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Visting Rotarians

Date: 1931
Description: A group of Rotarian tourists pose next to their tour bus in England. Joseph Jackson of Madison, the tall man in the back row wearing a hat, was a national...
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Fire Engines in Street

Date: 1931
Description: Three horse-drawn fire engines are in the street with steam rising from their tanks. Other fire vehicles are to the right. Many pedestrians are on the stre...
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Building on Fire

Date: 1931
Description: Groups of fire fighters work to put out a fire in winter. Smoke is billowing out the windows and covering the facade. A building on the far left has a sign...
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Fire Fighters with Fire Hoses

Date: 1931
Description: Small clusters of fire fighters work to put out a fire with fire hoses, which are aimed high at a building covered in smoke.
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Five Fire Fighters

Date: 1931
Description: A small group of four fighters and one of their bosses are standing amid burned remnants from a fire. One man is holding a fire hose that is spraying water...
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Boys Playing in Water

Date: 1931
Description: Three boys playing in the water near the shoreline with their pants rolled above their knees. A fourth boy is squatting on the grassy shore, poking one of ...
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Frank Johns Farm

Date: 1931
Description: Farm of Frank Johns of Hastings, Florida. Two men wearing hats are standing among stacks of filled burlap bags. There is a birdhouse on the right atop a lo...
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Husker and Shredder

Date: 1931
Description: A man works with a husker-shredder near a silo and barn. A wagon is parked on the right. Original caption states: "Husker and Shredder used for custom w...
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Three Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1931
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of three young Ho-Chunk women. One of the women is posing standing in the center behind the other two woman posing sit...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1931
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting in front of a Ho-Chunk boy standing in front of a painted backdrop. The boy, J...
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Studio Portrait of Three Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1931
Description: Studio group portrait of three Ho-Chunk men posing in front of a painted backdrop. Two men are all wearing neckties. Mark Henry is standing in the center b...
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Magda Herzberger with Her Parents

Date: 1931
Description: Portrait of Magda Moses Herzberger and her parents, Herman and Serena Moses in Cluj, Romania.
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Albert Hansen

Date: 1931
Description: Albert Hansen by Lake Superior at Manitoulin Island.
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Monticello Fire Company

Date: 1931
Description: The Monticello Fire Company, with Christ M. Stauffer, the chief, standing at the center.
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Grand Army of the Republic, John H. Williams, Post No. 4

Date: 1931
Description: Portrait of the five surviving members of the Grand Army of the Republic, John H. Williams, Post No. 4. Standing from left to right around the framed chart...
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International Trucks Packer Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Poster advertising International trucks featuring an illustration of a man behind the wheel of a truck used by Wilson & Co. and featuring the headline: "Th...
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Girl Dancers in Costume

Date: 1931
Description: Eight young dancers in costume pose onstage.
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McCormick-Deering Windrow Harvester

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view of a man using a Farmall tractor to pull a McCormick-Deering windrow harvester in a field of rye. Original caption reads: "Elliot A. Pritchar...
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Woman in Farmhouse Living Room

Date: 1931
Description: Miss Lielle Geddis sitting in a rocking chair while reading an issue of "Country Gentleman" magazine in the living room of her home.
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Woman and Child with Electric Washer

Date: 1931
Description: A woman and a girl are using an electric washing machine to clean clothing or bedsheets in a basement. The machine is powered by a DELCO-Light Plant system...

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