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Woman Washing Clothes with Engine-Driven Washer

Date: 07 1927
Description: Woman washing clothes outdoors with a Dexter washing machine powered by a stationary McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 horsepower type "M" engine. Photograph taken a...
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Mabel Tainter Memorial Building

Date: 1900
Description: The Mabel Tainter Memorial building was a facility erected in 1889-1890 with funds provided by Andrew Tainter, part owner and manager of the Knapp, Stout a...
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Elbert Blow Farm

Date: 03 17 1915
Description: Elbert Blow farm, with three men and a young child posing. Shows short horn cattle, the barnyard, and home.
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College of Agriculture on Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture. On the left is a large chimney and the Hiram Smith Hall.
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1909
Description: Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) with dome from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1916
Description: Bascom Hall with dome (formerly Main Hall) from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in front of the entrance...
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Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior of Chadbourne Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a lawn and trees in front of wide steps leading to a long front porch.
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Picnic Point from University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Picnic Point from shoreline of Lake Mendota at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a university building on the hill on the left, and a pi...
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Science Buildings from Lake Mendota

Date: 1900
Description: View of Science Hall and the Chemical Laboratory building, looking southwest from Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. On the shorel...
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Russell Motor Patrol on Highway 12

Date: 07 20 1927
Description: Emil Anderson operating a road grader marked "Russell Motor Patrol No.3" on Highway 12.
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University Drive along Lake Mendota

Date: 1916
Description: University Drive along Lake Mendota. Picnic Point can be seen across the lake. Caption reads: "University Drive."
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10-20 Industrial Tractor Pulling Box Car

Date: 11 1926
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor to pull a boxcar out of a building. The boxcar is running on railroad tracks. The tractor was owned...
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Russell Road Grader

Date: 08 1926
Description: A man operates a Russell road grader on a rural road.
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Harvesting Rye on Vogel Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Two men harvesting rye in a field with a horse-drawn grain binder. The men are working on the Vogel farm.
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Spreading Lime on a Farm Field

Date: 06 25 1927
Description: Fred H. Conners is walking behind a lime spreader pulled by two horses to fertilize field soil. A barn, silo, and other farm buildings are in the backgroun...
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Farmall Tractor with Endgate Spreader

Date: 09 1927
Description: A man standing in an endgate lime spreader is using a shovel to spread lime onto a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The sprea...
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Man Feeding Chickens

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man wearing a straw hat feeding chickens out of a metal bucket in front of a poultry house at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Driving Safety

Date: 07 1927
Description: Automobiles approaching a turn in a paved road with billboards on either side. Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Depart...
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Dangers of TNT

Date: 08 1927
Description: A man holding a metal instrument approaching a tree stump to inspect why a dynamite blast did not go off.
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Dangers while Unhitching Horses

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man unhitches horses from a wagon. Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Department to illustrate the dangers of leaving one tug un...

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