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Russian Farmer with Camel-Drawn Mower

Date: 1910
Description: Russian farmer in a field riding an International Harvester mower drawn by two camels.
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TWA Bar and Lounge

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Description: A steward serves four passengers in the bar and lounge of a TWA all-sleeper, trans-Atlantic Ambassador flight. The photograph is from the collection of com...
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Farm Family Poses with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Men, women and children posing in a field with a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder.
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Actress on McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Actress plowing a field with a McCormick-Deering tractor for the Fox Film production "Our Daily Bread."
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Actors and Actress on McCormick-Deering Tractors

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Two actors and an actress plowing a field with McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractors for the Fox Film production "Our Daily Bread".
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Distributing Christmas Turkeys at Deering Works

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Description: Men standing among piles of turkeys ready for distribution at International Harvester's Deering Works. The turkeys were distributed as Christmas gifts. The...
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Barn Raising

Date: 1885
Description: Seated group of women and children participating in a barn raising.
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Kohler Opens History Exhibit

Date: 10 08 1955
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., cuts a ribbon to open the "They Did It Themselves: 50 Years Ago" exhibit at the State Historical Society. Mrs. Vincent W. K...
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Ideal Curlers

Date: 1921
Description: Exhibit of Ideal Curlers at the Wisconsin State Fair, with a woman demonstrating how they were to be used for long hair. The advertising promises "no metal...
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Turkey Processing

Date: 1975
Description: Women members of Local 231, of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers of North America preparing turkeys for the market.
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New Deal Road Work

Date: 02 27 1934
Description: CWA road crew leveling a grade on a county road near Westfield. The CWA undertook many road and utility projects during the Great Depression in order to p...
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Crossing Guard Helping Student

Date: 09 1956
Description: A crossing guard helps a young student to cross the street at a cross walk at Abert and Green Bay streets in Milwaukee. Two cars (one a Chevrolet), have en...
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UAW Children's Christmas Party

Date: 1945
Description: Santa Claus surrounded by children at a Christmas Party sponsored by the United Automobile Workers Local 121 of Janesville.
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Agricultural Machinery

Date: 1919
Description: Two farmers are operating a horse-drawn corn picker (possibly a Deering) and wagon in a field.
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Farmers with Farmall Tractor and Potato Digger

Date: 1924
Description: Rear view of two farmers pulling a potato digger in a field with a Farmall Regular tractor.
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Champion Grain Binder

Date: 1905
Description: A farmer drives a team of four horses pulling a Champion grain binder.
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Lifting a Shock of Corn

Date: 1914
Description: Farmer lifting a shock of corn stalks with a corn binder attachment.
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Push Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A farmer uses a team of six mules to power a push binder through a field. The farmer is shaded by an umbrella. The advertisement on the umbrella reads: "Ha...
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Advance Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: A. Lindemann of Cascade, Iowa, with a horse-drawn McCormick Advance reaper and mower.
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Deering Spring Tooth Harrow

Date: 05 06 1915
Description: A man is walking behind a Deering Spring Tooth Harrow in a field.

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