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Coaching Party Departing for Scottish Games

Date: 08 31 1909
Description: A coaching party of festively clad men, women, and children departing for the Annual Scottish Games sponsored by the St. Andrews Society. Some participants...
Poster

War Bonds Advertising Poster

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks promoting United States government bonds. Features a color illustration of an International K-line truck pullin...
Photograph

International Truck Carrying Female Employees

Date: 1918
Description: International G-1(?) truck carrying International Harvester Company women workers during World War I. The truck is decorated with flags and shields bearing...
Photograph

Children at 4th of July Celebration

Date: 07 04 1917
Description: Children dressed up for the Fourth of July at the Trenton Country Club. Three young boys are pulling a girl and boy in a wagon adorned with stars and strip...
Photograph

Band Playing at Train Station

Date: 1917
Description: Twelve piece brass band playing at a railroad station during the "Union Pacific Preparedness Special Campaign."
Photograph

International Model E Truck with "Prosperity" Display

Date: 1916
Description: International Model E highwheeler truck adorned with American flags, advertising banners, and a statue of a sprite named "Prospy." "Prospy" was a little ma...
Photograph

Boy Scouts Raise the Flag at Campground

Date: 1972
Description: Color photograph of Boy Scouts raising a flag as others stand at attention during a ceremony. Tents and a 1972 International Scout pickup are in the backgr...
Photograph

International Truck Adorned for 4th of July

Date: 07 04 1927
Description: International truck owned by the Vandermeulen Company adorned with starred banners and advertisements for McCormick-Deering cream separators. The truck lik...
Photograph

McCormick Grain Binder Decorated in Stars and Stripes

Date: 1899
Description: McCormick grain binder decorated with stars and stripes on the street in front of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. The location is possib...
Photograph

U.S. Centennial Ceremonies on the Square

Date: 07 04 1876
Description: Stereograph of view of procession, military company and citizens at Great Centennial Day at the Capitol Square. Scene at Main and Carroll Streets showing t...
Book or Pamphlet

Younglove, Massey & Co. Catalog

Date: 1869
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Younglove, Massey & Co., manufacturers of agricultural equipment. The cover features an engraved illustration of a hors...
Photograph

Loyalty Day Parade

Date: 03 31 1917
Description: Elevated view of men carrying flags marching down State Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol in a Loyalty Day Parade.
Photograph

Early Chicago & Northwestern Locomotive

Date: 07 04 1869
Description: The Camilla, a wood-burning locomotive that belonged to the Chicago & Northwestern Railway. The locomotive is decorated for the 4th of July, 1869.
Photograph

Parade in Alma

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Description: A parade of patriotically decorated automobiles progresses down the 100 block of North Main Street.
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Three Women in Costume on Horses

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Description: Three patriotically dressed women on horseback pose on an unpaved street in town. The large flags have 45 stars, and the small flags have 46 stars. In the ...
Photograph

Three Women in Costume on Horses

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Description: Rear view of three patriotically dressed women on horseback in town, riding toward the Merchant Inn.
Photograph

Parade through Town

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Description: View across unpaved street towards horses and buggies in a parade, with a crowd of people walking on the sidewalk in front of patriotically decorated store...
Photograph

International Harvester Company Parade

Date: 1921
Description: Three Model G-61 trucks are decorated for an International Harvester parade. A group of men, women and children sit in the middle car waving American flags...
Map or Atlas

United States Map

Date: 1855
Description: Map reads "Our Country" which is accompanied by a sailor with a flag to the left and workers rejoicing under the Constitution and Laws to the right. Across...
Photograph

Eagle Regiment Car

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Description: Dr. James A Jackson, Sr., who was a hospital steward for the 8th Wisconsin Regiment during the Civil War, riding in an open car during a GAR parade in Madi...

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