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Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Quarters Before Restoration

Date: 1919
Description: Fort Winnebago surgeon's quarters before restoration. Plans used in the remodeling of 1834 (furnished by the War department) were employed to determine the...
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Mr. H. Puttemans using Chattanooga Reversible Plow

Date: 1919
Description: Mr. H. Puttemans turns under a failed rice crop by means of a horse-drawn Chattanooga Reversible Disc Plow at the Polytechnic School in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Photograph

International Motor Trucks Billboard

Date: 1919
Description: Billboard advertising 3/4, 1, 1 1/2, and 2 ton International Motor Trucks.
Photograph

International F-31 Striplins Transfer Truck

Date: 1919
Description: International model "F" "31" truck operated by Striplins Transfer of Litchfield. A male driver is in the truck which is parked on a city street between a ...
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International Model G Truck Parked Along Curb

Date: 1919
Description: International model "G" truck with an empty bed sits parked along a curb. On the side is written: "Swift & Company." Behind the truck is a line of billboa...
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Bales of Sisal

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of baled sisal stacked in a field alongside a dirt road. Several structures and a railroad cars are on a hill in the background.
Map or Atlas

Map of Douglas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1919
Description: "Map showing the main travelled State and Federal Highways upon which the County Board proposes to expend $1,200,000 for permanent improvements, if you wil...
Book or Pamphlet

P&O Charrues Canton

Date: 1919
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a man on a plow using a team of horses to work in a field. A large building is in the background.
Photograph

Madison Auto Good Roads Highway Patrol Vehicle

Date: 1919
Description: Two men in suits and hats pose outdoors near a Madison Auto Good Roads Highway Patrol vehicle parked at the curb. On the side of the truck are painted sign...
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Walking Plows Set Up in a Row

Date: 1919
Description: Walking plows lined up outdoors in a long row. Buildings are in the background.
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Newly Built Homes?

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view of large, one-story brick building with tiled roof. Another building is in the background on the right. Lumber is piled in the yard in the ri...
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Newly Built Homes?

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view of newly built brick building. A tall building in the background has a sign that reads: "McCormick." Part of a smokestack rises above the bui...
Postcard

Bathing Beach, Ellison Bay

Date: 1919
Description: View towards shoreline with a group of people gathered at a bathing beach. Some people are in the water; other people are standing on the shore fully dress...
Photograph

Man Using Titan Tractor to Pull Disk Harrow and Soil Pulverizer

Date: 1919
Description: Right side view of a man using a tractor to pull a disk harrow and a soil pulverizer. In the background are houses, and on the far right is a large buildin...
Poster

The Bridge Where Uncle Sam Stopped the Hun

Date: 1919
Description: Poster with an illustration of the town of Château-Thierry, France from the bank of the Marne River, with two small boats in the foreground. A broken bridg...
Postcard

Hotel Swoboda, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Date: 1919
Description: Color postcard showing a three-story building, which has several signs indicating it is the Hotel Swoboda. Three cars are parked outside the building, and ...
Postcard

Aeroplane View, Madison, Wis. and State Capitol

Date: 1919
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol and the square from over King Street. Lake Mendota is on the right. The State Historical Society is at the end o...
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Man Posing with Walking Plow

Date: 1919
Description: Old man with cane in business suit posing with walking plow. He is standing on a wood sidewalk in front of a building. He is holding a hat in his left hand...

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