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Dr. Blake's Home

Date: 1877
Description: View of Dr. Blake's (probably Samuel M.) house in Lodi or Prairie du Sac with a white picket fence in front of it. A man is standing in the grass in front ...
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Hile House

Date: 1921
Description: View from across road of the Hile House. This is where the actress and Confederate spy Belle Boyd died on June 11, 1900, in the front room, over the office...
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Man Operating Osborne Mower

Date: 1915
Description: Rear view of a man operating an Osborne horse-drawn mower near a tree. The man is raising the sickle-bar as he is passing the tree.
Book or Pamphlet

The Eclipse Wind Engine

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Description: Engraving of a farm with an Eclipse windmill. There is a cutaway view of the building beneath showing a man inside working at a saw. Another man is working...
Photograph

International Truck with Trailer

Date: 1939
Description: Two men speak to one another as a woman wearing an apron enters a trailer used by the Ohio Edison Company. The trailer is attached to an International D-2 ...
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Sauk County Fair

Date: 1906
Description: A double exposure of a landscape featuring a very large tree and farm houses superimposed on an image of buildings and crowds at the Sauk County Fairground...
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Beware of Dog

Date: 05 1926
Description: A dog crouches behind a fence where a "Beware of Dog" sign hangs. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department ...
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IH Demonstration Farm House

Date: 1924
Description: View from road of several people standing on the porch of an IH demonstration farmhouse. A barn is in the background on the right, with a painted sign on ...
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IH Demonstration Farm at Aberdeen

Date: 07 1930
Description: View of the farmhouse, barn, and silo on an International Harvester Company demonstration farm.
Photograph

Crop Rotation Sign at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 07 1930
Description: A crop rotation sign stands near a dirt road leading to the farmhouse on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
Photograph

Soil and Crop Improvement Association

Date: 1918
Description: A man is leaning on the passenger side of an automobile marked: "Kankakee County Soil and Crop Improvement Association." Another man is sitting inside. The...
Photograph

Houses on a Rural Road

Date: 05 30 1916
Description: View down center of rural dirt road with houses along both sides in Black Hawk County. A man and horse are in a field on the left, near a sign that says: "...
Photograph

Dunville Notch

Date: 
Description: View of a mountain pass called Dunville Notch. A group of farmhouses are located among trees and a dirt road. Men gather near parked cars and a sign near t...
Photograph

McArthur Road

Date: 1975
Description: "This photo was taken on McArthur Road. The present day River View Mobile Home Park is now on the right side in the picture."
Photograph

Farm Buildings and Frame House

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Description: Frame house with barn and other farm buildings. There is a sign in front of the house for "Postum Food Coffee."
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Wade House Opening Day

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: The official opening of Wade House. Amid great fanfare, complete with an appearance by poet Carl Sandburg, Wade House opened to the public on June 6th, 195...
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Bridge

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Description: View down railroad tracks of a railroad bridge, which has framed beams on the sides and top. A boy and girl are standing and posing on the bridge. Signs ar...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Keystone Farms

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Description: View of barn, house, and outbuildings at Keystone Farms, owned by Owen W. Rolands.
Photograph

Group of People Posing in front of House

Date: 1900
Description: Group of people posing in front of a house. A man is sitting on a horse-drawn McCormick binder on the right, and in the background is a barn. One man is po...
Photograph

View of Farm Buildings

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Description: View across fence and lawn towards a farmhouse and outhouse. In the background is a barn and two windmills. At the base of the cupola on the barn is the da...

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