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Street Scene

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Description: View down dirt road towards the Lappley Bros. Lumber Yard. There are houses on the right and in the far background. There are horses and carriages parked a...
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Motorcycle Racetrack

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Description: Motorcyclists race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds.
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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve...
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Pennco Station

Date: 07 24 1934
Description: Pennsylvania oil company gas station at the corner of 2 North Park and Regent Streets in the Greenbush neighborhood.
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The Union House Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi...
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Dead for the Country

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Description: A cross with the inscription "Morts Pour La Patrie." Captioned "Dead for the Country," a familiar sign in the valley of the Marne.
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Buckhorn Cheese Company

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Description: Exterior view of the Buckhorn Cheese Company plant. A sign painted on the exterior of the building reads: "Take One Home."
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Semi-Pro Baseball

Date: 1915
Description: Two men playing baseball for semi-pro teams in a Milwaukee ballpark.
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Children with Lecturer

Date: 1924
Description: At Louisiana State University, an instructor lectures a group of children on agriculture using charts prepared by International Harvester Company. The lect...
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Farmall M Leveling Gravel at Hinsdale Farm

Date: 1949
Description: Worker leveling gravel with a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor and a no. 7 angle dozer at International Harvester's Hinsdale farm and testing facility.
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Rural Crossroads

Date: 05 1928
Description: Desolate rural cross roads near Palos Park.
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International M Series Panel Truck

Date: 1914
Description: International M series panel truck used for delivery of baked goods. The truck was owned by Michele Riverso, Panetteria Napolitana of 1450 W. Polk Street.
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Parade of Wagons Picking Up New McCormick Machinery

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Description: Elevated view of a parade of farmers and young children with horse-drawn wagons picking up their new McCormick machinery. They are parked along a rural dir...
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Parade of Wagons Picking Up New McCormick Machinery

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Description: Elevated view of a parade of farmers in horse-drawn wagons picking up their new McCormick machinery packed in crates. They are parked along a rural dirt ro...
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Layton House

Date: 1880
Description: 2504 Forest Home Avenue. This hotel was situated on what was originally a plank road between Milwaukee and Muskego. It was designed after the Federal style...
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Emergency Personnel with International Ambulance and Fire Truck

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: Group portrait of emergency ambulance personnel and fire fighters posing with an International ambulance and a fire truck in front of a fire station. The h...
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Waukesha's Primitive Airfield

Date: 1924
Description: A barnstorming pilot and curious onlookers at a field on the outskirts of Waukesha that served as a primitive airport. Technically, the term barnstorming s...
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Addition to Scanlan Morris Company

Date: 01 22 1944
Description: Addition to Scanlan Morris Company, exterior view, 1902 East Johnson Street.
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R & W Root Beer Stand

Date: 07 18 1940
Description: R & W Root Beer stand, at East Washington Avenue and Thornton Avenue.
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R & W Root Beer Stand

Date: 07 18 1940
Description: R & W Root Beer stand, East Washington Avenue at Thornton Avenue.

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