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Fireplace at Hull Cottage

Date: 1915
Description: Tile fireplace inside the Hull cottage on Madeline Island. Display of Native American artifacts and other items are on the mantel. The Hull cottage, a.k.a....
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International 15-30 H.P. Kerosene Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: Left side view of an International 15-30 H.P. kerosene tractor on a factory or warehouse floor.
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Tractors and Engines at an International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1915
Description: Showroom, most likely of an International Harvester dealership, with stationary engines and a Titan tractor.
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Schuette Bros. Grocery Department

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of Schuette Brothers grocery department. Among the items for sale are grapefruit, apples, bananas, dates, and figs. There is a Jell-O adverti...
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Woman with Poultry Housing Display

Date: 1915
Description: A woman holding a chicken is standing beside a display illustrating quality poultry housing (chicken coops).
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Prairie Breaker

Date: 1915
Description: Side view of a Prairie Breaker plow [breaking plow] against a black backdrop. Two parts of the plow are labeled as "A" and "B."
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Canned Goods Display

Date: 1915
Description: Canned goods are arranged on shelving against a wall inside a grocery store.
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Men Reading Agricultural Education Material

Date: 1915
Description: Professor Perry Holden (right) and an unidentified man sitting at a desk and looking over promotional materials from International Harvester's Agricultural...
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Classroom Presentation on Flies

Date: 1915
Description: A group of students and a teacher are sitting at desks in a classroom while listening to a lesson on the dangers of house flies. Agricultural lecture chart...
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Lesson on Flies in Classroom

Date: 1915
Description: A student is using a pointer to direct the attention of seated students toward a poster labeled "Life Cycle of a Fly" during a lesson on the dangers of hou...
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Canned Goods on Shelf

Date: 1915
Description: Canned goods are arranged on shelving behind the counter at Lazenby's Mercantile Store.
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Cranberry Exhibit at the Milwaukee Fair

Date: 1915
Description: Exhibit at the Milwaukee County Fair devoted to Wisconsin's cranberry production. The exhibit includes cranberry plants, various cranberry varieties, cranb...
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"The Cheat" Movie Still

Date: 1915
Description: A menacing Sessu Hayakawa looms over a terrified Fannie Ward in a scene from the silent film "The Cheat" (Paramount 1915). In the upper right hand corner, ...
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Plano, McCormick, Milwaukee Logos

Date: 1915
Description: Examples of logos for Plano, McCormick, and Milwaukee.
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Shoe Repairman

Date: 1915
Description: A cobbler repairing a boot in his shop. Many boots are lined up on the floor, and a bench of tools is behind him. A calendar from J.B. Yunker & Sons hangs ...
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Drug Store Interior

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of the drugstore owned by Jerome Francis Franklin Jr., located next to the Franklin Hardware Company/Eland Post Office. In the foreground are...
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Interior of Hardware Store and Post Office

Date: 1915
Description: Three men are posing inside the Franklin Hardware Company and Eland Post Office. Jerome Francis Franklin Sr. is on the right, and two possible Franklin rel...

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