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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Men working at tables in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Stacks of parts are piled on the floor, and a hat and coat are han...
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Metal Finishing Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of men working in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Metal parts are stacked on the floor and the room is suppor...
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Men Working in McCormick Foundry

Date: 1900
Description: View across foundry floor of factory workers in a large room with high ceilings, vent hoods and skylights at McCormick Works. Two men in the middle ground ...
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Fort Hill

Date: 1902
Description: Confederate "Fort Hill" on the south side of Jackson Road where the Confederate entrenchments run southward. The Siege of Vicksburg lasted from May to July...
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Motor Truck Outside Repair Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Two men wearing bowler hats are sitting in an International Model M truck parked outside Laun Machine Co. A sign for the company is painted on the brick w...
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Children Viewing Stereographs

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Description: Group of children at the Cherry Street branch of the Evansville Public Library using steropticons to view stereograph images. Bookshelves line the back wal...
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Preparing Literature

Date: 1919
Description: A group of women are preparing stacks of literature on the "Vitalized Agriculture Program" in the basement of a building. The program was administered by I...
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Hamburg District School Number 1

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of Hamburg District School Number 1 located in Erie County. A flag pole is standing in the school's front yard. There is also a pole on top o...
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Rural School Room

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of a school room at Mohegan Lake Public School, filled with rows of desks, an organ, and several chalkboards. The text on the chalkboard read...
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Jefferson Davis on Porch of his Residence

Date: 1883
Description: Jefferson Davis sitting in a chair on the porch of his residence.
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Poultry Yard

Date: 1899
Description: Chickens stand in a fenced-in yard among rows of poultry houses. A farmhouse and other buildings stand in the background.
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Mccormick-Deering Potato Digger

Date: 07 28 1925
Description: Man driving a team of four horses or mules hitched to a McCormick-Deering potato digger.
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Curtis & Yale Plant 1 Workers

Date: 1884
Description: Men posed in front of and on top of a building at Plant One of the Curtis and Yale Co. Some of the men stand with bicycles.
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McCormick-Deering Cultivator Approaching Fence

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of man operating a mounted Farmall four row cultivator near a fence in a field scene. Original caption reads: "#407H-Farmall [?] 4 row cultiv...
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Ventriloquism Act

Date: 
Description: Ben Bergor, Madison magician, ventriloquist, and entertainment agent, performing with Jerry O'Reilly at a farm show. With Bergor is his wife Alva who often...
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Milwaukee Branch House

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's Milwaukee branch office building. A parking lot stands before the structure and ivy vines cover the three-story ...
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Madison Branch House

Date: 10 13 1919
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester branch office building in Madison. Railroad tracks pass by the building and painted signs read, "P&O Plows. Int...
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Madison Branch House

Date: 10 13 1919
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester branch office building in Madison. The sign painted on the window reads, "International Motor Trucks. Exclusive...
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Assembly at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers producing farm implement parts at the McCormick Reaper Works. A pulley system is set up on the ceiling and several piles of metal pieces ar...
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Workers at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: View down an aisle of male factory workers seated at machines in the McCormick Reaper Works. The machines are belt-driven from the ceiling.

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