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Volleyball Match Outside Deering Works and Twine Mill

Date: 09 26 1914
Description: Employees of International Harvester's Deering Works take a break from a volleyball match outside the factory. The match pitted workers from the twine mill...
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Billiard Room at Deering Works Club House

Date: 02 19 1910
Description: Eight gentlemen playing billiards inside the Deering Works (factory) club house. The factory was originally built by William Deering for the Deering Harves...
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Dane County Tug of War Champions

Date: 08 20
Description: Dane County tug of war champion team, dressed in overalls, with ropes used in competition. The team went to the 1934 Chicago World's Fair.
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Children Playing Outdoors

Date: 1921
Description: A group of children stand in a row while a man in an International Harvester hat stands beside them. The man is holding a megaphone, and the children may b...
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Harvester Picnic

Date: 1929
Description: A group of people gather at a International Harvester employee picnic. A woman is standing at what appears to be a starting line, while a man stands by wit...
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Harvester Picnic

Date: 1929
Description: Boys line up for a race or game at an International Harvester employee picnic while a crowd forms to watch.
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Deering Advertisement for Twine Binders, Reapers and Mowers

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Description: Die cut hand sickle (reaping hook) shaped card, with a loop of string. The string holds two small die cut hay bundles, with text on both sides of each bund...
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Boy Playing Marbles

Date: 1940
Description: A boy is crouching on the ground playing a game of marbles outdoors in the dirt. In the background is a building with an open doorway.

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