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Norwegian Church Supper

Date: 1959
Description: Women preparing food for an annual Norwegian church supper at the Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Counterbalance on a Sailboat

Date: 1959
Description: Two boys on the class-C scow sailboat "Bobalong III," with one boy balancing off the side while standing with one leg on the bilge keel.
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Upside Down Smile Sign

Date: 1959
Description: Filling station sign reading: "smile," purposely put upside down. A young woman is bending over to read it.
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Farmer Cultivates Land with Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1959
Description: Color photograph of a farmer working in the field with a Farmall Cub tractor and attached cultivator.
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Nikita Khrushchev with Reporters

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev wading through a throng of reporters during a visit to a farm. A Farmall 560 tractor is in the background...
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An Ebullient Warren Spahn

Date: 1959
Description: Warren Spahn, of the Milwaukee Braves enjoying a moment in the bullpen.
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Politician with Menominee Indians

Date: 1959
Description: Wisconsin State Senator Alfred A. Laun (R.) of Kiel, participating in what appears to be a square dance with Menominee Indians and others. This image is pa...
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Tractors in front of IH Dealership

Date: 1959
Description: International crawler tractors (TracTracTors) in front of an International Harvester dealership. One of the digging attachments has teeth painted on it.
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220-A Self-Propelled Cotton Picker

Date: 1959
Description: Man harvesting cotton with a McCormick 220-A self-propelled cotton picker.
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214 Cotton Picker

Date: 1959
Description: Man operating a McCormick 214 2-row, low draw cotton picker in a cotton field.
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Leo Kehl and Granddaughter

Date: 1959
Description: Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, introduces Patti, his first dancing granddaughter.
Book or Pamphlet

International Medium-Duty Trucks

Date: 1959
Description: Front cover of advertising brochure for the 1965 line of International B-series medium-duty trucks. Cover features color illustrations of various delivery ...
Book or Pamphlet

International Fire Truck Brochure

Date: 1959
Description: Front cover color illustration of an advertising brochure for International B-line, R-line, V-line and CO-line fire truck chassis.
Book or Pamphlet

International Heavy-Duty Trucks

Date: 1959
Description: Advertising brochure, featuring color illustrations, for International R-series trucks, conventional four and six wheel series. Models covered include the ...
Photograph

Street with Bridge in Darlington

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of street with bridge in Darlington. Cars are parked in the center of the street at an angle.
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Langholff House

Date: 1959
Description: Exterior view of the Langholff house.
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Taliesin Garages

Date: 1959
Description: Exterior view of Taliesin showing garages with several parked cars. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin.
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Woman's Building

Date: 1959
Description: Woman's Building, one of the oldest buildings in the city. It is believed to have been built in 1842 by John Folsom, an early settler and farmer on the hei...
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Trailers in Chula Vista

Date: 1959
Description: Wally Byam Caravan of Airstream trailers in a group on a field across from Chula Vista.
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Livestock Exposition Shampoo

Date: 1959
Description: Competitors in the Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition washing their animals outdoors before the judging.

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