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Family Gathering on Basswood Island

Date: 1916
Description: Picnic on the shores of Basswood Island, Apostle Islands. Those picnicking include Harriet Webb, C.A. Hull, H.W. Rodgers, Mrs. J. Austin, Elizabeth Baker, ...
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Mary MacLaren

Date: 1916
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Mary MacLaren young star of "Bluebird Photoplays."
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Bell Center Depot

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of the Bell Center depot with five men posing on the platform.
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Maypole Dancers on Bascom Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wiscon...
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Hull Tennis Court

Date: 1916
Description: Two women playing tennis at Coole Park Manor on Madeline Island.
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University of Wisconsin Dairy Class

Date: 1916
Description: University of Wisconsin Dairy Class.
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The Wedding at Cana, a Scene From "Intolerance"

Date: 1916
Description: A crowded scene still from "Intolerance": Christ at the wedding at Cana with Howard Gaye as Christ, and with Bessie Love and George Walsh as the bride and ...
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University of Wisconsin Poultry Class

Date: 1916
Description: University of Wisconsin Poultry Class. A large group of students is standing outside near cages.
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Valda Valkyrien

Date: 1916
Description: Publicity portrait of Valda Valkyrien, known as "The Movie Star of Denmark."
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Man Inside Agricultural Exhibit

Date: 1916
Description: African American man sitting inside an agricultural display of corn, potatoes, canned goods and International Harvester agricultural lecture charts. A bann...
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Man Riding Whitney 6-12 Experimental Tractor

Date: 1916
Description: Man riding a Whitney 6-12 light-weight gasoline tractor. Placard reads "r.p.m. 1300, plowing speed 1.75-2.5 m.p.h." The tractor was sold in small numbers b...
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International Model M Grocery Truck

Date: 1916
Description: Man sitting behind the wheel of an International Model M grocery truck in front of the Good Luck grocery store. A sign on the back of the truck reads: Good...
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Workers Pour Molten Metal into Molds at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1916
Description: Two workers pouring molten metal from a crane-held vat into a mold to make castings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by ...
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Workers Tend to Engines at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1916
Description: Two men working on engine components on an assembly line at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Com...
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Experimental International Harvester Motor Cultivator

Date: 1916
Description: Man with cigar tests an International Harvester experimental motor cultivator in a field.
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William "Billy" Mitchell in Flight Gear

Date: 1916
Description: General William "Billy" Mitchell posing next to an airplane wearing flight gear.
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IHC Workers on Assembly Line

Date: 1916
Description: Workers on a factory floor installing engines onto tractor frames (chassis) at an International Harvester factory, most likely Tractor Works.
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IHC Tractor Works Assembly Room

Date: 1916
Description: Elevated view of actory workers assembling tractors at an International Harvester factory — most likely Tractor Works in Chicago.
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Golf Course Landing

Date: 1916
Description: A Standard plane on the golf course of the Waukesha Moor Baths Hotel surrounded by curious onlookers. This landing was representative of the problems encou...
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Employees Unload Weber Wagon Parts from Railroad Car

Date: 1916
Description: Two men unloading Weber wagon parts from a railroad car in front of the Umpleby Implement Company while a portly man in a bowler hat is gesturing from a di...

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