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Smokey Bear with School Children

Date: 1954
Description: A man dressed in a Smokey Bear costume is standing with two Milwaukee school children. A young girl is sitting at a desk, and a boy is standing and holding...
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First McCormick Reaper Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: Re-enactors demonstrating a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playi...
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First McCormick Reaper Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: Re-enactors demonstrating a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playi...
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Filming of "Romance of the Reaper" at Walnut Grove

Date: 1930
Description: Film crew setting up a scene in which actors playing the parts of Cyrus McCormick and his slave Jo Anderson operate a replica of McCormick's reaper of 183...
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"Romance of the Reaper" Demonstration Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Still from the feature length motion picuture "Romance of the Reaper" showing a recreation of the demonstration of Cyrus McCormick's reaper of 1831 at Waln...
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Carousel Bear on Cub Tractor at Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1947
Description: The "Carousel Bear" sitting astride a Farmall Cub tractor at the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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"Romance of the Reaper" Film Still

Date: 1929
Description: Scene from the film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the building of the first practical reaper on the McCormick farm in Virginia. Actors playing the parts ...
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Working on Reaper on Film Set

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Portrait of Harold Gauer: Mad Scientist

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Description: Harold Gauer as a mad scientist. Photograph stems from Gauer's work with an insurance agency and his part time testing of urine for policy purposes and lif...
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Gauer as Mad Scientist

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Description: Harold Gauer in costume as a mad scientist. He is holding laboratory glassware, and a microscope is visible on the shelf behind him.
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 06 1953
Description: Joy Morrison dresses in costume while working in an old-time drug store at the Wisconsin Historical Society Museum. The pharmaceutical items were used in W...
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Men Into Space

Date: 1959
Description: Four actors, dressed as astronauts, are seen on the set of the television show Men Into Space. The set depicts the lunar landscape and the men are n...
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Douglas Dick in Men Into Space

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Description: Douglas Dick, as Harold Carter on the television show Men Into Space, peers over a mound of rocks. He is wearing a spacesuit and helmet.
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Two Astronauts

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Description: Two astronauts cling to the back of a rocket. The image is from the television show Men Into Space.
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William Lundigan on Set of Men Into Space

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Description: William Lundigan, as Colonel Ed McCauley on the television show Men Into Space, stands outside a building on the lunar landscape set of the show. He...
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Astronauts on Men Into Space

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Description: William Lundigan as Colonel Ed McCauley, Don Ross as Dr. Orr, and James Coburn as Dr. Narry, stand on the lunar landscape set of the television show Men...
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Men Into Space Scene

Date: 07 21 1959
Description: William Lundigan, as Colonel Ed McCauley on the television show Men Into Space, stacks some boxes. He is wearing a spacesuit and helmet and appears ...
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Astronauts on the Moon

Date: 07 21 1959
Description: Three men dressed in astronaut suits stand on the lunar landscape set of the television show Men Into Space. A spaceship can be seen in the backgrou...
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Arthur Franz in Men Into Space

Date: 07 31 1959
Description: Arthur Franz, as Captain Tom Farrow on the television show Men Into Space, lays on top of a ladder. He has a look of pain on his face and is dressed...
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Scene from Men Into Space

Date: 07 31 1959
Description: William Lundigan, as Colonel Ed McCauley, and Ross Elliott as Dr. George Batton, stand on the lunar landscape set of the television show Men Into Space. Th...

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