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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh... |
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| Description: | Motorcyclists at the start of the race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A Wright Model B Flyer at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Although unidentified, this is believed to be the aircraft that Farnum Fish flew at the fairgrou... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A barnstorming pilot and curious onlookers at a field on the outskirts of Waukesha that served as a primitive airport. Technically, the term barnstorming s... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | John Schwister and his home-built airplane, "the Minnesota Badger," at the Langlade County Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 07 04 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of view of procession, military company and citizens at Great Centennial Day at the Capitol Square. Scene at Main and Carroll Streets showing t... |
| Date: | 04 15 1934 |
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| Description: | Auto accident involving Leo Maly and August Sternhagen vehicles, looking north, County Trunk M, between Speedway Road and Middleton Jct. Road. Leo Maly was... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man leading a circus elephant on Main Street. On the opposite side of the street is a crowd watching from behind the iron fence on the C... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Group watching a University of Wisconsin football game (?) from a fence. Most are sitting on top, a few are standing and two men are peeking through the fe... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | A male cheerleader with megaphone leading the crowd at a University of Wisconsin football (?) game. The band performs at the front of the crowd. |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of farmyard with carriages, buggies and people. There is a wedding party in the front left corner. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | View across road of the Eastern District Norwegian Synod, May 31-June 6, 1877, at the Immanuel Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church (2 1/2 miles west of L... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | A view of the south and west sides of Luther College. Built in 1865, the south wing was added later. The building burned May 19, 1889 and re-opened Octobe... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A crowd sits on the ground about to commence lunch at Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of multiple buildings in Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill. Many roads and fences cross the fields. Wooded hills are in the background. ... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the fairgrounds in Milwaukee, the year when Abraham Lincoln spoke. The fairgrounds were located at the Brockway Grounds near Twelfth and S... |
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