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Washburn and Woodman Bank

Date: 1932
Description: View from across street of the Washburn and Woodman Bank building, erected by C.C. Washburn and Cyrus Woodman. The bank was established in 1846 and operate...
Postcard

Town Hall and Church

Date: 1932
Description: Photographic postcard view of a man sitting on the steps of Town Hall. The Catholic church is in the background. Caption reads: "Town Hall and Church, La P...
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International Bakery Truck Advertising Bamby Bread

Date: 1932
Description: International bakery truck, with modified body to make it look like a loaf of bread, advertising Bamby bread. The truck was owned by Smith and Seely Inc., ...
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Selling Watermelons out of International A-4 Truck

Date: 1932
Description: Merchant Charles Jankowski and a customer standing among stacks of watermelons at a roadside produce stand. Mr. Jankowki's International Model A-4 truck is...
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Lee's Oshkosh Airplane

Date: 1932
Description: In order to undertake a trans-Atlantic flight to Norway, Clyde Allen Lee sought financial support from the local Oshkosh clothing company. The sign painted...
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Lee with Passenger

Date: 1932
Description: Clyde Allen Lee (left), who grew up in Larsen, Wisconsin, and John Bochkon, a last-minute passenger, before they took off to attempt a trans-Atlantic fligh...
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Lee and Stinson Airplane

Date: 1932
Description: A publicity photograph of Clyde Allen Lee of Larsen, Wisconsin, standing beside the Stinson airplane he rebuilt to attempt a trans-Atlantic crossing to Osl...
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Tracy Takes Off

Date: 1932
Description: Spencer Tracy in "Sky Devils," Howard Hughes's silly World War I comedy. Tracy (center) and William Boyd play two inept stowaways who end up on a ship that...
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Waukesha Flyers

Date: 1932
Description: Fritz Warden (at the propeller) and Lee Barney, two young members of the Waukesha Flying Club, together with Barney's Aeronica C2 airplane. The Aeronica w...
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Man Harvesting Cotton with Mechanical Picker

Date: 1932
Description: African American man harvesting cotton with an experimental McCormick-Deering 2-row cotton picker mounted on a Farmall Regular tractor.
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Kohler at Press Club Outing

Date: 1932
Description: Former Republican Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., at the Milwaukee Press Club outing.
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Cotton Picker on Farmall Regular Tractor

Date: 1932
Description: Man operating an experimental 2-row cotton picker built around a Farmall Regular tractor [original caption reads: "Regular Farmall & 2 row cotton picker"]....
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International AL-3 truck with Goodyear Tire Body

Date: 1932
Description: International AL-3 truck with Goodyear roof shaped like a tire body parked in front of a Goodyear service station. The service station has a sign on the ro...
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International School Bus

Date: 1932
Description: Children getting off of an International school bus for the King City Junior Grammar School as the bus driver stands by.
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International School Bus

Date: 1932
Description: Children boarding an International A-3(?) school bus as the driver stands by. The bus served the Fieldston-Riverdale apartments in New York.
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International A-2 Moving Van

Date: 1932
Description: International A-2 truck owned by Ray's Moving & Express Service. This van was 1 1/2 tons and had a type B van body.
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International Bread Truck

Date: 1932
Description: International delivery truck for the Weber Baking Company featuring an illustration of a railroad train and the words "Weber's Pullman Bread." A man is sit...
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Harvesting Grain with a McCormick-Deering No. 41 Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view of a farmer harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering tractor and No. 41 16-foot harvester-thresher (combine). The No. 41 featured a 28-inch ...
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McCormick-Deering No. 41 Harvester-Thresher in Field

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view of a McCormick-Deering No. 41 harvester-thresher (combine) hitched to a tractor in a field. Original caption reads: "While the no. 41 is not ...
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Experimental No. 51 Hillside Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1932
Description: Experimental McCormick-Deering No. 51 hillside harvester-thresher (combine). Original caption reads: "This machine had no recleaner but featured a self-lev...

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