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Rural School Health Parade and Festival

Date: 05 1928
Description: School children and teachers from Lemont township marching in a rural school festival parade. The children are dressed in white cloaks and hats bearing a m...
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Agricultural Extension Lecture from Car

Date: 1915
Description: Professor Holden of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department expounds the benefits of alfalfa from the back seat of a car.
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Automobiles Parked Along Rural Road

Date: 1918
Description: Automobiles, including a Ford runabout, parked along a rural dirt road for an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department short course and ma...
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Agricultural Extension Crew(?) Touring Iowa and Missouri

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait of men, women and children posing for an impromptu portrait near a passenger train. The photograph was taken on a stop during an Internation...
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Automobile Stuck in Rural Road

Date: 12 07 1915
Description: Three employees of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department working to free a car stuck in a muddy rural road. The original caption read...
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Imminent Head-On Collision on Rural Road

Date: 07 1927
Description: A staged scene showing a car passing a truck while another car is coming the other way. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural...
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Get Acquainted Tour

Date: 1916
Description: View up center of dirt road towards automobiles parked on either side in Wabash County.
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Diversification Meeting

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Description: Automobiles parked for a "diversification meeting" at an IH "experiment farm."
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Horse-Power Cartoon

Date: 1917
Description: Cartoon illustrating "the layman's idea of how horse-power is determined." The cartoon shows an automobile in a "tug-of-war" with a large number of horses.
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Agricultural Hall

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view of landscaped stairway entrance to the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture.
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Agricultural Hall

Date: 1930
Description: View framed by trees from mall of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture. An automobile is parked in the drive.
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College of Agriculture on Campus

Date: 1932
Description: Exterior view of University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture building on campus, as seen from the west. A car can be seen on a tree-lined road o...
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Dealership Showroom

Date: 1946
Description: An International truck axle and engine sit on display in what appears to be a dealership showroom. A truck body is in the background. This may be part of I...
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Education and Training Center Exterior

Date: 1946
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's Education and Training Center. Cars are parked along the surrounding streets.
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Group Gathered for Lantern Slide Show

Date: 1917
Description: Group gathered on benches in the late evening for a night time lecture, lantern slide show or film showing by International Harvester's Agricultural Extens...
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Culling Demonstration

Date: 1919
Description: A group of men and women gather around Professor Garrick in the yard and on the porch of a farmhouse to watch a poultry culling demonstration. Additional f...
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Testing Soil for Acidity

Date: 1913
Description: Group of men gathered to test soil for acidity. Original caption reads: "This picture was taken in Dupage County during the Alfalfa Campaign in 1913, showi...
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Alfalfa Campaign Crew Outside Residence

Date: 1915
Description: "Crew No. 2" of the Agricultural Extension's "Alfalfa Campaign" standing out in front of residential home with equipment, including rolled up lecture chart...
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Pleasant View Rural School

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior view of Pleasant View Rural School. There are several automobiles parked behind the building.
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Food Stand at Alfalfa Presentation

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people gathered around a booth on Joe Wing's farm to eat during an alfalfa presentation. A sign on the booth reads, "Served by ...

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