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Scene from "Importance of Being Earnest"

Date: 02 07 1929
Description: Scene from play "Importance of Being Earnest" at the Unversity Theater, pre-prom play.
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The Great Train Robbery

Date: 1903
Description: Robbers, guns drawn, escort the engineer from the locomotive in a scene from The Great Train Robbery.
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Actors on McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Man and a young girl plowing a field with a McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor in the Fox Film production "Our Daily Bread".
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Actors and Actress on McCormick-Deering Tractors

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Two actors and an actress plowing a field with McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractors for the Fox Film production "Our Daily Bread".
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First McCormick Reaper Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: Re-enactors demonstrating a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playi...
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First McCormick Reaper Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: Re-enactors demonstrating a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playi...
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John Wayne Looks under Hood of International Truck

Date: 1967
Description: Actor John Wayne looking under the hood of an International 1000B truck. He may be on the set of a production titled "Hellfighters".
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John Wayne Poses with International Truck

Date: 1967
Description: Actor John Wayne standing next to an International 1000B truck. He may be on the set of a production titled "Hellfighters."
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Filming of "Romance of the Reaper" at Walnut Grove

Date: 1930
Description: Film crew setting up a scene in which actors playing the parts of Cyrus McCormick and his slave Jo Anderson operate a replica of McCormick's reaper of 183...
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"Fisbee" Cracks Whip at Painted Cub Cadet Tractors

Date: 1966
Description: Men riding Cub Cadet lawn tractors in International Harvester's "wild-animal" act at the Farm Progress Show in Farmer City, Iowa. Three International Harve...
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Cub Cadet Tractor Jumps Ramp

Date: 1966
Description: Man riding a Cub Cadet lawn tractor in International Harvester's "wild-animal" act at the Farm Progress Show in Farmer City, Iowa. Three International Harv...
Drawing

"To Catch a Thief" 22

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of a black, masquerade suit with a purple and red cloak created for Cary Grant and John Williams in "To Catch a Thief".
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"To Catch a Thief" 23

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of a black, masquerade suit with a purple and red cloak created for Cary Grant and John Williams in "To Catch a Thief".
Drawing

"To Catch a Thief" 24

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of a black, masquerade suit with a purple and red cloak and a purple, red, and gold turban with white plumes. This sketch was created for C...
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Hopalong Cassidy and Twins

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Description: Actor William Boyd, better known as Hopalong Cassidy, with two pairs of twins entered in the twin competition at the Wisconsin State Fair. None of the chil...
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Ice Cream Eating Contest

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Description: Actor Jack Carson and two boys competing in an ice cream eating contest at the State Fair. The boys are identified as John Schroeder of West Bend and Jacki...
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Keanu Reeves at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1996
Description: Actor Keanu Reeves during a pause in the filming of the motion picture "Chain Reaction" on the capitol grounds. In the film, the Wisconsin State Capitol wa...
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Cast Members of "Othello"

Date: 10 04 1944
Description: Two Madison women appearing in the Margaret Weber's production of "Othello", at the Wisconsin Union Theater with other cast members and Professor Oskar F.L...
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Dennis Morgan

Date: 08 08 1945
Description: Hollywood singer and actor, Dennis Morgan, in Madison to visit patients at Truax Field. He is on USO tour as a representative of the Hollywood Victory comm...
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Three People Rehearsing a Play

Date: 11 01 1946
Description: Two men and one woman rehearsing a play.

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