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Photograph

Woman Washes Clothes with Power Washer

Date: 05 16 1928
Description: Woman washing clothes with a washing machine powered by a a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 HP engine.
Photograph

Brisbois House

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Brisbois House, east elevation. A fence and trees are in the foreground.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Book or Pamphlet

Uncle Sam Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Interior pages of a pamphlet advertising the Uncle Sam 20-30 oil tractor. A paragraph detailing the features of the tractor is illustrated with a drawing o...
Print

Tractor Drawn Implements

Date: 1920
Description: Pamphlet illustrating the La Crosse Tractor Company's line of tractor-drawn implements. They include, clockwise from top right, the No.90 tractor disc plow...
Print

Jewel Tractor Engine

Date: 1920
Description: Two illustrations of the Jewel tractor motor, with captions reading: "Cuts the cost of farming in half" and "Burns Kerosene or Gasoline."

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