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Photograph

Farmer's Birthday

Date: 07 07 1983
Description: John Fitzsimmons and Barton Voegeli take a break from discing the fields to eat the birthday cake that Voegeli's wife made to celebrate the occasion.
Photograph

No. 1 Cotton Mill

Date: 1893
Description: The No. 1 Cotton Mill. Plank sidewalk in foreground.
Photograph

Hammer Mill Used on Wilke Farm

Date: 1931
Description: A man using an International Harvester No. 1 Hammer Mill on the farm of Herman Wilke.
Photograph

Nutrena Feeds Factory

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over a freight train of the Nutrena Feeds factory.
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Townsend Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1916
Description: Advertisement for the Townsend heavy duty 12-20 horsepower tractor featuring three photographs of the tractor at work on a farm along with testimonies from...
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Maintaining Engine Temperature Diagram

Date: 1916
Description: Inner pages of a booklet advertising Townsend oil tractors featuring a diagram of the equipment along with a paragraph of text entitled: "Maintaining Right...
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Townsend Tractors Advertisement

Date: 
Description: Advertisement for the Townsend Tractor Company entitled: "Townsend Tractors Can't Be Beat When It Comes to Steady Belt Power."
Book or Pamphlet

Samson Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1916
Description: Interior spread of a pamphlet advertising Samson tractors. The pages feature an illustration of the tractor and a sectional view of the transmission, along...
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Townsend Oil Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Townsend Oil Tractor featuring an illustration of a man using a telescope to watch another man rake in a pile of money. The headline ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Map showing a plat of the city, land ownership by name, wards by number, local streets, buildings, fair grounds, nurseries, and part of Rock River. The map...
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Rock River Cotton Co. Memohead

Date: 
Description: Memohead of the Rock River Cotton Company, with an elevated three-quarter view of the company building on the left, and a branch of the cotton plant with b...
Postcard

Tobacco Warehouses

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of two tobacco warehouses. One of the buildings is almost completely ivy-covered. Caption reads: "Tobacco Warehouses, Janesville, Wis."

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