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Man in Field near Covered Bridge

Date: 1938
Description: A man in the distance is sitting in a field, with a covered bridge behind him spanning a river. Trees are at each end of the bridge, and a fence runs along...
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T-40 TracTracTor

Date: 1938
Description: A man operates an International T-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Original caption reads: "International T-40 TracTracTor equipped with bullgrader and us...
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Mr. Fred Prante

Date: 1938
Description: Fred Prante in a field wearing a hat, eyeglasses, and a coat. Original caption states: "Owner of Mc-D 4 can milk cooler."
Photograph

DR-60 Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Two men use a DR-60 truck owned by J. Robert Bazley, Inc. to dump coal taken from Pennsylvania coal strippings into a chute leading to railroad cars. The m...
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New International Bridge Project

Date: 1938
Description: A group of men use an International DR-60 dump truck to work on the New International Bridge Project. There is a car parked in the background.
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Lake Superior Chippewas

Date: 1938
Description: Three Bad River Ojibwa women standing outdoors on a blanket. The women are all wearing dresses with beadwork. The woman in the middle is wearing a headband...
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Ojibwa Man in Forest

Date: 1938
Description: An Ojibwa man standing next to birch trees, gazing over a waterway. The man is wearing a beaded and appliqued vest and apron with fringe, a porcupine roac...
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Ojibwa Man Holding Eagle Fan

Date: 1938
Description: An Ojibwa man standing in a forest holding an eagle feather fan. His vest and apron are beaded and appliqued. He is wearing leather moccasins, ankle bells,...
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Ojibwa Indian

Date: 1938
Description: A smiling Ojibwa man standing in a field with his arms crossed. He is wearing an appliqued apron with fringe and beads over buckskin leggings, a beaded cho...
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Pointing Ojibwa

Date: 1938
Description: An Ojibwa man pointing toward the sky. He is wearing a beaded and appliqued apron over leggings, a buckskin vest, and a feather war bonnet.
Photograph

Merton Sutter with All-Steel Thresher

Date: 1938
Description: Merton Sutter receiving a 4-H farm accounting award in front of a McCormick-Deering All-Steel Thresher. Original caption reads: "Winner of $300 merchandisi...
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Sitting on a Bench at Lyndale Bay Resort

Date: 1938
Description: View from water of two men sitting on a bench near the shoreline of Upper Eau Claire Lake.
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Gazing at Lyndale Bay

Date: 1938
Description: Two men standing near cabins looking at Upper Eau Claire Lake.
Photograph

The Slide at Pease Resort

Date: 1938
Description: A large slide at Pease's Resort on the shore of the Upper Eau Claire Lake. Children are in the water near stairs that go up the hill.
Photograph

Mike Lynch's

Date: 1938
Description: Exterior view of three men standing in front of a log cabin. A wagon sits nearby. A flag hangs off the porch, and oars are stored on the exterior cabin wal...
Photograph

Standing by Barn

Date: 1938
Description: Group of men and a child standing near a barn and silo. A car is parked nearby.
Photograph

Biplane over Field

Date: 1938
Description: A biplane is flying low over a field with a barn in the background.
Photograph

Boating on Lake Siskiwit

Date: 1938
Description: Three women in a rowboat off a dock on Siskiwit Lake.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering tillage tools. Features a photograph of a disk plow pulled by a Farmall tractor. Caption reads: "McC...
Print

Cover of McCormick-Deering 1939 Calendar

Date: 1938
Description: "Your 1939 Calendar" published for International Harvester farm equipment dealers. The cover features a painting of the Swiss Alps.

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