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Water Skiing

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Description: Woman skiing behind a boat, with a man in the foreground standing in the boat near a Johnson outboard motor.
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Engine Powered Hay Press on Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Men operating a hay press powered by an International Harvester stationary engine as a woman is looking on. They are working near a barn which has chink-lo...
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Hot Formaldehyde Treatment

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Description: Agricultural extension demonstration on the William Wegert farm near Friendship. A group of farmers are watching a hot formaldehyde treatment on potatoes f...
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Frank Otto Threshing Crew

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Description: A group of farmer workers stand with pitch forks in front of the first gas engine for threshing on the August Krenke farm. A horse-drawn vehicle is also vi...
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E.P. Allis & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the E.P. Allis & Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the Corliss steam engine it manufactured. Printed in red and b...
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Bay State Foundry & Machine Shop Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wm. Goodnow Bay State Foundry & Machine Shop, or "Bay State" Iron Works, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which fabricated steam engines and boil...
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Nordberg Manufacturing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Nordberg Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, an engine manufacturer, with a center image of an engine. Printed by Wilmanns Bros....
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James Sheriffs Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of James Sheriffs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturer of "Propeller Wheels, Steam Engines, Boilers, Mill Machinery, Iron and Brass Castings," ...
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W.G. Walker & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of W.G. Walker & Company of Madison, Wisconsin, manufacturers of Prouty Power Book, News, and Job presses and dealers in printing supplies and s...
Document

Evinrude Division Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Evinrude Division of Outboard Motors Corporation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the corporation logo and a man racing along in a boat with...
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Obey and Aspin at J.I. Case Company Plant

Date: 1988
Description: Congressman David R. Obey and Les Aspin at the J.I. Case Company plant.
Book or Pamphlet

Back Cover of Harbert & Raymond Catalog

Date: 1872
Description: Back cover of catalog featuring an illustration of an agricultural engine with a team of two horses. The engine was made by Wood, Taber & Morse, for Harber...
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Lumber Mill Workers

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Description: Group portrait of men, a boy, and horses posed among piles of logs and lumber. A bicycle is in the foreground, and a steam engine is in the background.
Postcard

3/4 Top View

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard three-quarter top view of the engine mounting and front cabin for the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
Postcard

Lawson M.T.2 Tachometer Drive H-S A-7-A

Date: 1917
Description: Photographic postcard of a close-up of the tachometer drive for the Lawson Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2).
Photograph

Loading Cargo Into An Airplane

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Description: Motor being loaded onto an airplane.
Postcard

Lawson M.T.2 — New Spark & Trottle[sic] Controll Arrangement on a H.S.A.7.A. Motor

Date: 1917
Description: Throttle control on a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2).
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Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the Lawson machine shop, with two Lawson engines, one housed in part of a fuselage, the other set on a wooden support. A long wooden frame is i...
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Men at Sawmill

Date: 1910
Description: Two men, left, are standing near the circular blade of a sawmill which is set up in a forested area. A third man in the center is peering over a pile of lu...
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Locomotive No. 16

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Description: Right side profile view of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Locomotive No. 16, built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1882, and scrapped in 1910.

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