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| Description: | The winner of the Goodyear Trophy, Steve Wittman of Oshkosh (on the right) with pilot William Brennand (holding the trophy). With them are Paul Litchfield ... |
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| Description: | Laxey Church, built prior to the Civil War, was named after Laxey in the Isle of Man, from which many of the immigrants had come. There is a cemetery with ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Actor Jack Carson congratulating the winner of the Wisconsin Dairy Queen at the Wisconsin State Fair, while another competitor is looking on. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Eleanor Roosevelt and national co-chair Leon Henderson (right) at a dinner sponsored by the Union for Democratic Action (later Americans for Democratic Act... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Party for Holocaust survivors bound for Palestine. Walter Wolf Peltz is in center foreground; Memmingen, Germany. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | From left to right, J.L. McCaffrey, President of International Harvester; Anita McCormick Blaine; Fowler McCormick, Chairman of the Board for International... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men are looking at a newly unveiled plaque commemorating International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. Original caption reads: "Fowler ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a snow man and woman riding in a sleigh. They are wearing coats and have a plaid blanket on their laps. He is wearing a hat with a feathe... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Shows lot and block numbers, 28 points of interest in the upper left that correspond to numbers on the map, and landownership with acreages. "Erickson Brot... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Inside of flyer for family party held at Walla Theater, in Walhalla, North Dakota and sponsored by the Cavanagh Implement Company, an International Harvest... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Typewritten text with photograph reads: "Fowler McCormick, Chairman of the Board of International Harvester Company, welcomes Mayor Martin Kennelly immedia... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Greeting card with a drawing of an outdoor scene of a snow-covered log-cabin in the woods, with the northern lights in the sky. Smoke is coming out of the ... |
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| Description: | Members of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters have dinner during their annual meeting. Identification of members is written at bottom. |
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