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Poster

Promotional Circular of Young Woman Picking Cherries

Date: 1925
Description: Promotional circular announcing the 1926 calendar for McCormick-Deering farm machinery. The calendar features a young woman looking coyly over her shoulder...
Poster

Deering Hay Press and Ensilage Cutter Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: South American advertising poster for Deering featuring color illustrations of hay presses and ensilage cutters. Imprinted with "Rosario, Buenos Aires, Bah...
Photograph

Washington Island

Date: 1925
Description: Washington Island, including field and fence, with buildings, automobiles, and a large ship in the distance.
Photograph

Campion College

Date: 1925
Description: View from a distance of Campion College. Bluffs are in the background.
Photograph

Horse-Powered Saw

Date: 1925
Description: Photographic illustration of two men cutting wood with a saw powered by horses on a treadmill. The horses and treadmill were added by an artist's drawing.
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Prairie House

Date: 1925
Description: Clothes dry on a line behind the Prairie House Inn north of Monroe. The house has an exposed stone lower level and a porch wrapping around the two sides w...
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Dean's Barn

Date: 1925
Description: The barn of W.A. Dean, built in 1844 and used as a stage barn in the stage coach days. The barn's foundation, silo, and milk room are newer.
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Farm Scene

Date: 1925
Description: A farm scene with a fence and gate, and milk can in the foreground. In the background is a large barn with a stone foundation, with a man walking nearby.
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Silos across River

Date: 1925
Description: Two large clay block silos stand beside a river. There is a large building, possibly a mill, behind the silos, a barn to the right and a shed on the left. ...
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Concrete Manure Pit and Litter Carrier

Date: 1925
Description: A concrete manure pit and litter carriers operated on pulleys stand in front of multiple farm buildings.
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Superior Hatchery

Date: 1925
Description: Three men inspecting eggs in large cartons on multi-tiered shelves at Superior Hatchery. Cardboard cartons are piled in the center aisle.
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Men with Cotton Bales

Date: 1925
Description: Three men wearing hats are sitting on top of baled cotton loaded in a wagon. The wagon is led by two horses and is traveling down a dirt road in what appea...
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Nativity Scene at Saint Anthony's Shrine

Date: 1925
Description: View of a scene of the nativity in Bethlehem at Saint Anthony's Shrine, also called 'Mount Airy,' consecrated in 1889. The scene features the Holy Family, ...
Photograph

Woman with Parasol on Front Lawn of Farmhouse

Date: 1925
Description: View of a woman posing holding a parasol while sitting on the front lawn of a farmhouse on an International Harvester demonstration farm. Other people are ...
Photograph

Oak Lake Farm

Date: 1925
Description: View from across road of a farmhouse and two outbuildings on an IH demonstration farm at Oak Lake. A dirt road runs past the farm and a cornfield is in the...
Photograph

Wisconsin Barn

Date: 1925
Description: Large barn on the farm of Jacob Hablend. According to the original caption, the barn was equipped with "King ventilators."
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High School

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated 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 ...
Photograph

IH Evansville Branch House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of the International Harvester Company Evansville branch building. Railroad tracks extend past the building in the foreground.
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IH Kansas City Branch House

Date: 1925
Description: Train cars rest on tracks leading past International Harvester's Kansas City branch. Farm equipment stands on loading dock on the side of the building, and...
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IH St. Cloud Branch House Showroom

Date: 1925
Description: Interior view of a showroom at International Harvester Company's St. Cloud branch building. Cream separators, spools of twine, and various agricultural mac...

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