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Man with Wings

Date: 1909
Description: An unidentified man demonstrates his unsuccessful bird wing-like mechanism, which was part of an experiment in aviation.
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Dr. Babcock with Butterfat Tester

Date: 1926
Description: Dr. Stephen Babcock with an electric centrifuge butterfat tester.
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McCormick Reaper Exhibit at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: Female model posing with a rake next to a reproduction of Cyrus Hall McCormick's first reaper at International Harvester's "A Century of Progress" Worlds F...
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Vote Recording Machine

Date: 1919
Description: Inventor, B.L. Boboroff, displays his vote recording device to members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Thomas Alva Edison, Mechanical Genius

Date: 02 17 1913
Description: Portrait of Thomas Alva Edison in his lab where he worked on his "talking moving machine."
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Wrights' Neighbor

Date: 07 02 1909
Description: Test flight of the bi-plane invented by Ray Zorn of Dayton, Ohio, who later resided in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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First to Fly — Completing the Army Demonstration

Date: 1909
Description: Wilbur Wright, in the bowler hat, preparing the Flyer for the conclusion of the test required to win a U.S. Army contract. The 1908 demonstration had been ...
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First to Fly — Almost Flying

Date: 1901
Description: Wilbur Wright (standing, second from the right) with Edward C. Huffaker, Octave Chanute, and George Spratt in the workshed. Chanute was a special visitor f...
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First to Fly — Almost Flying

Date: 10 10 1902
Description: Wilbur Wright gliding down the steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Much of the Wright Brothers' success derived from the fact...
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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: Carl Bates in his airplane. The bottom half of the card shows the beginning of a race between Bates' invention and an automobile. Bates was from Clear Lake...
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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: The airplane invented by Carl S. Bates on the beach at Daytona Beach, Florida. Coverage of this event by a local newspaper noted that the advantages of Bat...
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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 1906
Description: The monoplane glider built and flown by Carl S. Bates of Clear Lake, Iowa. During the previous year Bates had built a bi-plane glider.
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Mr. Mullarkey with Glider Display

Date: 04 02 1946
Description: Mr. Mullarkey (probably Leo R. Mullarkey) standing beside Glider Home Laundry and Dry Cleaning Agitator, Washer and steam garment press with Vel Colgate so...
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Baby Sitting at Child's Training Desk

Date: 09 29 1945
Description: Toddler sitting at child's training desk, with lid closed.
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Boy and Child's Training Desk

Date: 09 29 1945
Description: Little boy at child's training desk with bench seat.
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Girl and Child's Training Desk

Date: 09 29 1945
Description: Young girl seated at child's training desk with top open showing blackboard.
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Distillation Device

Date: 1950
Description: A man sets up a cone-shaped instrument designed to distill fresh water from salt water as he leans out of a small motor boat on the water.
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Fordson Tractor with Plow Equipped for "Driverless Operation"

Date: 05 14 1927
Description: Farmer and mechanic F.L. Zybach, 32, standing beside his invention -- a Fordson tractor with a front-mounted plow equipped for "driverless operation." Orig...
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First McCormick Reaper Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: Re-enactors demonstrating a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playi...
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First McCormick Reaper Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: Re-enactors demonstrating a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playi...

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