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Home-Built Heath

Date: 1932
Description: Ray and Carl Breecher's Heath parasol monoplane while still under construction in their father's garage. Despite extensive modification, the plane crashed ...
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Four Wheel Drive Special

Date: 1932
Description: The Miller Engine-Four Wheel Drive Special and executives of the Four Wheel Drive Company of Clintonville at the Indianapolis Speedway in 1932. FWD person...
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Bathing Beach at Squire's Evergreen Retreat

Date: 1932
Description: Group of swimmers in bathing suits along the shores of Lake Delton at Squire's Evergreen Retreat. Onlookers observe the activities: children play in the wa...
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Indian Head Golf Club

Date: 1932
Description: A groundskeeper uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor to care for the golf course at Indian Head Golf Club. A group of people are playing golf in the ba...
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Fairway Tractor and Water Pump

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view of a McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor hooked up to a water pump(?) near a creek at Indian Head Golf Club.
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Groundskeeper at Indian Head Golf Club

Date: 1932
Description: A groundskeeper at Indian Head Golf Club uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor and seeder(?) to maintain the golf course. A man playing golf is in the b...
Painting

Test of the First Reaper

Date: 1932
Description: Diorama(?) depicting the test of the first mechanical reaper by Cyrus McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The display was likely part of Intern...
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Model of Men Working with Farm Equipment

Date: 1932
Description: A model or diorama depicting farmers with a Farmall tractor, truck, harvester-thresher (combine) and a horse in a field. The display was likely part of Int...
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Building Model for "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1932
Description: Architectural model of the exterior of International Harvester's exhibit building at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago.
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Model of IH "A Century of Progress" Building

Date: 1932
Description: Architectural model of the interior of International Harvester's exhibit building at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago.
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"A Century of Progress" International Harvester Building

Date: 1932
Description: Two men stand at the construction site for International Harvester's exhibit building at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago.
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"A Century of Progress" Building

Date: 1932
Description: Interior view of the partially completed International Harvester exhibit building for the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago.
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Cream Separator Display

Date: 1932
Description: Cardboard cutouts of a man and a girl with a doll demonstrate the use of a cream separator. Cans of oil are arranged nearby. The display may have been part...
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Wisconsin State Fair Exhibit

Date: 1932
Description: A cow standing on a platform is used to demonstrate a McCormick-Deering milker in the International Harvester tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. A display ...
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Miniature International Truck Model

Date: 1932
Description: A miniature model of an International truck rests on its side, showing the undercarriage. The model was likely built by Norman Scott of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Miniature International Truck Model with Cargo

Date: 1932
Description: A miniature model of an International truck. The model carries cargo and reads: "Ogilvie's Royal Household Flour." Caption on photograph reads: "Miniature ...
Poster

Travel By Train, Atlantic City Travel Poster

Date: 1932
Description: An original lithograph promoting Atlantic City as "the playground of the world," and to get there by way of train travel. The poster depicts the buildings ...
Print

Hard Times Have Had a Dreary Stay

Date: 1932
Description: Holiday card of a hobo in a jacket and hat seated in front of a campfire, warming his hands. His bundle of belongings is on a stick by his side. His footpr...
Photograph

Friday Nighters

Date: 1932
Description: Group portrait of John R. Commons and his students during a Friday Nighters gathering at Ho Cheera. There is a doll on the floor at the front of the group ...
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Fisherman Standing in Boat

Date: 1932
Description: View from shoreline of a man standing in a boat fishing near Mason. The shoreline is visible in the background.

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