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Filming of McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 1934
Description: Cameraman and sound operator from Paramount Sound News on top of a truck filming a demonstration of the McCormick-Deering O-12 radio-controlled tractor and...
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Stock Fair

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the monthly Stock Fair. The roof of a building is in the left foreground. Horse-drawn wagons line the street, and there is a large buildin...
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McCormick Auto-Mower at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower in front of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company building at the Paris Exposition in France. Several men, a woman...
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Crowd at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1931
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large crowd gathered around two men handing out souvenir International Harvester yardsticks at the Indiana State Fair.
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Ainsley Hippe and Champion Guernsey Calf

Date: 08 25 1931
Description: Portrait of Ainsley Hippe, Edgerton, and champion Guernsey heifer at the Dane County fair.
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 08 26 1953
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks, stands with a cow on a float representing the Golden Guernsey Dairy Co-op in the Dairy Parade at the Wisconsin State ...
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World Food Fair

Date: 09 18 1967
Description: Ferris wheels and agricultural machinery are some of the things that attract fair-goers at the World Food Fair.
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International Model A-3 Armored Truck

Date: 1933
Description: Armed officers and an armored truck owned by the Brinks Express Company outside the Italia building at the Chicago World's Fair "A Century of Progress" exh...
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International C Series Armored Truck

Date: 1934
Description: Armed guards with an International armored C series truck owned by the Brinks Express Company parked on a street at Chicago World's Fair "A Century of Prog...
Postcard

Wausau Fair Grounds

Date: 1905
Description: View of field area with four buildings in the background. Caption reads: "Wausau Fair Grounds, Wausau, Wis."
Poster

Deering Columbian Exposition Advertising Poster

Date: 1893
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustration of a crowd gathered around a Deering grain binder and mower at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Print

Cattle Fair Panorama

Date: 10 24 1863
Description: Panoramic wood-engraving of a cattle fair in New Haven, after a sketch by H.C. Curtis. Caption reads: "Cattle Show and Agricultural Faib [sic] at Ha...
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Tents at the Fair

Date: 09 01 1921
Description: Numerous tents with farm machinery and technology with the colosseum in the background, presumably the Wisconsin State Fair.
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"A Century of Progress" International Harvester Building

Date: 1932
Description: Two men stand at the construction site for International Harvester's exhibit building at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago.
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IH World's Fair Building

Date: 01 09 1933
Description: Bird's eye view of International Harvester's exhibit building at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago. The shore of Lake Michigan is on the ...
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Automotive Week Parade at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: A woman driving an International Harvester tractor leads the Automotive Week parade down the "Avenue of Flags" at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
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Booths at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Elevated view of people crowding around booths at a Civilian Defense Rally, "Poker Dart, Holy Name Society," "Meat mart, American Legion," "[obscured]Jap! ...
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Corn Exhibit

Date: 1913
Description: Corn Exhibit on display at Grant County Fair.
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Corn Exhibit

Date: 1913
Description: Corn Exhibit on display at Grant County Fair.
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Corn Exhibit at Grant County Fair

Date: 09 17 1912
Description: Boys and Girls Wisconsin No. 7 Corn Exhibit. J.J. Garland of Madison judged the exhibit.

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