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WMAQ Radio Station

Date: 1924
Description: Interior of WMAQ Radio Station with Chief Engineer Donald Weller standing.
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U.S. Sugar Company

Date: 1924
Description: Two women standing on path in front of the Garver Feed Mill, which was originally a sugar beet processing factory.
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Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1924
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright sits by a sunlit window in his living room at Taliesin, with papers spread before him on a table.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Votes

Date: 1924
Description: View of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at the voting booth in Maple Bluff, Wisconsin at the conclusion of his independent, third-party Presidential campaign.
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Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1924
Description: Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright seated on a drafting table possibly in his office at Taliesin. Wright is holding a cane and is in front of a large model of...
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Robert La Follette, Sr., Speaking to Crowd

Date: 1924
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., speaking to a crowd with his arms spread wide for emphasis. This photograph is thought to have been taken during the 1924 presi...
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Tall-tale Postcard: This is the Kind of Peaches We Raise

Date: 1924
Description: Photomontage of three women lifting baskets filled with giant peaches. The foreground as lines with other giant peaches. The top of the image is trimmed ...
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Kolmar Laboratories and Northwestern Extract Company

Date: 1924
Description: Kolmar laboratories, a cosmetic manufacturer, is housed in the six-story building with the white facade. Northwestern Extract Company, supplier of beverage...
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Men with Bottles and Gun

Date: 1924
Description: Two men standing in front of two cars, one pointing a handgun at the ground and the other looking at the camera. Each man is holding a bottle, possibly ful...
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Choice Honey for Sale

Date: 1924
Description: Outdoor portrait of a young dark-haired women standing in a field of flowers before a sign attached to a telephone pole. The sign reads: "Choice Honey For ...
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Seal Beach Billboard

Date: 1924
Description: Billboard advertising Royal Cords tires and Seal Beach, California. A man is standing in front of the billboard on the right.
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Deck of the Avalon

Date: 1924
Description: View of smokestacks and seated passengers on the deck of the Avalon traveling to Catalina Island.
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The Dells

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view of The Dells. A group of people are standing on a rock formation on the right overlooking the river. On the left is a rocky shoreline, and in...
Postcard

Tornado Damage

Date: 1924
Description: Damage caused by a tornado to a barn near Reseburg. The caption notes that the farm was rented and that "moonshine" was being made there. Some locals at t...
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John Blaine, Robert M. La Follette, and Herman Ekern

Date: 1924
Description: Senator Robert La Follette (center) poses during his campaign for president with two of his lieutenants. Governor John J. Blain is on the left and Herman E...
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Students and Teacher Displaying Portrait of President

Date: 1924
Description: A civics class and teacher are displaying a portrait of President Woodrow Wilson. They are possibly gathered in the schoolyard.
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Cooksville School

Date: 1924
Description: Cooksville School Class. Teacher Lloyd Porter (top row). First row: Arthur Julseth, Alvin Nording, Walter Weber, _______ Moe, Freddie Zinn, Tollef Lunde, C...
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Performing Horses

Date: 1924
Description: Three performing horses stand on platforms in a ring as their trainer gestures proudly in the foreground. Behind the ring are banners decorated with horses...
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Jerry's Piano Girls

Date: 1924
Description: Jerry's Piano Girls, a Keith vaudeville circuit headliner act.
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Noel Alexander Gillespie

Date: 1924
Description: Noel Gillespie poses outdoors in a white suit and pith helmet.

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