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The Dream Sled

Date: 1955
Description: This was the first boat & sled-type wind sled built on Madeline Island. Built by Elmer Nelson for Howard Russell between 1950-1951. Had a 9-cylinder R-680-...
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Farmall 300 Tractor with McCormick Baler

Date: 1955
Description: Color photograph of two men operating a Farmall 300 tractor and a McCormick baler in a field.
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At Grandfather's House

Date: 1955
Description: A young boy helps his grandfather unload a cart of split logs.
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St. Cloud Combine Promotion

Date: 1955
Description: Original caption reads: "The St. Cloud district sales organization looks over the 29-car trainload of McCormick harvester-threshers bound for 47 dealers wh...
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Workers Erecting Billboard

Date: 1955
Description: Construction workers erecting a billboard for Hines Lumber using a crane mounted on the back of an International heavy-duty truck. The billboard is sitting...
Book or Pamphlet

International S-Line Light-Duty Trucks

Date: 1955
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for the 1955 line of International S-series light-duty trucks. Features a color illustration of a man loading furnit...
Book or Pamphlet

International S-Line Medium-Duty Trucks

Date: 1955
Description: Advertising brochure for the 1955 line of International S-series medium-duty trucks featuring a color illustration of a man unloading an S-160 refrigerated...
Photograph

International Model SM Mounting Metro-Van

Date: 1955
Description: Color photograph of an International SM Model Mounting Metro-Van featuring the Metro-Lite Body. The truck was owned and operated by Advanced Cleaners and ...
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International S-110 Light Duty Pickup Truck

Date: 1955
Description: View of a truck driver at a loading dock with an International S-110 light duty pickup truck with panels. The truck was owned and operated by Parkway Deliv...
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International TD-9 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1955
Description: TD-9 International Superior crawler tractor loading South African crop onto a wagon with the attached side loader. A man is driving the tractor, and a chil...
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Barlow Chalet of the Golden Fleece

Date: 1955
Description: Barlow "Chalet of the Golden Fleece," New Glarus, Wisconsin. Home of Edwin Barlow, now city museum. Two women are standing in front of the house.
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Striking Sugar Workers

Date: 1955
Description: Striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers employed by the Colonial Sugar Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, distribute literature to passers-by u...
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Chequamegon Bay Fishermen

Date: 1955
Description: Three fisherman in a boat pulling in a net full of fish on Chequamegon Bay while a man and a boy look on.
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Three Fisherman at Little Sand Bay

Date: 1955
Description: Catch of lake trout displayed by three fisherman on the pier at Little Sand Bay. From left to right are Martin Johnson, Hermy Johnson, and Myron Lohman.
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Labor Day Parade

Date: 1955
Description: The Brooklyn Grange parade float in a Labor Day parade. Men and women on the float mimic various household and recreational activities.
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Eugene and Magda Herzberger in Israel

Date: 1955
Description: Eugene and Magda Herzberger (at left) with friends in the Negev region of Israel. They pose near a camel held on a tether by a man, possibly of Bedouin des...
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Sig Olson

Date: 1955
Description: Sigurd Olson, wearing his characteristic attire, on a trip on the Upper Churchill River.
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International S-120 Ice Cream Supply Truck

Date: 1955
Description: International Model S-120 truck used by Border's Ice Cream for deliveries. A delivery man stands near the passenger door of the truck holding some of the p...
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State Patrol Field Headquarters

Date: 1955
Description: State patrol officers line up beside their patrol cars at Old District 1 State Patrol Field Headquarters on Highway 12. They appear to be receiving instruc...
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Lewis Arms and Boys on a Motorcycle

Date: 1955
Description: Lewis Arms is seated on his motorcycle with Craig Arms sitting in front of him and Lewis Arms, Jr. behind him.

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