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International Model H Fire Truck

Date: 1919
Description: International Model H fire truck owned by the Brookfield Fire Department.
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Crowd around Public Receiving Tomb

Date: 05 1895
Description: Albumen print of spectators standing and seated around the public receiving tomb in Oakridge Cemetery where Abraham Lincoln's body was placed after his fun...
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Janesville City Hospital

Date: 1893
Description: The Janesville City Hospital.
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Historical Society Under Construction

Date: 11 24 1898
Description: View from Bascom Hill toward the Wisconsin State Capitol showing the Wisconsin Historical Society under construction.
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Inside of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company advertising card. Features color illustrations demonstrating the development of harvesting technology, in...
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Deering Corn Binder

Date: 1914
Description: Rear view of a farmer using a horse-drawn Deering corn binder in a field.
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Logging with an International TD-9 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Men use an International TD-9 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) with Carco(?) winch in a logging operation.
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Stanley Public Library

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Description: Exterior view from road of the Stanley Public Library. The library opened in 1901 and was funded with a $15,000 donation from Mrs. S.F. Moon. Above the mai...
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Mogul 30-60 Tractor and Plow

Date: 1914
Description: A man pulls a plow through a field with a Mogul 30-60 kerosene tractor. Another man stands on the plow.
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Girl on Seesaw

Date: 1920
Description: A girl with bobbed hair is wearing a one-piece playsuit, knee socks, and buckled sandals while playing on a seesaw (teeter totter).
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Mail Carrier on Poor Quality Road

Date: 02 1915
Description: A mail carrier on horseback is approaching a stranded horse-drawn carriage along a stretch of poor quality rural road. Farmhouses and farm buildings are on...
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Schoolchildren Playing Outdoors

Date: 05 20 1924
Description: Children play a game outdoors beside a rural school building.
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Children Playing Baseball

Date: 1914
Description: Children standing in a schoolyard playing baseball. Two buildings are in the far background.
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Children Playing Leapfrog

Date: 1920
Description: Boys from Sunnyside School playing leapfrog on the lawn outside a building. Other children are sitting near a screen door in the background.
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Film Still from "Dollars and Sense"

Date: 1916
Description: Film still - exterior - depicting a young man and young woman looking at each other. The man is played by the actress playing the young woman shown in the ...
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North Pinckney Street

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Description: View of tree-lined North Pinckney Street. There is melting snow on the ground. Two cars are parked along the curb in the distance.
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Group of People at Alfalfa Campaign Talk

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Description: Group of men, women and children gather outside around a man lecturing about growing alfalfa.
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Duck Shooting on Lake Winnebago Near Fond du Lac, Wis.

Date: 1858
Description: Engraved print of four men and a dog in a boat on Lake Winnebago. Two of the men are in the center of the boat holding hunting rifles, while one man is sta...
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Building at Stanley McCormick School

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Description: View of a building at the school. A mountain is in the background.

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