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N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
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Wright's Model For Service Station

Date: 1931
Description: An architectural model of a village-type roadside service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Rock Falls Works

Date: 1931
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Rock Falls Works. The factory was owned by the Keystone Manufacturing Company until 1904, when the company was pur...
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Crowd Examines Centennial Model of the Reaper

Date: 1931
Description: Crowd examining a full size reproduction of the "first reaper" displayed on the bed of an International "Six Speed Special" truck parked in front of an Int...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barns

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison dairy barns with cows in the barnyard.
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Engine #6414

Date: 1931
Description: View of the front of the locomotive of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, engine #6414, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia and purch...
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CM&SP Railroad Engine

Date: 1931
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #6414, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia and purchased in 1931. The train is near the 26th...
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AW-1 3/4 Ton "Red Baby" Truck

Date: 1931
Description: International AW-1 "Red Baby" pickup truck designed for use by McCormick-Deering farm equipment dealerships. Slightly elevated view towards left side of tr...
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International AW-2 Oscar Mayer Truck

Date: 1931
Description: Oscar Mayer delivery truck parked outside an Oscar Mayer & Co. building. The truck is an International AW-2 and features 32 x 6 tires. The side of the truc...
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Fleet of International Delivery Trucks

Date: 1931
Description: Fleet of parked International delivery trucks for Oscar Mayer. Included in the line up are the AW-2, AL-3 and A-5.
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Crowd Watches Demonstration of Radio-Controlled Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: Crowd watching a demonstration of a radio-controlled McCormick-Deering Farmall F-30 tractor at an agricultural exhibition or fair.
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One Car, Two Men, Three Deer

Date: 1931
Description: Two hunters with rifles pose in the snow by a car with three deer carcasses.
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Main Street and Iowa County Courthouse

Date: 1931
Description: Main street, with Iowa County Courthouse on the right, and a hotel and cafe on the left. Parked cars line the street. Caption reads: "Street Scene — Dodgev...
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North Side from the Air

Date: 1931
Description: Aerial view looking north, with a small portion of the West Side (left), nearly all of the North Side and part of the business district of the East Side. A...
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Melchoir House

Date: 1931
Description: Drawing of the Melchoir House, which was a popular hostelry and brewery operated by Jacob Melchoir. It later became an Indian boarding house.
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Mississippi River

Date: 1931
Description: Mississippi River from the Brisbois Mansion. Left to right: Dousman House Hotel, railroad station, electrical plant smokestack, Diamond Jo warehouse, and a...
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Men Operating Hammer Mill

Date: 1931
Description: Two men use a No. 3 McCormick and Deering Hammer Mill in a farm yard. One man is standing in a wagon and the other is on the bed of a truck.
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Packard Auto

Date: 1931
Description: Two employees of Packard Auto in front of the service department office with a parked automobile.
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C.H. Gerling Coal Co. Gasoline Station

Date: 1931
Description: View from across the street of the C.H. Gerling Coal Co. Gasoline Station, located on the southeast corner of S. 2nd and W. Washington Streets.
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C.H. Gerling Coal Co. Gasoline Station

Date: 1931
Description: View from across the street of C.H. Gerling Coal Co. gasoline station, located on the southeast corner of S. 2nd and W. Washington Streets.

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