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Vote Recording Machine

Date: 1919
Description: Inventor, B.L. Boboroff, displays his vote recording device to members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Division Class

Date: 1919
Description: Men in a University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension Division class under Professor Consoliner. This appears to be an engineering class.
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School Children Folk Dancing

Date: 1919
Description: School children dancing in a circle to music from a Victrola phonograph as women look on. The children are outdoors, possibly in a rural schoolyard.
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Directing an "Action Song"

Date: 1919
Description: Miss Streeter leading school children in the "shoemaker's song". Another woman is standing near a Victrola. The children are outdoors under trees. Possibly...
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International Model H Oil Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Driver's side view of a man sitting in the driver's seat of an International Model H oil truck owned by the Winona Oil Company. The truck is parked outside...
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Man Inspects International Model H Truck Engine

Date: 1919
Description: Man inspecting the engine of an International Model H truck. The 201 cubic inch H engine featured an L-head design, with three main bearings and forced lub...
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Experimental McCormick Motor Grain Binder

Date: 1919
Description: Man operating an experimental McCormick motor-driven grain binder in a field.
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Experimental Self-Propelled Mower

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter view from left front of a man operating an experimental motor-driven mower with two vertical lift sickle bars.
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Children on Wagon

Date: 1919
Description: A young boy and girl are sitting in a wagon on a dirt road, while a man and woman are watching from the porch of a house in the background. The wagon is lo...
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Men with Motor Hay Press

Date: 1919
Description: Two men use a hay press to bale hay near a farm building. One man loads the press with hay while the other binds hay with twine. The press is powered by a ...
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Engine Powered Hay Press

Date: 1919
Description: A man baling hay with a hay press powered by an International Type M engine. Bales of hay are loaded on flatbed behind men observing on the left.
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Engine Powered Hay Press

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of men baling hay with engine powered hay press near a barn or farm building. The press is connected with a belt to the power take-off of a T...
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Woman Operating Cream Separator

Date: 1919
Description: Mrs. Robert Viall is using a gasoline engine to run a cream separator on the Babcock farm. The cream separator is driven by belts that are attached to the ...
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Daniel Hoan Speaking to a Crowd

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of Mayor Hoan speaking to a crowd at the Seaman Body Corporation.
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"Hay Foot, Straw Foot"

Date: 1919
Description: Thaddeus Briggs (Spottiswoode Aitken) is handing his grandson Ulysses S. Grant Briggs (Charles Ray) something in a still for the 1919 film "Hay Foot, Straw...
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Cobbler's Shop

Date: 1919
Description: A cobbler repairing shoes. He is standing at a counter with the tools of his trade and a shelf of shoes and boots. He is wearing a long apron. The shop is ...

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