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Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1893
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Johnston Harvester Company. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of Christopher Columbus and hi...
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Machine Company Catalog

Date: 1869
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for Champion reaping and mowing machines manufactured by the Champion Machine Company. The cover features a color illustra...
Photograph

Polo Players

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Description: Polo horses take graceful strides as two players vie to hit the ball at Joy Farms.
Photograph

Ladder Wagon Racing to Fire

Date: 1895
Description: A ladder wagon of the Madison Fire Department races around corner of North Pinckney and East Main streets.
Photograph

Montana Cowboys

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Description: View of cowboys loading the chuck wagon on the range in Montana. Caption reads: "Loading the 'Chuck' Wagon."
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Nip and Tuck

Date: 1911
Description: Photomontage of a man fishing. The man, wearing waders and up to his knees in water, is struggling to reel in a giant bass. The words "Nip & Tuck with a Ba...
Photograph

Scattering Rat Poison in City Dump

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: Two men are scattering barium carbonate rat poison in a city dump located at the end of Fern Drive off Highbury Road near University Avenue. The land was o...
Photograph

Motorcyclist on Dirt Road

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Description: Man riding a motorcycle on a country road. Two men are standing along the side of the road, and a horse is in the background.
Photograph

Motorcycle Crowd

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Description: A group of motorcyclists and enthusiasts gathering outside of a barn.
Photograph

Fire Engines in Street

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Description: A fire fighter driving a horse-drawn fire engine is parked on the street. A group of people are looking up toward a building where a rope is coming down fr...
Photograph

Men in front of Horseshoe Shop

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Description: Nine men in aprons lined up in front of a brick horseshoe shop. One of the men is sitting on a horse. The sign above the door reads: "C. Deising, Horseshoe...
Photograph

Dashing through the Snow

Date: 1930
Description: Winter scene with sleigh carrying six well-bundled passengers pulled by two horses and pulling a skier behind in Eagle River. The trees are blurred.
Photograph

Chain O'Lakes Duck Farm

Date: 1939
Description: A line of workers standing along tables at Chain O'Lakes duck farm. The workers appear to be plucking ducks.
Photograph

Middleton Sportsmen's Club Pheasant Release

Date: 04 01 1951
Description: Five men in outdoor clothing holding and placing live pheasants into a large bag. The Middleton Sportsmen's Club released about 150 pheasants at different ...
Photograph

Middleton Sportsmen's Club Pheasant Release

Date: 04 01 1951
Description: Ted Ziegler releasing a pheasant into a rural field. The Middleton Sportsmen's Club raised pheasants from chicks in its brooder house and pens for later re...
Photograph

Geese Hunters

Date: 10 24 1951
Description: Albert Becker and Carl Van Skike, hunting partners for 32 years, posing in hunting clothes with shot guns while holding three geese they bagged while hunti...
Photograph

Oyster Shucking

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Description: Men shucking oysters while standing in stalls in a building. Caption reads: "Oyster Schucking, Norfolk, VA."
Photograph

Man Standing with Corn Shocks

Date: 1915
Description: Farmer standing outdoors among corn shocks. He is holding a small dog in his arms, and is wearing work gloves and a hat.
Photograph

Farmer Picking Corn by Hand

Date: 1911
Description: A farmer wearing a straw hat and smoking a pipe examining or picking corn. Behind him is a team of horses pulling a wagon.
Photograph

Woman Holding Trout and Fly-Fishing Rod

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Description: A woman wearing waders and a hat holds up a trout in her right hand and a fly-fishing rod in her left hand. Attached to her hat are fly-fishing flies, and ...

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