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Photograph

Experimental Combine Harvesting Grain

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering 12 foot experimental combine (harvester-thresher) pulled by a Farmall M tractor. There is a ...
Photograph

Experimental Combine with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental 12 foot McCormick-Deering combine (harvester-thresher) with a Farmall M tractor. Mountains are in the ba...
Photograph

Mrs. Attilio Gatti

Date: 03 30 1938
Description: Mrs. Attilio Gatti carried by four Congolese men during her husband's expedition to the African Congo. The expedition was sponsored by the International Ha...
Photograph

View Looking West at Rib Mountain

Date: 1930
Description: View looking west at Rib Mountain across the Wisconsin River from the outskirts of Wausau.
Photograph

Rib Mountain

Date: 1930
Description: A view looking west at Rib Mountain across the Wisconsin River from the outskirts of Wausau.
Photograph

Shocks of Wheat in Field

Date: 1939
Description: Shocks of wheat lined up in a large field. There is a mountain range in the background.
Photograph

Boats in a River in Peru

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of group of boats and people on shoreline of a river in Peru, with mountains in the background.
Photograph

Deepening a Creek Channel with a TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: A man operates an International TD-18 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to deepen a creek channel. Original caption reads: "TD-18 TracTracTor and Emseo(?) Bull...
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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 ...
Poster

South Pacific System Southern California Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting the South Pacific System railway and southern California. Featuring the artist M. Gundlach, the poster depicts the rolling...
Poster

Travel By Train, California Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting California as a summer's destination to be reached by train. The poster features a woman in a vibrant yellow dress overloo...
Poster

Far West National Parks, USA and Canada Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting the national parks of the western United States and Canada, as well as promoting train travel. The poster depicts a creek...
Poster

Northern Pacific Railway Travel Poster: Rainier National Park

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting "The New Yakima Gateway to Rainier National Park," and to get there by way of the Northern Pacific Railway. The poster fea...
Poster

Pennsylvania Railroad Travel Poster: In Old Kentucky

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Kentucky and the Pennsylvania Railroad through an artist's depiction of two men dressed in buckskin, wearing raccoon hats ...
Poster

CIE Tours International Travel Poster: Tour Connemara

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Connemara, Ireland, and CIE Tours International travel company. Featuring the artist Costelloe, the poster depicts a bus t...
Poster

British Railways Travel Poster: Sussex

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting the British Railways through an artist's depiction of the countryside of Sussex, featuring a small church surrounded by a ...
Poster

New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission Travel Poster

Date: 1936
Description: An original lithograph promoting New Hampshire as the "Land of Scenic Splendor." The poster features the artist Maxwell Parrish's depiction of a New Hampsh...
Photograph

The Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad and a train winding through the mountains.
Photograph

Rib Mountain

Date: 1936
Description: A view from below of a lookout area filled with visitors on Rib Mountain.
Map or Atlas

Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Date: 1930
Description: Pictorial map of Glacier National Park, Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Illustrated by Joe Scheurle, it depicts white people, American ...

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