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Experimental Combine Harvesting Grain

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering 12 foot experimental combine (harvester-thresher) pulled by a Farmall M tractor. There is a ...
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Blair and Main Streets

Date: 1939
Description: The snowy intersection of South Blair and East Main Streets.
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Roselawn Memorial Park Tower

Date: 1939
Description: View of the Tower at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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TD-35 Snowplow Clearing Road

Date: 1939
Description: Man operating an International TD-35 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and an Isaacson snowplow to clear a road in Kootenai County. According to the original c...
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New York City Snow Removal

Date: 1939
Description: A man plows snow with an International I-30(?) tractor on a New York City street. Men with shovels are standing on the sidewalk.
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Snowplows in New York City

Date: 1939
Description: An International I-30(?) tractor plows snow from New York City streets.
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TD-18 TracTracTor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of a man operating a TD-18 crawler tractor to level a road in the wintertime. There is a farm in the background. Original caption reads: "TD-...
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West Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1939
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...
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Wausau Furniture Company

Date: 1939
Description: A winter view of the Wausau Furniture building at 109-111 West Washington Avenue.
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Cereal Mills Company

Date: 1939
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.
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Village in Snow

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated winter scene of Greendale (Milwaukee Co.), Wisconsin. Housing, roads and trees are visible in the distance. One person is walking through the snow...
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Dwellings and Tennis Courts

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of village with snow on the ground. A tennis court, flag pole, and pedestrians are visible in the foreground. Behind the tennis court are roa...
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Children Throwing Snowballs

Date: 1939
Description: Winter scene with children throwing snowballs outdoors. The children are wearing hats and coats. There are trees and the roofs of houses in the background.
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Tug Boat in Frozen Lake Minnetonka

Date: 1939
Description: View of a tug boat docked on frozen Lake Minnetonka. The boat was powered by an International PD-80 power unit and bears signage reading "Priscilla" and "....
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Greetings To You

Date: 1939
Description: Holiday card with a snow man and snow woman on it. He is wearing a scarf and top hat and has black buttons. She is wearing a bonnet and apron and is holdin...
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Holiday Greetings

Date: 1939
Description: Holiday card with a scene of a snow-covered house and trees. The scene is in a box in the center of the card. To the right is the text "holiday greetings" ...
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Rib Mountain Warming House

Date: 1939
Description: A man on skis and holding ski poles is smiling at the camera in front of the stone warming house at Rib Mountain State Park. Skis and poles are propped on ...
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Ski Tow on Rib Mountain

Date: 1939
Description: Text on front reads: "Ski Tow on Rib Mountain, Wausau, Wis." On reverse: "Rib Mountain, just outside of Wausau, is a Winter Paradise boasting, among other ...

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