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Aztec Diorama at Museum

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Description: Diorama of Aztec sacrificial rites at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Two men are holding the man to be sacrificed in a splayed position while a third man sta...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: People examining a home economics exhibit at the Farm and Home Week at the University of Wisconsin. From left are Ruth E. Davis, Port Washington; Mrs. Otto...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin associate professor Dr. Helen C. Dawe, (right) explaining how stringing colored wooden beads aids children's eye-hand coordination....
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: Four ladies observing a woman demonstrating on a sewing machine at the University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week.
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Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: Dorothy Lorenzen looks at several small kitchen appliances while she holds one of the earliest electric toasters at the Madison Home Appliance and Radio Sh...
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Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: Eleanor Stoops trying out a new sewing machine at the Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show in the East High School gymnasium.
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Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: Mary C. Donahoe inspecting an antique gas range next to new model at the Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show in the East High School gymnasium.
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Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: Joanne Johnson looking at a new style ice tray in a refrigerator with a freezer unit next to it at the Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show in the East Hi...
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Madison Home Appliance and Radion Show

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: Charles M. Mickelson is loading an automatic washer, with the companion dryer at the left, at the Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show in the East High Sc...
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Man Making Adjustment to a McCormick-Deering Planter

Date: 1932
Description: A man kneels to inspect and adjust a McCormick-Deering planter. The planter appears to be part of an indoor museum display.
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Man Viewing Model Display at "100 Years in Chicago"

Date: 1947
Description: A man views a model of an early header. Original caption reads: "This display of the 'header,' a machine that preceded today's modern combine, brings back ...
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Exhibit of Adulterated Foods

Date: 1905
Description: Shelves lined with cans, bottles, jars, etc. showing adulterated foods (e.g. maple syrup that contains no maple sap) at a Farmers' Institute Event.
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Cooking School Instructors

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Description: Misses Armstrong, Stout, and Norton, and Mister Adams posed on steps before the door of a building hosting a Farmers' Institute Cooking School.
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Lincoln Office Worker Wearing Twine Sweater

Date: 1949
Description: Marilyn Schultz of International Harvester's Lincoln office models a sweater made of twine as part of a district office promotional event. A sign above rea...
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P&H Single Line Grab Bucket at Trade Show Display

Date: 1918
Description: Single line grab bucket on display at P&H booth at a trade show with three men sitting around the display. The men are wearing hats and sitting in chairs, ...
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Per-Ola Land Co. Booth

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Description: Man standing in a booth promoting the Per-Ola Land Company. There are several Forest County grown grains and crops on display in the booth to show the boun...
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A cyanotype view of Cairo Street on the midway of the World's Columbian Exposition. An Egyptian with a large drum rides a camel as men and boys watch. The ...
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Three men in Arab dress pose in front of the base of an obelisk on the Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition. A gentleman in western dress also poses ...
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A cyanotype photograph of a man in oriental dress on the Midway of the World's Columbian Exposition. He stands behind a gate; a sign warns, "No Admittance ...
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International Harvester Patriotic Exhibit

Date: 1942
Description: Two men assemble a patriotic display consisting of International machinery, a T-9 Tractractor (crawler tractor), a cannon, coils of barbed wire, signs, and...

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