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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Automobiles, including a Ford runabout, parked along a rural dirt road for an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department short course and ma... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of farmer Ed Frey at the controls of a McCormick-Deering 123-SP combine on his 1400 acre farm. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a farmer cultivating a vegetable field with a McCormick Farmall C tractor with attached cultivator. Farm buildings are in the bac... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of a farmer with a straw hat working a field using a Farmall M tractor with disc harrow against a bright blue sky strewn with fluffy white... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Three farmers harvest grain with McCormick horse-drawn grain binder. One farmer is sitting aboard the binder guiding horses while two men, one with scythe ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a farmer harvesting grain on a hill or ridge with a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder near Pittsburgh. In the background is a va... |
| Date: | 11 10 1943 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of employees of the Madison News Agency, distributors of magazines and newspapers, in front of the business at 446 W. Gilman Street. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A man crouching in a farm field near a wooden tool, possibly doing irrigation work. A dirt road behind the man leads to several buildings and a water tower... |
| Date: | 04 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the wood trellis fence and columns that frame the entrance gate to the Silver-Dale Resort. A group of people are sitting on the porch of a refreshm... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance to the Devi-Bara Resort. There is sign on the fence that reads, "Saddle Horses - 1/2 block" and another sign on a tree denoting that t... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from across road of a grocery store and gas station, with a home next door. The store features two pumps and advertises Deep Rock motor oil, Coca-Cola... |
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| Description: | The Chippewa Spring House, a small round building with a conical roof with a sign over the door reading "Chippewa Spring," sitting off to the side of a dir... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Methodist Evangelical Church. The building features a sign that says: M.E. 1893. There is a lamp over the entrance, a small, lattice-e... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | A man sits atop a very high load of logs on a sled pulled by three horses. There is snow on the ground. Numbers are written on the cut ends of the logs. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across road of automobile parked next to gasoline pump outside of the Blue Moon Tavern on County Highway 24. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View from yard of blacksmith shop, a home, and a two-story building with a "Gold Medal Flour" sign. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Two automobiles are parked next to a tavern with a Blatz Beer sign hanging out front. An American flag hangs from a flagpole. |
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| Description: | Race car number 6 sponsored by National Auto Elec. The body of the car was built by the Ideal Body Company. A man wearing a helmet and goggles is sitting i... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting behind the steering wheel of a Farmall tractor outfitted with a McCormick International Model 234 corn harvester. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the street on Stock Day. Horses and wagons are traveling down the street. The Bridgeport Hotel and the post office are on the right side. ... |
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