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Young Boy Inspects Bird Nest on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1952
Description: Young boy inspecting a robin's nest on the engine of a Farmall H tractor. Original caption reads: "Spring-time on the farm. Even though his father uses thi...
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Farmall Works Office

Date: 1952
Description: Front door of the International Harvester Farmall Works (factory) office.
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Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire

Date: 1952
Description: Margaret McGuire, named the first Alice in Dairyland in 1948, promotes Wisconsin cheese.
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Parade on the Square

Date: 1952
Description: Slightly elevated view of a parade on the Capitol Square, celebrating a visit by Adlai Stevenson, Democratic candidate for President.
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International L-185 Moving Truck

Date: 1952
Description: International L-185 moving truck owned by United Van Lines parked in a residential driveway.
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Jefferson Prairie Marker

Date: 1952
Description: The Jefferson Prairie Marker, a monument marking the settlement of Jefferson Prairie in 1838. The text on the marker reads: Ole Knutson Nattestad, first No...
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Hough HW Payloader

Date: 1952
Description: The Hough HW Payloader was built by Frank G. Hough Company of Libertyville, Illinois. The construction equipment manufacturer was purchased by Internationa...
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Washington House

Date: 1952
Description: Exterior view across street towards the Washington House. The building was razed about 1952-1953.
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Wienermobile at the Fair

Date: 1952
Description: The driver of the wienermobile finds the entrance to the Oscar Mayer tent at the Wisconsin State Fair too low for it to get in.
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Packinghouse Union Work Stoppage

Date: 1952
Description: Members of the United Packinghouse Workers Local 80 picketing the Campbell Soup Company plant. The union had walked out as a result of wage, union shop, an...
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Down Wells Street

Date: 1952
Description: Elevated view down Wells Street from the first Wisconsin National Bank Building. Commerce office on lower left.
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Willie McGee Rally

Date: 1952
Description: An unidentified rally in support of the rights of Willie McGee who was convicted of raping a white woman in 1945. His case attracted the attention of many ...
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Union Membership Drive

Date: 1952
Description: United Packinghouse Workers of America members at the Armour plant in Atlanta check membership cards in an effort to bring 100 percent membership into loca...
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Farmall H with Experimental Torque Amplifier

Date: 1952
Description: Farmall H tractor equipped with an experimental torque amplifier.
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International L-190 Tanker

Date: 1952
Description: A truck driver inspecting the tank of his International L-190 truck. The truck was owned by the "Pet Milk Company."
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International Truck Used by Mrazek Moving and Storage

Date: 1952
Description: International truck used by Mrazek moving and storage company parked on street outside residence.
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Parade on College Avenue at Walnut Street, Looking East

Date: 1952
Description: Street view of a parade on College Avenue at Walnut Street. Crowds and cars line both sides of the street, looking on as bands, cars, and floats pass by. L...
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Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: 1952
Description: Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower leaving the Transfilm Building after filming fifty political spots in one day. (Rosser Reeves wearing glasses.) Eise...
Print

Ikie Eisenhower Vill KEEP US Boys In Power

Date: 1952
Description: A two-sided, antisemitic card featuring "Ikie" Eisenhower on the left (with "IKIE" below) and a caricature of a Jewish man on the right (with "US" below). ...
Book or Pamphlet

Minneapolis Grain Exchange

Date: 1952
Description: A buyer for the Rahr Malting Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin inspects barley for sale at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.

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