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Car Ferry

Date: 1920
Description: The Cassville Ferry with three cars and passengers, crossing the Mississippi River from Cassville to Turkey River, Iowa.
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George and Fannie Stacy Lincoln Monegar

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait of George Monegar (EwaOnaGinKah) and Fannie Stacy Lincoln Monegar (LeBaWinKah) posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearin...
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Boy Scout Band

Date: 1920
Description: Group portrait of a Boy Scout band in front of a large brick building, possibly the old Baraboo High School. The bass drum head reads "Boy Scout Band" and ...
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Jack Carson

Date: 1920
Description: Jack Carson at the age of ten posing on front steps wearing a hat and leaning on a walking cane.
Poster

McCormick-Deering Calendar

Date: 1920
Description: Promotional circular showing the color illustration for a forthcoming farm implement line calendar. Illustration is an artistic rendering of a young woman ...
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Howard Russell and Dog Team

Date: 1920
Description: Howard Russell with dog team bringing the mail to La Pointe.
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John R. Commons

Date: 1920
Description: John R. Commons, a University of Wisconsin professor, is shown standing outside Sterling Hall with his hat on the ground at his feet.
Postcard

Two Men with Guitar

Date: 1920
Description: Two men posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. James Gorman, standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is un...
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Loading Boxes from International F/31 Truck into Refrigerated Railroad Car

Date: 1920
Description: Three men loading wooden crates from the back of an International Model F or 31 truck into a refrigerated railroad car.
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Men Work on Streetcar Power Lines with International Model H Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Two men working on trolley car electrical wires (catenary) in the middle of a street. The men are standing on a platform in the back of an International Mo...
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Worker Transporting Parts at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Worker using a motorized shop cart ("shop mule") to transport parts between buildings at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The cart was manufactur...
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Worker at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Worker assembling a tank at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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Worker Forms Steel Rod at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1920
Description: Worker forming the tip of a steel rod at International Harvester Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
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Engine Assembly Line at IHC Tractor Works

Date: 1920
Description: Workers assembling engine components and tightening head bolts along an assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Suffragists Picketing on Fifth Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: Protesters demonstrating for women's rights parade up and down Fifth Avenue. They had previously been arrested at the White House.
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Factory Works with Agricultural Equipment Parts

Date: 1920
Description: Factory workers standing with cartloads of agricultural parts inside a workshop, most likely at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Aub...
Poster

Genuine Baldwin Chains

Date: 1920
Description: Advertising poster for Baldwin Chains. "Baldwin - it's the Chain that stands the Strain." Includes an photograph of a man driving an International Harveste...
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Men Posed with Stagecoach and International Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Six men posed with a stage coach and an International F-31 truck in front of the Circle Route Stage Line and Beaumont Stables storefront. The line ran from...
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Lawson Airplane Company Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Alfred W. Lawson (second from right) and his employees in front of his South Milwaukee factory with the center section of his new airplane, the Lawson Midn...
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Pilot Behncke and ALPA

Date: 1920
Description: Commercial pilot Dave Behnke, who later headed Airline Pilots Association, signing for a load of airmail. After service as a pilot during World War I, Behn...

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