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Meat Packers Parade

Date: 1931
Description: A group of men wave American flags while riding in an International Harvester truck as part of the Meat Packers Parade. The parade is moving down a city st...
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International Harvester Truck in Parade

Date: 1931
Description: An International Harvester truck leads a line of marchers in the Meat Packers Parade. The parade is moving down a city street (possibly Michigan Avenue in ...
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Johnson's Garage

Date: 1931
Description: Two men stand on either side of a truck in front of Johnson's Garage, operated by W.E. Johnson. Johnson's Garage was an International Harvester dealership ...
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C.V. Johnson Farm Implement Storefront

Date: 1931
Description: View across lot towards four men posing next to a cream separator in the garage doorway of C.V. Johnson McCormick-Deering Farm Implements, an International...
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Gimbels Brothers Store Window

Date: 1931
Description: Cream separators, milking machines, parts and International Harvester advertising on display behind a sign reading: "Gimbels Milwaukee Week" in the show wi...
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Milking Machine Parts

Date: 1931
Description: Two men standing amongst McCormick-Deering milking machine parts in a display decorated with signs and overhead banners. The display was most likely part o...
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United States Map in Milking Machine Parts Display

Date: 1931
Description: A group of people look at an 1831 United States map, part of a McCormick-Deering milking machine parts display. The title on the map reads, "The United St...
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Dairying Display at Dairy Cattle Congress

Date: 1931
Description: A mechanical(?) cow standing on a platform demonstrates the use of a McCormick-Deering milker at the Dairy Cattle Congress. There are paintings of agricult...
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Dairy Farming Graphic

Date: 1931
Description: Graphic pie-chart depicting the important place of dairying in the national farm economy.
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Milwaukee Works Factory Display

Date: 1931
Description: Ball bearing cream separators and milkers are arranged in a display in a hallway at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. A showcase of indivi...
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The Milwaukee Journal Building

Date: 1931
Description: The newspaper used this building from 1907 until the mid or late 1920's. A few cars are parked in front of the building. A sign for the Good Fellow House (...
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Jewish Cemetery

Date: 1931
Description: Jewish cemetery in Prague taken by one of a group of visiting Rotarians.
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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...
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1931
Description: The tower of the building is on the right, with flag poles at various peaks on the roof. On the right across the street is a building with classical style ...
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"Apollo" — High Rock from Romance Cliff

Date: 1931
Description: Second to last steamboat on the river taken before 1931, burned in 1931. Taken from Romance Cliff, "The Apollo" is shown coming through with smoke billowin...
Postcard

Randolph Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view of the Randolph Hotel with a flag flying from the roof. A clock is on a pedestal at the street corner. Caption reads: "Hotel Randolph, Milwa...
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Stock Pavilion

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior of Stock Pavilion, University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture.
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Stock Pavilion

Date: 1931
Description: Interior of show arena. University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture.
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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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