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Spreading Gravel

Date: 1900
Description: Two men spreading gravel from a horse-drawn dump wagon onto a road. The wagon was manufactured by Road Machine Co.
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Mowing Clover

Date: 1915
Description: A man is using two horses to pull a mower through a field of clover. In the background are hills or mountains.
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Children of the Wilder Strikers at Highlander

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Description: Early photograph from Highlander Folk School. Children of the Wilder Strikers. J.D. Marlowe, fifth from right.
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FDR Signs the Social Security Bill

Date: 08 14 1935
Description: President Franklin D. Roosevelt about to sign the Social Security Act of 1935.
Print

La Belle House

Date: 1867
Description: A summer resort, situated on the banks of Fowler and La Belle Lakes, in the village of Oconomowoc, thirty miles from Milwaukee on the St. Paul R.R. Men sta...
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Jerry Rusk Cartoon

Date: 09 20 1891
Description: Political cartoon from the Washington Post. It refers to the role of Jeremiah M. Rusk, the Secretary of Agriculture from Wisconsin, in negotiating i...
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The Big Store

Date: 06 26 1906
Description: Group of salespeople standing in front of The Big Store.
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Fairchild Grain Elevator

Date: 12 28 1906
Description: Landscape photograph of the Fairchild grain elevator on a winter's day. There are workers steering two horse-drawn carts in the foreground.
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Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 08 24 1927
Description: Two men in a cotton field with a Farmall Regular tractor and an experimental cotton picker. Original caption reads: "McCormick-Deering Cotton Picker and Fa...
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Woman and Man with Tractor

Date: 1945
Description: A woman is sitting behind the wheel of a McCormick-Deering Farmall Cub tractor for a demonstration at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm....
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Men Examine Cotton Picker

Date: 1945
Description: A group of men gather around a cotton picker on display at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Group at Hinsdale Demonstration

Date: 1945
Description: Groups of men examine International equipment on display outdoors at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The equipment on display include...
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Spectators at Hinsdale Farm

Date: 1945
Description: A group looks on as a man removes what appears to be a burlap bag from a piece of agricultural equipment on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental...
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Self-Binding Harvester

Date: 1899
Description: A man is operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses. The original caption reads: "This machine represents the modern harvester by which grain ...
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Men with Self-Binding Harvester

Date: 1899
Description: Two men are operating a horse-drawn McCormick twine grain binder in a field.
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McCormick Wire Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A man is operating a McCormick wire binder driven by two horses.
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Man with McCormick Wire Binder

Date: 1899
Description: Man operating a McCormick wire binder driven by two horses through a field.
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McCormick Reaper

Date: 1910
Description: Man operating a McCormick reaper driven by two horses through a field. The reaper was built in 1847.
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Men with McCormick Harvester

Date: 1899
Description: A man is operating a McCormick self-binding harvester driven by two horses, while two men are standing beside him in a field. The harvester was built in 18...
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Two P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoists with Lumber Units

Date: 1910
Description: Two Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoists with lumber handling units laden with lumber and men in the cabs. Both hoists are stamped with text that ...

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