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Eskimo Duck Dance

Date: 1930
Description: Eskimo duck dance to celebrate the spring hunt.
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Little Rascals with International Harvester Cream Separator

Date: 1930
Description: Cast members from the early 20th century film series "Little Rascals" pose in and around an International Harvester cream separator with their dog.
Poster

Harvester-Thresher Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines) featuring color illustrations of No. 8, No. 11, No. 20 and windrow harvesters. Incl...
Poster

Manure Spreader Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering manure spreaders. Includes color illustration and the text: "No man ever made a mistake by investing in modern equ...
Poster

Advertising Poster for Deering Parts

Date: 1930
Description: Uruguayan advertising poster for Deering brand farm implements and tractors urging customers to use genuine Deering parts for their implements and tractors...
Postcard

Nebraska Row

Date: 1930
Description: View from water of cottages along the shoreline in Nebraska Row, La Pointe, Madeline Island. Caption reads: "Nebraska Row — La Pointe, Wis."
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Man Mowing Golf Course with Fairway Tractor

Date: 1930
Description: Rear view of man cutting grass at the Chariton Golf Club with a Fairway tractor and mower. The tractor is the Farmall Regular version of the Fairway.
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International Model S-26 Truck Delivering Coal to Residential Home

Date: 1930
Description: Worker unloading coal from a truck onto a chute on Seneca Parkway in Rochester. The chute appears to be leading to a residential home. However, there is c...
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Manufacturing Implements at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers assembling hay rakes at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works. The factory was owned by the Keystone Manufacturing Company until it wa...
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Employee(?) Instruction at St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill

Date: 1930
Description: Employees(?) learning about a chain drive gear at the St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill. Portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and an advertising p...
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West Pullman Works Cafeteria

Date: 1930
Description: Male and female factory and office workers sitting in the cafeteria at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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Manufacturing Binder Canvases at McCormick Works

Date: 1930
Description: Female workers inserting wooden slats into canvas for grain binders in the McCormick Works Twine Mill. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Ma...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Tractor Plow Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering tractor plows, including the Little Genius and Little Wonder. Includes color illustrations of farmers using tracto...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thresher Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines). Includes the text "McCormick Reaper Centennial" and a color illustration of farmer...
Poster

Important Reductions in Tractor Prices

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering "triple-power" tractors announcing reductions in tractor prices. Includes a photographic, partly color illustratio...
Photograph

Farmer Drives Tractor with Attached Corn Picker and Wagons

Date: 1930
Description: Farmer Elmer Petersen driving a Farmall tractor with attached corn picker and three wagons along rural Route 2. Original caption reads: "The picture shows ...
Photograph

St. Mark's -in-the-Bouwerie Towers, Project Model

Date: 1930
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright's model for St. Mark's -in-the-Bouwerie Towers project, ca. 1927-1931, intended for New York City. Photograph taken at Frank Lloyd Wrigh...
Photograph

Governor's Mansion — Reception Room

Date: 1930
Description: Interior photograph of the reception room at the former Wisconsin Governor's Mansion on Gilman Street. The painting above the sofa, which belonged to Gover...
Photograph

Governor's Mansion — Reception Room

Date: 1930
Description: View of the reception room in the former Wisconsin Governor's Mansion on Gilman Street.
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Swimming Pool

Date: 1930
Description: The municipal sand-bottomed swimming pool was a popular spot to cool off in the summer months.

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