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Richard Nixon on an International 300 Utility Tractor

Date: 1955
Description: Vice President Richard M. Nixon waves his cowboy hat from the seat of an International 300 utility tractor.
Poster

International Harvester Engine Service Advertising Poster

Date: 1955
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester engine service showing two bluebirds nesting over an "IH Service" sign. Includes the text: "for the love of ...
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Woman Using Sewing Machine

Date: 1955
Description: Woman using a Necchi sewing machine. Advertisements are in the background.
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Francke at Exhibit

Date: 1955
Description: Pharmacist Donald Francke and a colleague examine a pictorial exhibit titled "Pharmacy's History: As an Organized, Active Force, Internationally". The exh...
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Vending Machines

Date: 1955
Description: Vending and dispensing machines display. Banner above also reads: (Increased dairy sales and better health for your community."
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Milk Dispenser

Date: 1955
Description: Mr. Robot, a coin operated milk vending machine promoted by the Wisconsin Dairy Caravan, dispenses milk into a paper cup.
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Mifflin Street at Capitol Square

Date: 1955
Description: Bus traveling down Mifflin Street on Capitol Square. Moseleys, Woldenbergs and Walgreen's Drugs are on the right.
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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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St. Cloud Combine Promotion

Date: 1955
Description: Men and a boy examining a prototype "Tractor of the Future" in an exhibit during the St. Cloud combine promotion. Signs hanging around the display read: "L...
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IH Exhibit at Plowing Contest

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester's exhibit of agricultural machinery at the Wabash plowing contest. Includes a Farmall 400 tractor (with Electrall?...
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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...
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Alice in Dairyland and Dairy Princesses

Date: 1955
Description: The 1955 Alice in Dairyland, Barbara Brown, stands with four Alice Princesses in front of a Wisconsin Department of Agriculture/American Dairy Association ...
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Frank G. Hough Company Offices

Date: 1955
Description: Entrance to the offices of the Frank G. Hough Company, which became a subsidiary of International Harvester Company.
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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Aztalan Museum

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of the Aztalan museum.
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Wade House

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus Wade. It became...
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Rennebohm's No. 5 at Schenk's Corners

Date: 1955
Description: The Rennebohm Drug Store #5, located at 2000 Atwood Avenue, Schenk's Corners from 1952-1961. It was previously located at 1951 Winnebago Street. This store...
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Kaukauna Public Library

Date: 1955
Description: View across street towards the Kaukauna Public Library.
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Lake Tomahawk

Date: 1955
Description: The shore of Lake Tomahawk.
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Milton House

Date: 1955
Description: The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was built in 1845 by Joseph Goodrich and turned into a...

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