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Apollo 17 Lunar Rover

Date: 09 1972
Description: Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt practice operating the lunar roving vehicle (LRV) in preparation for the Apollo 17 mission to the moon. They ...
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Astronaut Exhibit at Austin Straubel Airport

Date: 1965
Description: A traveling display about the NASA manned space program on exhibit at Austin Straubel Airport. Included in the exhibit is a model of a space capsule and a ...
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Girl at Vegetable Stand

Date: 1917
Description: Girl selling vegetables to a customer at vegetable stand along Milwaukee pike. Original caption reads: "The little girl in charge sold over $800 worth of v...
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Science Project

Date: 02 27 1989
Description: Student demonstrates his science project that tests the effectiveness of aspirin.
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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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E.A. Birge Reading an Anemometer

Date: 1912
Description: Dr. E.A. Birge in his element, reading an anemometer of the weather data station on Green Lake.
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Equipment at Trout Lake Station

Date: 1929
Description: Dr. E.A. Birge's equipment at his Trout Lake Station laboratory.
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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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Candy Maker

Date: 10 11 1981
Description: Jim Niemann decorates dipped chocolates at his family's business, Niemann's Home Made Chocolate Shop.
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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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Ed Gein at State Crime Lab

Date: 11 19 1957
Description: Ed Gein (1906-1984) signing paperwork at the state crime lab where he was brought for lie detector and other tests or at the city jail where he was held ov...
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IH General Office Mail Room

Date: 10 29 1937
Description: Men and women working in the 5th floor mail room of International Harvester's general office building.
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Experimental No. 20 TracTracTor

Date: 06 02 1930
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental No. 20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Left side view.
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Experimental 15/30 TracTracTor

Date: 12 16 1929
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental McCormick-Deering 15-30 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Right side view.
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Experimental 10-20 McCormick-Deering TracTracTor

Date: 04 30 1928
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental 10-20 McCormick-Deering TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Side view, right.
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Experimental Farmall M Tractor

Date: 12 10 1940
Description: Engineering left side view of a McCormick-Deering Farmall M high clearance (high crop) tractor with cane attachment.
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Experimental Farmall 3F Tractor

Date: 03 01 1939
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental Farmall tractor designated as model "3F". Right side view.
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Experimental Farmall 2-F Tractor

Date: 08 08 1938
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental Farmall tractor designated as model "2F". Right side view.
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Experimental Farmall 10 Tractor

Date: 04 21 1938
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental Farmall tractor "with air pre-cleaner" designated as model "F-10". Three-quarter view towards front right.

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