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Tractor Sales Team Captain in Barber's Chair

Date: 06 18 1937
Description: C.E. Jacquier, branch manager and defeated team captain of a tractor sales contest, is held by C.P. Wells, assistant branch manager, while a barber shaves ...
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Telephone Servicing with International Truck

Date: 1922
Description: A man climbs a telephone pole next to a building while two others work near its base. Another man sits behind the wheel of an International truck marked: "...
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20mm Cannon Construction

Date: 1945
Description: Factory worker William Nolan works on the final assembly of a 20 mm cannon before proof firing at International Harvester's St. Paul Works.
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Louis E. Burnham

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Description: Louis E. Burnham, radical black writer.
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Alger Hiss

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Alger Hiss. His perjury conviction on charges of spying for the Communists greatly enhanced the careers of Richard Nixon, an...
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Lucius Fairchild

Date: 1855
Description: Portrait of Lucius Fairchild as a young man.
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Mogul 8-16 Tractor Plowing

Date: 1915
Description: A man plows curved furrows in a field with a Mogul 8-16 tractor.
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Robert S. Allen

Date: 1968
Description: Quarter-length portrait of journalist Robert S. Allen, best known for his association with Drew Pearson and for his own syndicated column, "Inside Washingt...
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William O. Douglas

Date: 04 12 1939
Description: Informal portrait of William O. Douglas with his feet on a desk, autographed to read "For my dear friends Bob Allen - who taught me how, where, and when to...
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Paul W. White

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Description: Paul W. White, the first director of CBS News.
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Commander Attilio Gatti at Pier

Date: 10 1947
Description: Original caption reads: "Loading Gatti-Hallicrafter Expedition equipment, including 8 International trucks on the 'S.S. Pilgrim' at the American South Afri...
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Men Discussing DDT Bomb

Date: 1947
Description: Original caption reads: "Alfred G. Mohrman listens intently as Commander Gatti queries him regarding the 'aerosol' DDT bomb."
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Gatti Expedition Trucks Loaded onto S.S. "African Pilgrim"

Date: 1947
Description: Original caption reads: "International motor trucks of Gatti-Hallicrafters Expedition being loaded into hold of S.S. "African Pilgrim" prior to voyage to M...
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Men Loading Gatti Expedition Truck into S.S. "African Pilgrim"

Date: 1947
Description: Original caption reads: "International motor trucks of Gatti-Hallicrafters Expedition being loaded into hold of S.S. "African Pilgrim" prior to voyage to M...
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Tufty Friends

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Description: Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, a nationally prominent journalist, whose papers are part of the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society, chatting with Pr...
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Rifle Inspection

Date: 1942
Description: Lieutenant Colonel Van Syckle inspects the rifle of soldier Morris J. Fortin, formerly an employee of International Harvester's Salina branch.
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Ben Bergor Performs

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Description: Magician Ben Bergor of Madison performing a trick on stage. With him are his wife, who performed as Madame Alva, and an assistant.
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Orchard Pesticide Application

Date: 06 1939
Description: A man smoking a cigarette drives a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor as another man stands on the tank of an attached 150-gallon sprayer while applying pesti...
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Dave & Pauline Coleman

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Description: Magicians Dave (left) and Pauline Coleman performing their famous "Hindu Torture Board" trick using an anvil on a board full of nails positioned on the abd...
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Under Water Packing Crate Escape

Date: 1914
Description: Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Hungary and raised as Erich Weiss in Appleton, Wisconsin, preparing to do one of his famous escapes, this time from a sub...

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