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Shop at Eilert Farm Equipment Company

Date: 1938
Description: Interior view of the shop in Eilert Farm Equipment Company, showing the drill press and the big vise, in the center.
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Eilert Parts Department

Date: 1938
Description: The parts department of Eilert's Farm Equipment, showing bins and racks. Eilert's was an International Harvester dealership.
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Eilert's Sample Floor

Date: 1938
Description: Interior view at Eilert's Farm Equipment Company showing the showroom floor. Eilert's was an International Harvester dealership.
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Carrie Lane

Date: 1884
Description: Studio portrait of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt when she was single in Mason City, Iowa. She was first a teacher and then became Superintendent of Schools ther...
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Ho-Chunk Powwow Participants

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Description: This photograph of Ho-Chunk powwow participants is a copy made by Van Schaick. From left to right are: John Hazen Hill (HaNaKah), William Hall (HunkKah), W...
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Altmeyer and Signers of Medicare Bill

Date: 07 30 1965
Description: Caption reads: "Arthur Altmeyer poses outdoors with John Engell (last name?), Paul Douglas, and Oscar Ewing at the signing of the Medicare Bill." Arthur...
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La Follette and "For Any Old Trust" Bat

Date: 1906
Description: Political cartoon of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. A verse is written below the cartoon and refers to the period when he first became a senator. The verse is ...
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Binder Assembly at Deering Works

Date: 1905
Description: Men assembling binders at International Harvester's Deering Works (factory). The factory was originally built by William Deering for the Deering Harvester ...
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Marlboro Billboard

Date: 04 1973
Description: A Marlboro cigarette billboard advertisement looms over King Street.
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Pheasant Branch Hotel or Stamm House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Pheasant Branch Hotel or Stamm House. Men are sitting on the porch near the front door. A sign above the door reads, in part: "J. Yo.....
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Camping with the International Scout

Date: 1972
Description: Color advertising photograph of two men setting up camp in a wooded area. The men have two 1972 International Scouts, one a 4x4 with the top removed (foreg...
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1977 Scout Traveler with Terry Camper in the Mountains

Date: 1977
Description: Color advertising photograph of a 1977 International Scout Traveler pickup with Terry camper set against a mountainous backdrop.
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Ronald Reagan speaking to the Wisconsin Manufacturers' Association

Date: 1970
Description: Ronald Reagan speaking to a group of business people at a meeting of the Wisconsin Manufacturers' Association.
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Welles as Dreedle

Date: 1970
Description: Orson Welles as General Dreedle in "Catch 22," the film version of Joseph Heller's classic anti-war story about Yossarian, a World War II bombardier desper...
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EAA's Paul Poberezny

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Description: Paul H. Poberezny, founder and former president of the Experimental Aviation Association and the winner of numerous aviation awards and titles. Poberezny a...
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Northwest Airlines Anniversary

Date: 07 15 1997
Description: Northwest Airlines celebrated the 50th anniversary of its around-the-globe service to the Orient at Minneapolis Airport in 1997. For this event the airlin...
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World War II B-25

Date: 04 18 1992
Description: "Skunkie," a restored B-25 bomber similar those flown in the famous Jimmy Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. At the 50th anniversary celebration of the raid, "Skunki...
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First Women ATC Trainees

Date: 09 1977
Description: The first class of female Air Force jet pilots posing with a supersonic T-38 Talon training aircraft at Randolph Air Force Base. Their training was part of...
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Apollo 17 Lunar Rover

Date: 09 1972
Description: Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt practice operating the lunar roving vehicle (LRV) in preparation for the Apollo 17 mission to the moon. They ...
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Helicopter Hero Scott Alwin

Date: 1968
Description: Helicopter pilot Scott Alwin, a native of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, with his UH-1 ("Huey"). Alwin spent five tours of duty in Vietnam from 1967 to 1972, se...

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