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Dead for the Country

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Description: A cross with the inscription "Morts Pour La Patrie." Captioned "Dead for the Country," a familiar sign in the valley of the Marne.
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Interior View of McCormick Works

Date: 04 23 1906
Description: Grain binder on the floor of an IH factory, probably the McCormick Works. At the top is a directional sign for employees in three different languages; Czec...
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Tattered Bound Document

Date: 08 09 1906
Description: Inside pages of a tattered bound document written in German, with handwritten notes filling in blanks on the left page, and handwriting near a stamp on the...
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Delivery Trucks

Date: 02 16 1928
Description: Two men are sitting in the driver's seats of two trucks with sacks piled in the trucks beds. The signs painted on the trucks are in Russian.
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Chinese Flour Sack

Date: 05 13 1929
Description: Chinese flour sack with a design of a man driving a tractor. The text at the top reads: "Koshan Kean Kwei Flour Mill."
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Storage Area at McCormick Works

Date: 10 1906
Description: Tidy materials storage area, with fire escape sign in English, Czech and German. There is a brick arch in the foreground, and across the room is another ar...
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Storage Area at McCormick Works

Date: 10 1906
Description: Tidy materials storage area, with fire escape sign in English, Czech and German. Lumber is stacked along the left and right, and an arched doorway leading ...
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Storage Area at McCormick Works

Date: 10 15 1906
Description: Manufacturing area, with fire escape sign in English, Czech and German.
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Work Area at McCormick Works

Date: 08 1907
Description: Work area, with metal machines, and a fire escape sign in three languages at McCormick Works.
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Reaper at McCormick Works

Date: 09 03 1912
Description: View towards a Reaper outdoors in the yard, set up on a saw-horse. There is a Russian name on the Reaper. In the background is a brick factory building.
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Harvester Thresher at McCormick Works

Date: 04 27 1916
Description: Harvester Thresher packaged for shipping outdoors in factory yard. The crates are labeled in Russian. A backdrop is behind the crates.
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Milwaukee Mower at McCormick Works

Date: 01 29 1917
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of a Milwaukee Mower outdoors in the factory yard. A sign on the Mower blade reads "Milwaukee" with a sub-caption in Fre...
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Edward Alsworth Ross with Chinese Friends

Date: 1910
Description: UW-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross poses between two men. Behind them is a building with a sign that reads: "[?]: ten thousand-year law/[?...

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