at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working with hot metal in what appears to be a forge at the McCormick Reaper Works factory.
Postcard

Life Saving Crew Entering Boat

Date: 1908
Description: Group of men on a life saving crew launching a rowboat into Lake Michigan. A long pier with a lighthouse at the end bisects the horizon. Caption reads: "Li...
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Horse-Drawn Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view of a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. Another man wearing a hat, vest and sleeve protectors is running alongside the binder.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view across rows of harvested corn towards a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. A man wearing a hat, vest, sleeve protectors and a n...

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