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| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage near Truax Field in Madison. The Gritzmacher farm milk house was twisted and shattered by the wind. A group of people are looking at the dam... |
| Date: | 04 1926 |
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| Description: | A man burns rubbish close to the house. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A man demonstrates the farm hazard of chopping wood. |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a farmhouse, taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department and used to illustrate the dangers of a cluttered room.... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing an apron pouring oil into a hot stove at the International Harvester Hinsdale experimental farm, illustrating a dangerous scenario for Inte... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A child sitting on the floor of a farmhouse kitchen near a cloth-covered table. A lit oil lamp, pot, and utensils are sitting on the table, illustrating th... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | A girl holding a long coat or blanket, a broom, and a dustpan while descending a flight of stairs at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. |
| Date: | 03 1926 |
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| Description: | A child sits on a rotten wooden well covering while playing in the mud with a piece of metal and holding a can marked "Salted Pecans." An automobile is in ... |
| Date: | 03 1926 |
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| Description: | A refuse pile consisting of glass, a broken basket, bottles, cans, and other items behind a farmhouse. A crumbling foundation is in the background. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A child on a Farmall tractor. The original caption warns of the danger of children "fooling with levers on running machinery." This photo was taken for Int... |
| Date: | 07 1980 |
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| Description: | "Theresa firemen respond to a silo fire at the Henning farm on County P." |
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