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Tractor and Plow Being Towed

Date: 03 1935
Description: A tractor and plow on a trailer is being towed by a truck.
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Young Boy in Wagon Pulled by Dogs

Date: 1915
Description: Young boy in a wagon pulled by two dogs near a cornfield.
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Mary Mears

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Description: Writer Mary Mears, second daughter of John Hall Mears and Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears, in formal studio portrait.
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Gesell Children

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Description: Studio portrait of Gesell children. Two boys, Arnold in center, pulling girl in wagon.
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Truman, Rennebohm, Thompson

Date: 10 14 1948
Description: President Harry Truman, Governor Oscar Rennebohm, and Senator Carl Thompson of Stoughton riding in the back of an open car during a Presidential visit to M...
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Portrait of Two Women

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Description: A portrait of two women, possibly sisters.
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Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: A woman and two men work with wooden crates at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory).
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Norma Talmadge and a Rat Terrier Dog

Date: 1919
Description: A snapshot of the actress Norma Talmadge wearing a bathing suit. She is sitting on a table behind a rat terrier that is sitting up on its haunches. She was...
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Walkenhorst School Canning Club

Date: 1917
Description: A group of girls from the Canning Club of Walkenhorst School sitting and standing around a table outdoors to display their canned goods. A man wearing eyeg...
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Walkenhorst School Board

Date: 1917
Description: Teacher and school board of the Walkenhorst School sit around a table outdoors near a building. The men have set their hats on the table, and a horse-drawn...
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Boys Grain Judging Club

Date: 1917
Description: A group of boys from the Boys Grain Judging Club at Walkenhorst School sitting around a table outdoors to look at cobs of corn. A man, wearing eyeglasses, ...
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Girls Sewing Club of Walkenhorst School

Date: 10 27 1917
Description: Members of the Girls Sewing Club of Walkenhorst School sitting and standing near a table set up outdoors near what is probably a school building.
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Teacher and Classmates Ready to Pick Seed Corn

Date: 1917
Description: A group of boys from the Walkenhorst School holding fabric bags while posing in a field with their instructor on their way to select seed corn.
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Studio Portrait of Two Women in a Prop Row Boat

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Description: A studio portrait of two women posing sitting in a row boat prop in the middle of painted scenery as the background and foreground. Both women are wearing ...
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Canning Club Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1914
Description: Lula Tunisson using an El Flo hot water canner to give a presentation to the men, women, and children of a canning club.
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Students and Teacher(?) Outside School

Date: 1915
Description: Class of students and teacher(?) standing outside a rural school known as the Blackjack School.
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Merry Christmas the Q.J. O'Sullivans

Date: 1953
Description: Photographic holiday card from the Q.J. O'Sullivan family. The children of the family are outdoors and are all dressed in winter clothes. Two of the childr...
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Cletrac Discing Up-Hill

Date: 1920
Description: A man uses a Cletrac crawler tractor and disc harrow to do work in an uphill farm field.
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Wilbur J. Cohen at the Signing of the Older Americans Act

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Description: Wilbur J. Cohen receiving a pen from President Lyndon Johnson at the White House on the signing of the Older Americans Act. This act was established under ...
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Large Rocks at Devil's Lake

Date: 1900
Description: View looking up towards large rock formation with trees at Devil's Lake. A man is standing at the top of the rock formation on the right, and on the left a...

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