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Tennis Friends

Date: 1914
Description: Four men and three women posing on Hull's tennis court.
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John Suhr Residence

Date: 1914
Description: John J. Suhr residence at 121 Langdon Street, designed by City Engineer and architect Captain John Nadar. Built in 1886 for immigrant John J. Suhr, Sr. (18...
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"Lizzie W." in Apostle Islands

Date: 1914
Description: Hull family boarding the "Lizzie W." from one of the Apostle Islands.
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Phoenix Log Hauler

Date: 1914
Description: Steam log hauler made by Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Eau Claire, pulling loaded skids through snow. Rice Lake lumber camp, overland spur.
Photograph

Harmonica Player

Date: 1914
Description: James Peterson, son of the photographer, playing the harmonica. He is sitting against a stump, with trees in the distance.
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Sledding

Date: 1914
Description: Laurie, Muriel, and James Peterson, children of the photographer, sledding near the family home. Handwritten on reverse, "Laurie, Muriel, James Peterson, c...
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Tractor Running Belt-Driven Thresher

Date: 1914
Description: International Harvester tractor (likely a friction drive) running a belt-driven husker-shredder in the snow-covered yard of a farm.
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Lillie Team Mechanic

Date: 1914
Description: Mickey McGuire, a mechanic with the Max Lillie Exhibition Team that was based in Chicago. Pioneer aviator Jesse Brabazon, who knew McGuire from their days ...
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Dickenson in Aviator's Cap

Date: 1914
Description: Portrait of Charles Dickenson, a wealthy Chicago businessman and an early supporter of aviation. In addition to serving as president of the Chicago Aero Cl...
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Agricultural Implement Dealer Storefront

Date: 1914
Description: Storefront of Barrington Mercantile Company, a rural agricultural implement dealer. A variety of signs indicate equipment sold, including Deering machines ...
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Russian Agricultural Implement Dealer

Date: 1914
Description: Several men and a young child pose with a cultivator and other implements in front of a Russian agricultural equipment dealer. The dealer may have been an ...
Photograph

Tractor and British Plows

Date: 1914
Description: Three well-dressed men are pulling two British made R.Y.L.T. four furrow tractor plows with a Mogul 12-25 tractor. The plows were made by Ransomes, Sims an...
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Train Wreck

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of the wreck of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train at Corliss. A large crowd of men are watching as a Bucyrus crane is lifting a car b...
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Russian International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1914
Description: Storefront of an International Harvester dealership in Russia owned by Ja.T. Obukov. Reapers and other farm implements are on display outside the store, an...
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McCormick Reaper in Israel

Date: 1914
Description: Children looking at a McCormick reaper parked on the side of a road in what is now Israel. The caption reads: "Jewish Colony Milharuiyeh - 6 miles south o...
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Men Load Horse-Drawn Wagon

Date: 1914
Description: Men posing for the camera while loading sacks of feed into a horse-drawn Steel King wagon in front of the I.B. Graybill general store.
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International Jitney Bus

Date: 1914
Description: Passengers aboard an International jitney bus parked on a street in Omaha, Nebraska.
Photograph

Sun Prairie Freshman Class

Date: 1914
Description: Group portrait of the 1914 Sun Prairie freshman class. Included in the group is Bill Droster, grandfather of the donor of this image.
Book or Pamphlet

International Sweep Rakes, Stackers and Combined Sweep Rake and Stacker Catalog Cover

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester sweep rakes and stackers. Includes a photograph of men operating a horse powered hay stacker.
Book or Pamphlet

International Rake Hay Loader

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the International rake hay loader. Includes an photographic illustration of a man operating a rake hay loader.

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