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Civilian Conservation Corps Employees

Date: 1937
Description: A group portrait of the Motor Transportation and Utilities Department of the Sparta District CCC. Jacob Spreuer, junior dispatcher, is in the second row.
Photograph

Costume Party

Date: 1937
Description: Seven people in costumes posed around a bar and holding glasses of beer.
Photograph

"A Star is Born" scene still

Date: 1937
Description: Scene still of a fictional camera and sound crew shooting Frederic March (playing actor Norman Maine) and Janet Gaynor (as Vicki Lester) on set in David O....
Photograph

1937-38 Cassville Basketball Team

Date: 1937
Description: Studio group portrait of twelve members of the Cassville basketball team.
Photograph

Henry Elston Family

Date: 1937
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Henry Elston Family of Muscoda, with a dog sitting in the foreground. According to US censuses they are from left to right: M...
Photograph

Man Holding Frame Near Hives

Date: 1937
Description: A young man wearing a veiled hat stands next to hives while holding up a frame with bees on it. He holds a hive tool in his right hand.
Print

The New Cabin

Date: 1937
Description: Linoleum cut engraved view of men building a log cabin. One man carries a log in the background near a lake or river, while another man nails a log held in...
Photograph

Lunt, Fontanne, and Noel Coward

Date: 1937
Description: Alfred Lunt, Noel Coward, and Lynn Fontanne walking together on the Ten Chimneys property.
Photograph

Digging Out Train Stuck in Snow

Date: 1937
Description: Winter scene with a group of men, many holding shovels, standing on the left watching a Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul train pushing through snow, somewher...
Painting

Binding Bark to the Frame

Date: 1937
Description: An Ojibwa woman is binding bark to the frame of a canoe during construction. An Ojibwa man is looking on.
Poster

The Practical Combine For The Average Farm

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick-Deering No. 22 Harvester-Thresher. Features a color illustration of a man on a tractor pulling the harvester-thresher....
Poster

McCormick-Deering No. 60 Combine

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising poster for the "Efficient, Low-Cost Harvesting," and "A One-Man Combine For Any Man's Farm." Features a color illustration of a man on a tracto...
Poster

McCormick-Deering W-40 Tractor Fold-Out Leaflet

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick-Deering W-40 tractor. The leaflet folds to allow for easier delivery. Text on front reads: "Big Rugged Six-Cylinder Po...
Photograph

Spencer Tracy in Captains Courageous

Date: 1937
Description: Publicity photograph of Spencer Tracy as Manuel in the film Captains Courageous. He is wearing a knit stocking cap and corduroy coat.
Photograph

Fredric March

Date: 1937
Description: Fredric March, looking directly at the camera, poses with a pipe in his mouth for a publicity photograph for the film Nothing Sacred.
Photograph

Pat O'Brien

Date: 1937
Description: Publicity photograph of Pat O'Brien for the film The Great O'Malley. He is smiling and looking directly into the camera.
Photograph

"Blockade" Publicity Still

Date: 1937
Description: Luis (Leo Carillo) sitting underneath a tree playing an instrument. He is surrounded by sheep in the film "Blockade." Mountains are in the background.
Photograph

Tagging a Buck

Date: 1937
Description: Two conservation wardens are crouching to tag a buck lying in the snow. The buck was killed illegally. Two other wardens are standing and observing. The gr...
Photograph

Nice Catch

Date: 1937
Description: Jean A. Pope is smiling broadly while holding a stringer of five bass. He is also holding his rod and reel, and is standing on a small wooden pier. A descr...
Photograph

Toboggan Run

Date: 1937
Description: A young man is steering a toboggan with three others on board down a long course. Spectators line the run on the right.

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