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Lawn Maintenance

Date: 08 12 1977
Description: A man picks up grass from a lawn, with garbage bags of mowed lawn clippings lined up behind him. A lawn mower stands on the sidewalk nearby.
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Farm Family with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A woman with a child on one arm is handing a pail to a man in the seat of a horse-drawn McCormick binder. Another man and four children are nearby in the f...
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McCormick Grain Binder with Sailing Ships

Date: 1900
Description: Man operating a McCormick horse-drawn grain binder in a field. A tugboat is pulling sailing ships on a body of water in the distance. The photograph appear...
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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...
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International Harvester Office Employees

Date: 08 1909
Description: Three office workers at their desks at an International Harvester office in Canada(?). A map of Canada and a portrait of William Deering are hanging on the...
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President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America and Generals

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Description: Jefferson Davis, center, surrounded by, clockwise from the top: Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee, A.P. Hill, J.E.B. Stuart, Braxton Bragg, Joseph E. John...
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"Men with Wings"

Date: 1938
Description: Beaver Dam's favorite son Fred MacMurray (right) co-starred with Ray Milland and Louise Campbell in "Men with Wings," a 1938 Paramount release that traced ...
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Reaping Oats

Date: 1950
Description: A farmer and a young boy ride a tractor through a field reaping oats.
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Wisconsin Bell Telephone Company

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Description: Man walking into the main entrance of the telephone company.
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Highway Mowing with International A Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: Man mowing grass along a road or highway with an International A tractor and mower. A house, barn, some sheds, a car, and a tractor are in the background, ...
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Man with McCormick-Deering Milker

Date: 03 13 1939
Description: A man holds hoses attached to a wall-mounted McCormick-Deering milker. The original caption reads: "Milker solution rack scene."
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Man Loading Silo

Date: 1915
Description: A man is using a silo filler powered by a belt attached to a tractor. Two work horses are tethered on the left, and on the right is a silo and a barn. Ther...
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Butterbeans and Suzy

Date: 1962
Description: Jodie "Butterbeans" Edwards and his wife "Suzy," a vaudeville comedy act. After Suzy died in 1962, Edwards continued to tour until the time of his death in...
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Houdini in Chains in "Terror Island"

Date: 1920
Description: Harry Houdini, world famous escape artist who spent his boyhood in Appleton, Wisconsin, sitting in a chair wrapped in chains in a scene from the silent fil...
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Dorny Dornfeld

Date: 1929
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Werner "Dorny" Dornfeld, a Chicago area magician who was a leader in several national organizations of magicians. The "Be...
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Crawford Livingston, Sr.

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Description: Photograph of an 1837 painting of Crawford Livingston, Sr., his wife and son. The painting was the work of John Livingston Harding. Murray K. Keyes photogr...
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Frederick Layton

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Frederick Layton in middle age.
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Hercules Dousman

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Description: Digital reproduction of a framed oil painting of Hercules Dousman. He is leaning on the back of a chair, holding his gloves, and iis wearing a suit with an...
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Hungarian Bride and Groom

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Description: Full-length portrait of a woman and man standing and posing in traditional wedding costume. Caption reads: "HUNGARY. Mezokovesd (near Budapest), a bride an...
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Albert Alden

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Description: Photograph of a painting of Albert Alden, shipmaster from Portland, Maine.

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