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Reaper Centennial Medallion

Date: 1931
Description: Reverse side of the International Harvester reaper centennial medallion (or coin) showing the reaper in use, and the words: "Centennial of the Reaper, 1891...
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Berg Boat Wheels

Date: 02 11 1948
Description: A Thompson boat with detachable Berg boat wheels on the stern and an Evinrude outboard motor. Taken for the Kulzick Advertizing Agency. A man is standing i...
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Underground Newspaper Cover: Chinook

Date: 08 13 1970
Description: Cover of "Chinook," an underground newspaper, featuring an ethereal drawing of a male hiker holding out a sign with an infinity symbol on it, as though he ...
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Arnold Batson in Rubber Laboratory

Date: 1944
Description: Arnold Batson works with natural and synthetic rubbers in the rubber laboratory at the Gas Power Engineering Department. The original caption reads: "Exper...
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Physical and Chemical Laboratory

Date: 1943
Description: Men stand at the counter of a physical and chemical laboratory. The original caption reads: "A complete modern physical and chemical laboratory, a portion ...
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Micro-Photography in IH Engineering

Date: 1944
Description: William Koppa uses a microscope to examine a specimen of steel. The original caption reads: "Micro-photography is employed at International Harvester's Gas...
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Fisherman Lester Shore

Date: 04 09 1948
Description: Police Officer Lester Shore, holding a "River Shiner" fishing lure, for which he holds a patent. It is a casting plug that has a metal lip and shaft and im...
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Man Operating Mechanical Arms

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Description: An African American man operating a series of large, mechanical arms to manipulate various bottles and scientific instruments. At the Oak Ridge Atomic Muse...
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Testing Paint Thinner at McCormick Works

Date: 1939
Description: Two men determine the distillation range of paint thinner in the Paint Department of McCormick Works (factory).
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Packaging at West Pullman Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers pack small metal parts into wooden crates using a conveyor belt and scale at West Pullman Works.
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McCardle Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research

Date: 05 04 1948
Description: Dr. Harold P. Rusch, right, director of the McArdle Memorial Laboratory for cancer research, is shown with R.O. McLean, Madison, executive director, Wiscon...
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Man with Large Scale

Date: 1924
Description: A factory worker makes an adjustment to a large weight on a scale in front of a cloth backdrop.
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Forest Products Laboratory Workers Honored

Date: 04 24 1948
Description: Forest Products Laboratory workers are honored in a ceremony. They received a silver superior service award in recognition of laboratory employees during W...
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Weighing Cotton

Date: 1920
Description: Men weigh(?) bales of cotton on a wooden platform, while other men load or unload bales onto a wagon drawn by mules.
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Men with Cotton Bales

Date: 1920
Description: Men lead two mules in hauling a wagon full of cotton bales near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform.
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Cotton Bales on Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: Two men place a bale of cotton on top of a pile on the back of a mule-drawn wagon. They are near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform...
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Robert E. Clough, as an Inventor

Date: 1905
Description: Robert E. Clough, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as an inventor, using a large drill press. Part of a yearbook created by clas...
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"Romance of the Reaper" Film Still

Date: 1929
Description: Scene from the film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the building of the first practical reaper on the McCormick farm in Virginia. Actors playing the parts ...
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Divers Testing New Breathing Mixture in a Revolutionary Dive Suit

Date: 1937
Description: John Craig, Max Gene Nohl (seated in the dive suit), Dr. Edgar End and a fourth unknown person looking in. The location is the Milwaukee County Emergency H...
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Lowering Diver Max Nohl into Lake Michigan in Preparation for a Record Deep Dive

Date: 04 10 1937
Description: On April 10th, 1937, Max Nohl (shown in the dive suit) along with John Craig made a dive on the shipwreck Norland in order to perform another early ...

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