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Boys Constructing Fly Trap

Date: 1914
Description: Two boys construct a fly trap. A boy holds mesh in place against a wooden box frame while another boy uses a hammer to nail it into place. They kneel in wh...
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Woman on Porch

Date: 1914
Description: A seated woman looking through a screen on the porch of a stucco house.
Manuscript

Illegally Issued Twenty Peso Notes from the Yucatan

Date: 1914
Description: Twenty-four thousand twenty peso notes issued by the order of Yucatan governor Abel Ortiz Argumedo. Argumedo used these notes to pay a debt to the Internat...
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Danger of Pests

Date: 1914
Description: Illustration made for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to demonstrate the danger of pests, including diseases carried by insects...
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Grand Army of the Republic, Men at Encampment

Date: 1914
Description: Outdoor view of Union veterans standing near a war memorial in a square downtown.
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Plowing a Field

Date: 1914
Description: View along freshly upturned furrow in an open field. In the middle ground a team of three horses pulls a plow(?) through the field. Homes and factory build...
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Canned Goods Display

Date: 1914
Description: Canned goods labeled "Grown in Mississippi" are stacked in pyramids in the window of W.B. Craft grocery and notion store.
Photograph

International 30-60 Tractor Pulling P&O Draft Plow

Date: 1914
Description: International Harvester 30-60 Mogul Tractor pulling a P&O draft plow. One man stands on the back of the tractor, and a group of men stand in the field near...
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated, angled view of the facade and right side of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company building. The structure has a set of stone steps that ...
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Corn Shipment from IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 1914
Description: Burlap bags marked with their weight sit on a shelf awaiting shipment. The text on the bag reads: "International Harvester Co. of N.J. Agricultural Extensi...
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Oliver Two Row Plow in Field

Date: 1914
Description: Rear view of an Oliver No.84 two row plow in field. In the background is a building with a sign that says: "1914 Agricultural Hall."
Photograph

Canning Demonstration

Date: 1914
Description: A group of men and women surround O.H. Benson as he gives a canning demonstration in the office of County Superintendent Tobin. Canning equipment stands on...
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Girls in Sewing Class

Date: 1914
Description: Female students working in a sewing class taught by Miss Catherine Mulvey. Original caption reads, "Miss Mulvey teaches the primary grades, but on Friday a...
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Men with Livestock

Date: 1914
Description: Group of men in a pen with livestock, including pigs, sheep, a cow, a donkey and horses. The livestock was owned by the Piney Woods Country Life School.
Photograph

Rockford College Jane Adams Room

Date: 1914
Description: Unidentified woman seated in a wicker chair reading in the Jane Adams room at Rockford College. A walled-over fireplace is on the wall behind her, and an H...
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Rockford College Lawn

Date: 1914
Description: Two costumed dancers on the lawn at Rockford College.
Photograph

St. Mark's Parish School

Date: 1914
Description: View across street toward the front and right side of St. Mark's Parish School. A dirt lot is to the right.
Photograph

Rockford College Costumed Battle

Date: 1914
Description: Four costumed Rockford College students pose outdoors in mock battle on a lawn. Fighting roosters [?].
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Man Seated Atop Bales of Hay

Date: 1914
Description: Man seated on a horse-drawn wagon loaded with bales of hay near railroad tracks.
Print

Christmas Greetings

Date: 1914
Description: Holiday card of a boy carrying a plum pudding topped with holly. He is dressed in a red, green and white medieval style costume. His hat is grey with a plu...

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