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International Harvester Parade of Progress Fast Hitch Square Dance

Date: 1953
Description: Men in cowboy hats driving International Harvester tractors through an exhibition tent as part of the "Parade of Progress" at the Indiana State Fair as par...
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Vin Fiz Evidence

Date: 1953
Description: Jesse Brabazon, pioneer aviator from Delavan, displaying fabric from the Vin Fiz, the airplane in which Calbraith P. Rodgers made the first transcon...
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Self-Service Supermarket

Date: 1953
Description: A cashier checking out a customer's purchases while another customer is filling her grocery cart with items at the D. Kurman company market.
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Farmall Fast-Hitch Exhibit

Date: 1953
Description: Exhibit in the showroom at International Harvester's General Office demonstrating the features of the Farmall Fast-Hitch. The exhibit features a Farmall Su...
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Farmall Fast-Hitch Exhibit

Date: 1953
Description: Exhibit in the showroom of International Harvester's General Office building demonstrating the features of the Farmall Fast-Hitch. The exhibit includes a F...
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Tallman House

Date: 1953
Description: View of the second parlor in the Tallman House. The fireplace is on the left, with a mirror above the mantel. A large window at floor height is on the righ...
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Tallman House

Date: 1953
Description: View of the second parlor in the Tallman House. On the right is the open doorway to the conservatory.
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Tallman House

Date: 1953
Description: View of the dining room in the Tallman House.
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Tallman House

Date: 1953
Description: View of dishes on shelves.
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League of Women Voters

Date: 1953
Description: League Of Women Voters at a United Nations Day table. Shown, left to right, are: Janet Berger, Grace Shaw, Carolyn Wilds, and Joyce Erdman.
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George Forrester at Ringling Circus

Date: 1953
Description: Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest...
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Women's Activities Delegates

Date: 1953
Description: Delegates to the first Women's Activities Conference sponsored by the United Packinghouse Workers of America. A sign behind the three women concerns the im...
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Merriman Smith and Dayton Moore

Date: 1953
Description: Merriman Smith, perched on a table with Dayton Moore in the press lounge. They are two correspondents who covered the White House.
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Gertrude Lamb; Dane Women's Republican Club President

Date: 1953
Description: Portrait of Gertrude Lamb, newly appointed president of Dane County Women's Republican Club.
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Women of the Moose Presents Check and Gifts

Date: 1953
Description: Women of the Moose Senior Regent Cora S. Sannes presents a check for $500 to the Grand Regent Madeline Clark of Moosehart, Illinois. The money is to be use...
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Merry Christmas, The Schroepfers

Date: 1953
Description: Photographic holiday card of the Schroepfer family. They are gathered around the father seated in an armchair. The mother stands behind the chair. Four bro...
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Christian E. Jarchow at Desk

Date: 1953
Description: Portrait of Christian E. Jarchow sitting at a desk. Jarchow served the International Harvester Company as Comptroller and succeeded Gen. Levin H. Campbell,...
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George Walter's Baby New Year

Date: 1953
Description: A young Jimmy Clark dressed as Baby New Year for 1954. He stands on top of a case of Adler Bräu wearing cowboy boots, underwear, and a sash reading 1954. H...
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Arthur J. Altmeyer on His Last Day in Office as Commissioner of Social Security

Date: 1953
Description: William Mitchell, Deputy Commissioner, on the left, with Arthur J. Altmeyer. This was Altmeyer's last day as Commissioner of Social Security. The photograp...
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Portrait of William Mitchell

Date: 1953
Description: A portrait of William Mitchell, at his desk as Deputy Commissioner of Social Security. The photograph is inscribed,"To Wilbur Cohen: Whose friendship and w...

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