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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Photograph

Office and Company Store

Date: 01 13 1919
Description: Office and company store. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisconsin Steel Company. Wisconsin Steel wa...
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Drills Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for the Kentucky line of grain drills sold by International Harvester. Features a color advertising illustration of a...
Photograph

Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Uintah School in Winter

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Description: View across field of the Uintah Agency School behind a fence in winter. Mountains are visible in the background.
Photograph

Excavating a Basement with a T-20 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: A man operates a crawler tractor to level an area of dirt while two men near a fence observe. Original caption reads: "A T-20 TracTracTor and Bucyrus-Erie ...
Drawing

Mrs. Fowe's Ranch

Date: 1902
Description: A drawing depicting Mrs. Fowe's Ranch. With mountains in the distance, the ranch consists of corrals for horses and cattle, and a modest-sized house.
Photograph

Cars on Dirt Road to Town

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Description: Elevated view of two cars on a dirt road heading downhill. A town is in the valley below, and mountains are in the distance.
Photograph

Elevated View of Mining Company

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Deadbroke Mining Company nestled in a valley. In the foreground are a small number of dwellings and roads, and cut lumber. Caption reads: ...
Photograph

Building The New Bridge

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Description: Slightly elevated view of several people overlooking a bridge under construction. Caption reads: "Building The New Bridge, Berwick, PA."
Photograph

City Steeples

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Description: Elevated view of a densely settled residential area with the steeples of five churches vaulting high above the rooftops. In the background is a formation o...
Photograph

Youngsville Factory

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Description: Elevated view of a factory in Youngsville, with a railroad car and railroad tracks in front of it. In the background is a hill or mountain.
Photograph

Horses at Hitching Post

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Description: A man wearing a cowboy hat leads a horse from a stable towards other horses hitched to a fence. Mountains stand in the background.
Photograph

The Front of Kenesaw Mountain, GA

Date: 1866
Description: Earthworks in a field in foreground. In the middle distance is a small house with a fence. The Kenesaw Mountain is in the background.
Photograph

Chattanooga from the North

Date: 1866
Description: Two log buildings are in the foreground. A bridge spans a river in the middle distance, and the city of Chattanooga is on the far side at the base of a mou...
Photograph

Mohawk Trail View of Town

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Description: Men stand near an automobile parked along Mohawk Trail, a historic road surrounded by trees, to view a scenic overlook.
Photograph

Dunville Notch

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Description: View of a mountain pass named Dunville Notch. A group of farmhouses are located among trees and a dirt road.
Photograph

The Glen Farm

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Description: Farm buildings standing near the fields at Glen Farm in Dorset Hollow.
Photograph

Row of Cottages

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Description: A group of children stand along a fence near a row of cottages at the outskirts of town. In the far background is a mountain range.
Photograph

Pack Train for the Mines

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Description: View of a family posed before a pack train, heading toward the mines.

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