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Woman at Work

Date: 03 24 1969
Description: Young woman at work designing a magazine cover.
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Infirmary at IHC Deering Works Twine Mill

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Description: Wicker chairs, pillows, table, magazines, a Victrola, and a medicine cabinet in the infirmary at International Harvester' Deering Works twine mill. The fac...
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Women's Rest Room at Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Female workers and an attendant reading magazines and relaxing inside a "rest room" at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborne Works was ...
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Man Reads Magazine to Young Child

Date: 08 1925
Description: Mr. Wolfe sitting in a chair reading Successful Farming magazine to a young child on his lap.
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Morality Poll Results

Date: 08 27 1973
Description: "Christian Herald" editor Kenneth L. Wilson, left, and publisher, Fen Loomer look through some of the over 25,000 pieces of mail with over 160,000 signatur...
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Newsstand

Date: 01 21 1939
Description: Newsstand in the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railway depot, 644 West Washington, displaying soft drinks, tobacco products, and reading materials...
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Leo Kehl on The American Dancer Cover

Date: 08 1937
Description: Cover of The American Dancer magazine featuring Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance and Genevieve Esse Kehl.
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William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1912
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of William Dempster Hoard (1836-1918).
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Bee Farmer Reading

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Description: A bee farmer reads America's Bee Journal while sitting next to a number of hives.
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Drew Pearson on Vacation

Date: 1950
Description: Columnist Drew Pearson, who with Robert S. Anderson and later with Jack Anderson, pioneered modern political investigative reporting. Pearson was one of t...
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Writers Workshop at Highlander

Date: 1940
Description: A late 1930s early 1940s writers workshop at Highlander run by Leon Wilson. Charlie Ferguson, Editor, Reader's Digest, working with Mrs. Joe Kelly Stockt...
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International Harvester Information Booth

Date: 10 31 1938
Description: A woman stands in the International Harvester information booth at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress in Iowa. There are advertisements for farm equipment ...
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Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy

Date: 1938
Description: A man stands by a cooler with a bottle of Pabst beer in his hand. Bottles and cans of beer are along the wall behind him. On the right is a magazine stand ...
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Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy

Date: 1938
Description: A cooler sits in Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy surrounded by advertisements, seeds, hygiene products, and magazines. A sign above the cooler reads "Our Beer...
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Indianapolis Truck Engine Works Lobby

Date: 1939
Description: Ten chairs, a table, ashtrays, and a pamphlet and magazine display in the lobby of International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. An engine is on display in...
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Tractor Farming Display

Date: 1938
Description: Display advertising Tractor Farming Magazine. The original caption reads: "Tractor Farming display designed by N.H. Schmidt for the Peoria B/H."
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Man Reading Magazine

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: A man sits in an armchair reading the magazine "Country Gentleman."
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Miss Olive White

Date: 1949
Description: Miss Olive White of the Home Economics Department at International Harvester's Evansville Works. She is sitting at a desk, with a phone to her left ear. A ...
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Neenah Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Neenah Public Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded with a combined donation of $20,000 from the citizens of Neenah and A...
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Chauncey Bottum

Date: 01 24 1944
Description: Autographed photograph of Chauncey "The Bear Hunter" Bottum reading a magazine called Traveler. The autograph is for Governor Goodland, and reads "B...

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