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Open Air Movie Show

Date: 1930
Description: A group gathers to watch an International Harvester film projected from the bed of a pickup truck.
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Movie Theater Audience

Date: 12 11 1928
Description: Rear view of a large audience gathered in a darkened theater to watch a motion picture, most likely an International Harvester advertising film. The image ...
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Nebraska State Fair Tent

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of a group of Nebraska State fairgoers gathered in the International Harvester tent to watch a film. Advertising pennants hang from the tent'...
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IH Film at Nebraska State Fair

Date: 1930
Description: An audience at the Nebraska State Fair sits in the International Harvester tent to watch a motion picture. Banners advertising IH farm equipment and repair...
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U.S. Coast Guard Band

Date: 1943
Description: The United States Coast Guard band plays a concert for a War Bond Drive with Rudy Vallee as its conductor. The original caption reads: "U.S.C.G. (Int'l K-6...
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National 4-H Club Contest Flyer

Date: 1935
Description: Advertising flyer promoting the National 4-H Club Farm Accounting Contest. The flyer describes prizes provided by International Harvester Company, and incl...
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Medicare Forum

Date: 06 1992
Description: During the 1990s Congressman David R. Obey, a leading proponent of health care reform, held numerous forums on the subject in his northern Wisconsin distri...
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Medicare Reform

Date: 1995
Description: Wisconsin congressmen (left to right) Gerald Kleczka, David R. Obey, and Thomas Barrett listening to citizen opinions on Medicare reform at a forum.
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BETTY BOOP Title Card for Animated Cartoon

Date: 1935
Description: A photograph of a title card for a BETTY BOOP cartoon, showing Betty Boop sitting on the palm of a hand, surrounded by silhouettes of cheering men throwing...
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Wilbur J. Cohen Speaking at Event

Date: 1965
Description: Wilbur J. Cohen is speaking from a podium at an outdoor event celebrating the Social Security amendment adding Medicare.
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Wilbur J. Cohen Swearing-In as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 05 16 1968
Description: President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the podium, announces the promotion of Wilbur J. Cohen to Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Among the group are W...
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Fund Drive for the Monona Terrace Auditorium

Date: 03 21 1961
Description: Dr. Van R. Potter, assistant director of the McArdle Memorial Laboratory, argues for the Monona Terrace auditorium to a crowd of about 150 in the main hall...
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Sunset Hills Children's Circus

Date: 07 29 1961
Description: Not just children came to the Sunset Hills neighborhood children's circus. It was a fund raiser to benefit the American Nursing Research Foundation. The po...

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