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Final Wreck of the Vin Fiz?

Date: 06 12 1913
Description: The second fatal wreck involving the Wright Model B airplane in which Calbreith Perry Rodgers had died a year earlier. This crash killed Andy Drew, friend ...
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School Girls in Running Race

Date: 06 1916
Description: Six girls in a running race at the School Festival in Palos Park.
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Deering Works Garden

Date: 1917
Description: Two women and a young girl gathering vegetables in the Deering Works vegetable garden. Original caption reads: "This garden furnished a bountiful supply of...
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Owen Railroad Depot

Date: 1919
Description: The office of the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad. Left to right: Bert Spaulding, an Owen business man; mail clerk Frank Dick; L.H. Lu...
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Philip F. La Follette at the Microphone

Date: 1938
Description: Philip F. La Follette speaking to a radio audience during his unsuccessful gubernatorial reelection bid during the summer of 1938. La Follette, the son of...
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Burial Mound at Merrill Springs

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Description: A group of men pose atop a conical burial mound on the south shore of Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin. (Also known as Merrill's Spring).
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Patrolman on Wisconsin Road

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Description: Wisconsin highway patrolman grading with a team of horses. Image taken for the Wisconsin Good Roads Association.
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Family Camping along the Road

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Description: Camping scene along an unidentified Wisconsin road. Although part of the Wisconsin Good Roads collection of Melvin Diemer, this photograph was probably tak...
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St. Mary's Church

Date: 1884
Description: A distant view of St. Mary's Church. Looking north from the corner of Main and Franklin Streets.
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Deering Reaper

Date: 1914
Description: A farmer driving four mules pulling a Deering reaper.
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Buick Pulling a Grain Binder

Date: 1912
Description: Men using a Buick automobile to pull a grain binder in a field, possibly to or from a photo shoot.
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Gathering Grain

Date: 1912
Description: A man and two women gather grain bundled by a grain binder at work in the background.
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Boy Standing Near Fence Post

Date: 1912
Description: A boy stands behind a fence post with a horseshoe attached to it.
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Constable Rube J. Holcombe

Date: 07 1913
Description: Constable Rube J. Holcombe posing for a photograph while smoking a cigar.
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McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor Powering Sawmill

Date: 02 30 1923
Description: Men cutting logs with a saw powered by a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor.
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Man Operating a Manure Spreader

Date: 1912
Description: A young man driving a two-horse manure spreader in a snowy field.
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New Year's Trip to Ashland

Date: 1920
Description: Group of people standing on board a passenger ferry bound for a New Year's trip to Ashland.
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IH Ad Men

Date: 06 14 1924
Description: A group of International Harvester "advertising men" line up in front of a building.
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Farmer in Barnyard with Milk Cans

Date: 1920
Description: A farmer stands in a barnyard holding a milk can.
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Minnesota International Harvester Dealership

Date: 02 25 1927
Description: A man, possibly proprietor Charles C. Matezcvk(sp?), stands in the doorway of an International Harvester dealership. Advertising pennants and farm machines...

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