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Elephant Rider in Africa

Date: 1939
Description: The grill of an International truck with an African man riding an elephant in the background. The truck was built by International Harvester for Commander ...
Photograph

Gaylord Nelson on Horseback

Date: 1939
Description: Gaylord Nelson, later Wisconsin governor, United State senator, and a leading environmentalist of his era, on horseback at a ranch in Rosebud, Montana.
Photograph

Henry Vilas Zoo Primate House

Date: 1939
Description: The Primate House at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), built in 1929 and extensively remodeled in 1995.
Print

Ensilage Cutters and Hay Choppers Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering ensilage cutters, featuring an illustration of five cow heads flanking a picture of a feed storage s...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Molasses Silage Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for McCormick-Deering molasses silage equipment. Cover features a drawing of two silos with the text: "Windrower Attachment...
Print

"Three Bears for Work!" Sales Flyer

Date: 1939
Description: Sales flyer for International Harvester's Farmall tractor line, showing a photograph of three bears and the text: "Three Bears for Work!" Also includes the...
Print

International Station Wagon Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International station wagons, featuring a photograph of an International station wagon parked in a residential drivewa...
Photograph

Miller Wagon and Truck

Date: 1939
Description: The Miller Brewing wagon, filled with barrels of beer, and a Miller delivery truck. The caption on the photograph reads "1855-1939".
Photograph

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Catherine LaBruzzo

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with the winner of the Best Garden competition in the Junior Girls category, Catherine L...
Photograph

Robert and His Dog Sport

Date: 1939
Description: Outdoor portrait of Robert Krueger sitting on a grain shock with his dog, Sport. His straw hat is lying on the ground next to his feet.
Photograph

Sitting on a Log with a Squirrel

Date: 1939
Description: Robert and Shirley Krueger sitting on a large tree log with a young girl sitting between them. On the left another child is sitting on a large tree stump. ...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Power Farm Equipment Demonstration

Date: 1939
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man driving a two-horse team pulling a Buckeye wagon in a cornfield. Behind the wagon is a group of men watching a ...
Photograph

Wolf Pups

Date: 1939
Description: An unidentified person is holding three wolf pups, or cubs, at the State Experimental Game and Fur Farm.
Photograph

A Gaze of Raccoons

Date: 1939
Description: A mother raccoon and five cubs are clustered between the base of a pine tree and a wall. A caption on the reverse of the print reads: "A black raccoon fami...
Postcard

Swallows' Nests

Date: 1939
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Swallows' Nests, Wisconsin Dells. Every summer hundreds of swallows make their homes in holes in the soft sandstone cliff." Rock fo...

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