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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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International Harvester Company Parade Float for "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1934
Description: International Harvester Company parade float for the "A Century of Progress" Worlds Fair. The two-section float is parked in front of the Field Museum and ...
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International A-5 Beer Truck at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: International A-5 beer truck in front of "Streets of Paris" ocean-liner attraction at the "A Century of Progress" Worlds Fair. The truck was owned by Chas ...
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McCormick Reaper Exhibit at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: Female model posing with a rake next to a reproduction of Cyrus Hall McCormick's first reaper at International Harvester's "A Century of Progress" Worlds F...
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Midway Pleasance, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Midway Pleasance viewed from Illinois Central Viaduct; large Ferris wheel in background; large crowd, mostly walking in the direction of the Ferris wheel.
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McCormick Auto-Mower in Paris

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower at or near the Paris Exposition in France. The Auto-Mower was an experimental gasoline-powered mowing machine. This i...
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McCormick Machines at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: McCormick mower, grain binder and other items on display in the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company exhibit at the Paris Exposition in France.
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German McCormick Agricultural Exhibition

Date: 1900
Description: A crowd of people gathered at the entrance to a German exhibition of McCormick agricultural equipment. To the right is a small theatrical stage depicting a...
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Radio-Operated Farmall F-30 Tractor at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1931
Description: Attendant posing with a radio-operated Farmall F-30 tractor at the Indiana State Fair.
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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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Coolerator: The Air Conditioned Refrigerator

Date: 09 03 1943
Description: Oscar Mayer & Company Coolerator display at the West Side Business Men's Harvest Festival. The Oscar Mayer Coolerator Store was located at 401-405 State St...
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Oscar Mayer Coolerator Booth

Date: 09 19 1941
Description: Coolerator refrigerator booth at the East Side Business Men's Association Fall Festival. The Oscar Mayer Coolerator Store was located at 401-405 State Stre...
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ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 09 1930
Description: Interior view of the East Side Businessman's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival at the Four Lakes Ordnance Building, 2810-2822 Atwood Avenue.
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Majestic Radio Sales Co. Booth

Date: 08 20 1930
Description: Four salesman are standing in the Majestic Radio Sales Co., located at 122 E. Washington Avenue, booth at the Dane County Fair.
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Smith Knox Floral Co. Booth at Fall Festival

Date: 09 12 1928
Description: Smith Knox Floral Co. booth at East Side Business Men's Association's (ESBMA) Fall Festival at Sugar Beet factory on Sugar Avenue displaying floral display...
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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.
Poster

Century of Progress World's Fair Poster

Date: 1934
Description: Poster for the 1934 "Century of Progress" World's Fair in Chicago showing a woman surrounded by abstract representations of the sights and sounds of the fa...
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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: 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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Exhibit Regarding Care of Premature Babies

Date: 09 01 1940
Description: An exhibit at the Barron County Fair about the care of premature infants.

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