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| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A man is holding a cleaned duck over the opening of a McCormick-Deering cooler at the Chain O' Lakes Duck Farm. His hat and apron are covered in feathers. ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Elevated view pf W.T. Hening, dressed in an apron, leaning over a McCormick-Deering No. 4 beverage cooler at the Seventh Street Buffet. A bar or lunch coun... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Ten chairs, a table, ashtrays, and a pamphlet and magazine display in the lobby of International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. An engine is on display in... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | International Harvester advertising display for a truck heater and defroster. The display reads: "International. Summer Comfort All Winter. 3-Way Heater an... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Pete Dyson sitting in a boat marked "Lottie." The boat had an International PD-40 power unit. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A line of workers standing along tables at Chain O'Lakes duck farm. The workers appear to be plucking ducks. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Interior view of ducks in the feeding area at the Chain O'Lakes duck farm. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | L.M. Meyer filling a trough with food for cows inside a barn at Rock Creek Farm. The original caption reads: "L.M. Meyer, farm manager, feeding green alfal... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | L.M. Meyer feeding cows inside a barn at Rock Creek Farm. The original caption reads: "L.M. Meyer, farm manager, feeding green alfalfa ensilage to cows." |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Bulletin board displaying a series of Farmall tractor advertising materials. The heading on the bulletin board reads: "Power Farming Marches On with Three ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Bulletin board with posters and other advertisements for the Farmall A tractor with "Culti-Vision." The banner reads: "New McCormick-Deering; The Only 1-Ro... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A man looks at an International D-40 Truck advertisement in a banner for the Canadian motor truck advertising program. The original caption reads, "Canadia... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Gesu Church, with automobiles and pedestrians on West Wisconsin Avenue. There is a sign on the left for the Abbot Crest Hotel located at 1226 West Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A winter view of the Wausau Furniture building at 109-111 West Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Visitors of Milwaukee's sixth annual Midsummer Festival. Men and women walk on the lakefront walkways. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A beach on Lake Michigan near the Milwaukee Yacht Club. Men, women, and children relax on the beach. In the background many boats are on the water. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the Cereal Mills Company, located at 112-118 West Scott Street. A railroad and a highway bridge are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of female workers at the Red Dot Potato Chip Company. Fourth from the left in the top row is Vivian Harrison Matheson, identified by Ellis... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Two women are walking on the lawn towards the observatory building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A car is parked on the lawn near a tree o... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View through trees from across a tree-lined Langdon Street of the YMCA. Part of the Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is also visible on the right. |
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