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The Dream Sled

Date: 1953
Description: This was the first boat & sled-type windsled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-E...
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Warren Spahn

Date: 1953
Description: Warren Spahn, famous left-handed pitcher of the Milwaukee Braves baseball team, completes a pitch to the batter.
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Farmall Cub Tractor in Field

Date: 1953
Description: Farmer cultivating a field with a McCormick Farmall Cub tractor. The color photograph was likely taken for advertising purposes at Hinsdale Farm, near Inte...
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Cultivating Cotton Field with McCormick Farmall Super MD Tractor

Date: 1953
Description: View of an African American farmer cultivating a cotton field with a stage I McCormick Farmall Super MD tractor. The tractor is equipped with a cultivator ...
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Plowing with McCormick Farmall Super M Tractor

Date: 1953
Description: Slightly elevated view of a farmer plowing with a Farmall Super M tractor.
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Farmall Super H Tractor with Cultivator in Field

Date: 1953
Description: View towards a farmer in a field with a stage I McCormick Farmall Super H tractor and attached four-row cultivator. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Cultivating with Farmall Super H Tractor

Date: 1953
Description: View towards a man cultivating a field with a Farmall Super H tractor and cultivator with farm buildings in the background. The photograph may have been ta...
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Harvesting Grain with Farmall Super H and No. 64 Combine

Date: 1953
Description: Farmer harvesting grain with a Farmall Super H tractor and No. 64 combine.
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International Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1953
Description: Advertising poster for the Fast Hitch features a cartoon of men performing the "nationally famous Fast-Hitch square dance" on Farmall tractors. A photograp...
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McCormick Farmall Super C Tractor and Fast-Hitch Implements

Date: 1953
Description: Elevated view of a farmer backing a Farmall Super C tractor up to a Fast-Hitch plow. Other Fast-Hitch implements are nearby including a planter, spring too...
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American-Indian Youth Gathered Around International Truck

Date: 1953
Description: Color photograph of young Native-American men dressed in traditional clothing standing around an International R-Line truck. The young men are with a small...
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International Crawler Tractors at Mauvoisin Dam, Switzerland

Date: 1953
Description: International TD-24 and TD-18 TracTracTors (crawler tractors) at work on the site of the Mauvoisin Dam in Switzerland's Mont Blanc region. The dam, begun i...
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McCormick Super W-4 Tractor and Hammer Mill

Date: 1953
Description: View of a man operating a hammer mill powered by a McCormick Super W-4 tractor in the doorway of a barn.
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Farmall Super H Tractor

Date: 1953
Description: Three-quarter view from front left side of a man pulling a combine (harvester-thresher) in a field with a Farmall Super H tractor.
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Farmall Super H Tractor

Date: 1953
Description: Left side view of a man operating a McCormick Farmall Super H tractor in a field.
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Farmall Super H Tractor with Cultivator

Date: 1953
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man operating a McCormick Farmall Super H tractor with cultivator in a cornfield.
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 1953
Description: Mary Ellen Jenks, the 1953 Alice in Dairyland, inspecting a frog with three young boys.
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Harness Racing at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1953
Description: Harness racers are shown in action at the Wisconsin State Fair Park, with an audience watching from the grandstand.
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International Roadliner Oil Tanker

Date: 1953
Description: Color photograph of an International Roadliner diesel truck delivering oil to the Thrifty Service station. The delivery crew is hooking up a hose to the tr...
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International R-150 Truck with Van Body

Date: 1953
Description: Color photograph of a man loading cargo into the 12-foot Freuhauf van body of a R-150 International truck.

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