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State Street Winter Scene

Date: 1936
Description: Winter scene with people walking in the snow past a lamppost down State and Henry Streets, Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the backgr...
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Building Mower Bars at McCormick Works

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of workers building sickle bars for mowers at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in ...
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Family Golf Outing

Date: 1936
Description: Two generations of the Brandel family pose with golf clubs at the Fox Lake Golf Course.
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Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.
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Woodchopping Contest

Date: 1936
Description: A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest.
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Frank Lloyd Wright on the Building Site

Date: 1936
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright conferring with another man on the site of one of his great designs, the Johnson Wax Building.
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McCormick-Deering No. 31-RW West Coast Special Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1936
Description: Farmer Frank Rakow harvesting corn with a McCormick-Deering no. 31-RW West Coast Special harvester-thresher (combine). Mr. Rakow and the No. 31-RW are work...
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Cameron McCarthy

Date: 1936
Description: Cameron McCarthy, a student at the Kehl School, wears a drum major costume and poses in a salute.
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Uncovering Bison Bones

Date: 1936
Description: Three men looking over the process of uncovering bones of a bison in Interstate Park.
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Technical Service Team at Camp Interstate

Date: 1936
Description: An outdoor portrait of the Technical Service Team at Camp Interstate. From left to right are Kunsman, Hollister, Podolske, Preston, Greaves, Hurd, Solberg,...
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Group of Men at Digging Site

Date: 1936
Description: A group of well-dressed men gather at the digging site at Interstate Park.
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Men in Tent at Interstate Park

Date: 1936
Description: Two men seated inside a tent at the digging site at Interstate Park.
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Loading Big Log

Date: 1936
Description: Loading a large white pine log cut on the Menominee Indian Reservation onto a truck. The log was hauled to the Wisconsin State Fair for a display about the...
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Comparison of Tractor Farming and Horse Farming

Date: 1936
Description: A drawing titled: "The Life of Two Farmers" illustrating the difference in work loads between a horse farmer and a Farmall tractor farmer. According to the...
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Potato Spraying

Date: 1936
Description: Two farmers using a Farmall tractor with a Bean-Royal #20 sprayer to spray a crop of potatoes.
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J. Robert Taylor with Camera

Date: 1936
Description: J. Robert Taylor standing in the middle of a street, holding a large camera. On the left, a car is driving by, and a person is walking on the sidewalk in t...
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Man Sitting at Desk

Date: 1936
Description: A man at the Number 1 Motor Truck Station sits at a unorganized desk. Possibly a photograph from an instructional film about proper International Harvester...
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Two Salesmen at a Desk

Date: 1936
Description: Two men stand over a disorganized desk on a salesroom floor at the Number 1 Motor Truck Station. Possibly a photograph from an instructional film about pro...
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Salesman and Mechanic

Date: 1936
Description: Two men in the Number 1 Motor Truck Station shop. A salesman stands over a mechanic, who appears to be playing a game of solitaire. Possibly a photograph f...
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Two Salesmen in an Office

Date: 1936
Description: Two men, one talking on the telephone with his feet on the desk and another reading paperwork, work at a disorganized desk. Possibly a photograph from an i...

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