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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

Date: 1969
Description: Three children and two adults are stand and sitting around an elderly man wearing a ship captains hat. He is holding a wooden model of a ship. The group of...
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Miniature Farm Display

Date: 01 23 1927
Description: Miniature farm display with fences, tractor, water tower, and farm buildings. Pennants on the front of the display read: "McCormick-Deering Farm Equipment,...
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Miniature Models of McCormick-Deering Company Products

Date: 06 27 1927
Description: Group of miniature models on a table. The models include a dump truck, tractor, wagon, and harvester-thresher.
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Miniature of Truck that Crossed the Sahara

Date: 08 10 1929
Description: Display of miniature of truck that crossed the Sahara. There are maps of part of Europe and the continent of Africa, and signs on the display read, in part...
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Pasture Display

Date: 1940
Description: A portable exhibit in a box with a hinged lid has been set up on a stand covered with corrugated paper. A sign inside the box lid describes the benefits of...
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Scale Model of Ox Pushing Cart

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Description: Scale model made to illustrate harvesting methods.
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Founders Day Dinner Committee

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Members of the decorating committee for the annual Founders' Day Dinner for the Wisconsin Alumni Club looking at a model of Bascom Hall. From left are Sara...
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Model Houses in Schoolyard

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Description: Group of small-scale model houses on the lawn in a school yard. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Miniature Model of the Truck that Crossed the Sahara Desert

Date: 04 05 1929
Description: A miniature model with a sign that reads, in part: "Miniature Model of the First Four-Wheeled Stock Truck to Cross the Sahara Desert."
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Miniature Model of the Truck that Crossed the Sahara Desert

Date: 04 05 1929
Description: A miniature model with a sign that reads, in part: "Miniature Model of the First Four-Wheeled Stock Model Motor Vehicle to Cross the Sahara Desert."
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Durst Rockshelter

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Description: A diorama in the museum galleries of the excavation of an Indian rockshelter, an archaeological site in Sauk County. This was part of an exhibit at the Wis...
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Young Girl at Wisconsin Dells Minirama

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Description: A young girl wearing a bathing suit is standing in almost knee-deep water in a Miniature model of the Wisconsin Dells. A small excursion boat is in the wat...
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17th-Century Plow

Date: 01 1960
Description: A man in hat and glasses is unpacking boxes. In the foreground on top of a box is a sculpture of a plowing scene. Original caption reads: "17th-century plo...
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Scale Model of Hay Rake

Date: 01 1960
Description: Caption reads: "Intricate detail of scale model is shown in 1900 hay rake. Museum usually draws 12,000 visitors during May to October season, expects big r...
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Scale Replica of International 4270 Conventional Transtar Tractor

Date: 04 13 1973
Description: "Alter-Ego in Miniature." Portrait of a woman holding two miniature tractors. Typewritten copy reads: "The Famous International 4270 Conventional Transtar ...
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Model of Hay Stacker

Date: 08 06 1914
Description: Model of a Hay Stacker, with a miniature man with horse, on a table. There is a backdrop behind.
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Model Warplane

Date: 07 10 1989
Description: A man carrying a model airplane, possibly an F2G Corsair, and a remote control transmitter. His shirt reads: "DAVE" and has a patch depicting an airplane. ...
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Scale Model Auto Wagon

Date: 12 15 1976
Description: Attached letter from the Springfield Plant in Ohio reads, in part: "Attached are photos of Robert E. Brown, the model builder, presenting the model to Mr. ...
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Scale Model Auto Wagon

Date: 12 15 1976
Description: Attached letter from the Springfield Plant in Ohio reads, in part: "Attached are photos of Robert E. Brown, the model builder, presenting the model to Mr. ...
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Scale Model Auto Wagon

Date: 12 15 1976
Description: Attached letter from the Springfield Plant in Ohio reads, in part: "Attached are photos of Robert E. Brown, the model builder, presenting the model to Mr. ...

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