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Civil Works Service Employee gives out a Check

Date: 02 10 1934
Description: A Civil Works Service employee with a check and equivalent in groceries.
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International Harvester Employee

Date: 04 01 1915
Description: Old man wearing a suit and hat with his back against a brick wall. The man is likely an employee at International Harvester's Osborne Works. One of his leg...
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Hailing the 5,000,000th International Harvester Tractor

Date: 02 01 1974
Description: Press release photograph of female model, Valerie Robb, posing on the 5,000,000th International Harvester tractor to roll off the assembly line on Feb. 1, ...
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Three Hunters

Date: 11 19 1934
Description: Three hunters posing with shotguns and their bounty of a fox, squirrels and rabbits. The man on the right may be UW-Madison chef Carson Gulley.
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Herb Spaanum & Marian Callahan Golfing

Date: 07 27 1934
Description: Herb Spaanum, Monona golf pro, coaching Marian Callahan.
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Norwegian Folk Dancers

Date: 05 12 1934
Description: Norwegian folk dancers in costume, Ray Strand and his partner Miss Reison, perform for the Sons of Norway's Syttende Mai celebration. They have been coache...
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Mayor Law and Chic Sale

Date: 07 20 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law presenting the keys of the city to Chic Sale, former Dane County land owner and character impersonator performing at the Orpheum Theater...
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Clarence W. "Doc" Spears

Date: 09 15 1932
Description: Portrait of Clarence W. "Doc" Spears, University of Wisconsin football coach, standing on the football field.
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Chanticleer Orchestra

Date: 09 02 1931
Description: Group portrait of the men in the Chanticleer "Lanky Neal" Orchestra.
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Chanticleer Orchestra

Date: 09 02 1931
Description: Group portrait of Chanticleer "Lanky Neal" Orchestra dressed in identical suits and two-tone shoes.
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Man with Baby

Date: 08 10 1931
Description: William Busse, humane officer, holding abandoned baby, Bobby LaBue (real name Bobby Yarborough of Spokane Washington).
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Kohen Handing Watch to Stephen Olsen

Date: 06 27 1931
Description: Harold Kohen, President of Harrold's Inc., jewelers, handing one of three watches he is contributing to Kiddy Camp auction, to Stephen Olsen, a brother of ...
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man weighing a milk can on an old scale at the Pet Milk Company.
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Vagabonds Shimmy

Date: 03 03 1963
Description: Skiers dance and twist in the Northland hotel dining room.
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Circus Canvasman at Work

Date: 07 14 1897
Description: James Whalen, boss canvasman with the Ringling Brothers circus, at work in a van.
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International Model D-2 Station Wagon

Date: 09 20 1938
Description: Young man inspecting the interior of an International Model D-2 station wagon ("woody") outside an International Harvester dealership.
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J.E. Merrion

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of J.E. Merrion, Superintendent of International Harvester's Deering Works, in front of a painted backdrop. Mr. Merrion succeeded Chris Bor...
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Giant Man and Meinhardt Raabe

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Description: A giant man, wearing a suit and hat, and Meinhardt Raabe, who is dressed as Little Oscar, are standing together and pulling up their pants legs to compare ...
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McCormick Works Employee

Date: 03 31 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors in front of a building. He is wearing eyeglasses, and overalls over a shirt, vest and necktie.
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Truck Salesman and Son

Date: 04 10 1935
Description: Neel S. Yent poses for a photograph with his son, Jackie, who is seated on the hood of an International truck. Neel was a truck salesman for the Orange Sta...

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