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International Harvester Factory Employee in Foundry

Date: 1907
Description: Older factory worker standing among stacks of molds for casting parts. The man most likely worked at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
Book or Pamphlet

Osborne Harvesting Machines Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for D.M. Osborne & Co. harvesting machines showing three old men. Two of the men appear to be listening to the third man. I...
Photograph

Portrait of J.H. Denison

Date: 1905
Description: Seated studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop, retouched, of J.H. Denison.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Onions

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: An elderly, bearded man hauls a giant onion using a dolly. The man is wearing a black hat and white work gloves. The background shows the side of a barn....
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Man Henry Rice Hill

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man Henry Rice Hill (SanJanMonEKah), posing in front of a painted backdrop. Henry was a privat...
Photograph

Elderly Ho-Chunk Man James Bird

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man posing sitting. He is wearing a suit jacket, vest with watch fob, trousers, and a hat with a United ...

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