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Saving the World From Starvation Advertisement

Date: 1922
Description: Color advertising flyer entitled "Saving the World From Starvation." Features an illustration of a man in a suit and hat and a farmer looking at McCormick-...
Postcard

Bridge over Wisconsin River

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view of bridge over Wisconsin River built in 1921 to take the place of the old wooden bridge when it became condemned. Caption reads: "Prairie Du ...
Photograph

Two Men in Field Shaking Hands

Date: 1922
Description: A man seated on a Deering grain binder shakes hands with a man standing and smoking a cigar. The man with the cigar may be an International Harvester deale...
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of a schoolhouse with a bell tower and flag pole. In the background is a farm, and fields and hills. A sign on the side of the tower says "1903".
Photograph

Scene at Black Hawk

Date: 1922
Description: View from road of the Black Hawk State Bank, an automotive repair station, and a house. The Bank has striped awnings and a La Follette poster in the window...
Photograph

Mill Dam

Date: 1922
Description: View of a mill dam's pond with open area and hills in the background.
Photograph

High School

Date: 1922
Description: View of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple with an A...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: View down an unpaved street in a residential area, and storefronts further down. Near a garage on the right is a horse-drawn wagon and automobile. Two men ...
Print

Wetmore 12-25 Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1922
Description: Wetmore 12-25 horsepower tractor advertisement featuring a photograph of a man using the tractor in a farm field.
Photograph

Orchard in Bloom

Date: 1922
Description: View from hill of cherry trees in bloom in the Gibraltar Orchard on Sturgeon Bay Road (Highway 42.)
Photograph

Birch Woods

Date: 1922
Description: A woman and girl pose near a wooden fence that separates a field from a stand of birch trees.
Photograph

High Bridge

Date: 1922
Description: View from shoreline of bridge over the Wisconsin River. In the left lower foreground is a shed, and a rowboat. On the opposite shoreline are farms and fiel...
Photograph

Power Plant and Dam

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view of the power plant and dam on the Wisconsin River. Two workers are walking near the center. On the opposite shoreline are fields and tree-cov...
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior view of the public school, a two-story brick building in a rural area with small bell tower on the roof above the entrance. There is a flagpole on...
Photograph

Bhend Family with First Car

Date: 1922
Description: The Bhend family posing with their first car, a Ford Model T, on the Krueger farm. Posing and looking out of the car windows are John Bhend, sitting in the...
Postcard

Elevated View of Chaseburg

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view of Chaseburg and the surrounding landscape, with a river and bluffs in the background. Caption reads: "Chaseburg, Wis."
Photograph

James Peterson with Picnic Basket in Field

Date: 1922
Description: View across field towards James Peterson sitting on a blanket holding a basket. In the background are trees.
Photograph

Two Men Posing with Cow

Date: 1922
Description: Two men are posing with a cow in a field under trees. One of the men is sitting as if milking the cow with one hand, while he is drinking from a bottle wit...
Photograph

Man Drinking from Stoneware Jug

Date: 1922
Description: View across field towards a man standing and taking a drink from a stoneware jug. Beside him on the left is a team of two horses attached to a plow. Both h...
Photograph

Three Men Posing with Parked Truck

Date: 1922
Description: View across dirt road towards three linemen posing in front of a truck that is parked along the side of the road. A power pole is attached horizontally in ...

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