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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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Young Woman with Cream Separator

Date: 07 07 1925
Description: A young woman wearing a dress and a pearl necklace fills a metal pail marked "School" from a cream separator. Additional milk pails are on the floor beside...
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Dairying Equipment

Date: 09 26 1924
Description: View of two stands in a room, one holding a metal container with a spout. Milk pails are sitting along the wall in the background, and the text on the room...
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McCormick Primrose Cream Separator

Date: 09 03 1924
Description: A McCormick Primrose cream separator sitting in the corner of a room.
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War Production at St. Paul Works

Date: 1945
Description: Factory worker Helen Karas changes a drill bit before working on a prime mover part at International Harvester's St. Paul Works factory.
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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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Woman Machines Shells at New Brighton Works

Date: 12 27 1944
Description: A female factory worker operates an automatic machine tool at International Harvester's New Brighton Works.
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Wrapping Cannon Parts at St. Paul Works

Date: 1945
Description: Factory worker Edna Fillbrandt wraps parts for a 20 mm cannon at International Harvester's St. Paul Works.
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Olive Thomas and Pekinese Dog

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Triangle films star Olive Thomas wearing a light-colored suit and holding a Pekinese dog under her arm.
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Engine Powered Feed Grinder

Date: 1910
Description: Stationary engine belted to a feed grinder in a wooden shed.
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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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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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Grand Army of the Republic, John H. Williams, Post No. 4

Date: 1931
Description: Portrait of the five surviving members of the Grand Army of the Republic, John H. Williams, Post No. 4. Standing from left to right around the framed chart...
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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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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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Home Canning

Date: 1915
Description: A woman wearing a dress and bonnet is using a wire potato masher to remove a jar of peaches from a vat of boiling water. Several jars of canned goods are s...

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