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Schlitz Train Celebrating End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:...
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Milk Strike

Date: 01 10 1934
Description: Milk strikers and a pile of empty milk cans next to railroad tracks. Bill Nemeth (left) is pouring out milk in an attempt to create a shortage that would r...
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Bancroft Dairy Fountain

Date: 09 11 1937
Description: A male soda jerk is standing behind the semi-circular counter in the Bancroft Dairy fountain room, with seven customers eating ice cream.
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Rhythm Girls

Date: 06 25 1932
Description: Fanchon and Mario "Rhythm Girls" posing in front of an A&W Root Beer. They are standing in a line and holding mugs of root beer.
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Battle of Durham Hill

Date: 05 18 1933
Description: The Battle of Durham Hill during the milk strike, showing sheriff's deputies and National Guardsmen (sworn in as special deputies) charging farmers with ba...
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Fauerbach Brewery Tavern

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Slightly elevated view of crowd in the Fauerbach Brewery tavern at 651 Williamson Street, with men and women drinking and toasting and celebrating the end ...
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Railroad Construction Crew

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Railroad construction crew working on a Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, looking west up the 400 and 500 blocks of East Wilson Street.
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Deering 10-20 and 15-30 Tractors Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: French advertising poster for Deering brand 10-20 and 15-30 tractors, showing an artistic rendering of a man on a tractor driving into the sunset leaving f...
Poster

Ronning Ensilage Harvester Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick-Deering Ronning ensilage harvester. Includes color illustration and the text: "Ensilage in One Operation."
Poster

Manure Spreader Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering manure spreaders. Includes color illustration and the text: "No man ever made a mistake by investing in modern equ...
Poster

Manure Spreader Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering manure spreaders showing color and black and white illustrations of various features.
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N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
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Dog Drawn Traino

Date: 1930
Description: Howard Russell standing next to his dog team pulling the "Traino." Russell and the team are ready to leave Madeline Island with the U.S. Mail.
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International Harvester F-20 Tractor with M-4 Power Binder

Date: 05 08 1939
Description: Elevated rear view of two men in a field operating a new McCormick-Deering F-20 tractor and M-4 power binder, which was owned and operated by Grover Evans,...
Poster

McCormick-Deering W-30 Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick-Deering W-30 tractor. Includes the text: "Burns Distillate with Unexcelled Efficiency; Sturdy- Compact- For All Farm W...
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Farmall Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1939
Description: Advertising poster for Farmall A, Farmall H, and Farmall M tractors featuring a color illustration of the "culti-vision" feature and the text: "If it isn't...
Poster

Farmall Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1934
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Farmall tractors, featuring the F-12, F-20 and F-30. Includes the text "low-cost power the whole year round on Dra...
Poster

Farmall-12 Tractor Equipment Advertising Poster

Date: 1935
Description: Advertising poster for "quick-detachable" farm implements for use with the McCormick-Deering F-12 tractor.
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Train and Automobile at Intersection

Date: 1939
Description: A train is shown at the intersection of Williamson, S. Blair, and E. Wilson Streets in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot.
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Northwest Airways Special Delivery

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: In an obvious publicity stunt, a Northwest Airways pilot delivers the first case of post-Prohibition Atlas Beer to Madison distributor Ira Chambers. The sh...

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