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Milwaukee Road Booth at U.S.O. Carnival

Date: 11 07 1944
Description: Booth at the U.S.O. Carnival sponsered by the Milwaukee Road Employees Service Club, featuring games of chance and a model train set-up.
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Doughboy Mills Factory

Date: 02 05 1942
Description: Model of Doughboy Mills, Inc. and grain elevator.
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Model Airplane Builders Club

Date: 06 01 1934
Description: Group portrait of members of a vocational school model airplane builders club, each holding a model airplane with a diagram of a cambered aerofoil from a c...
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Fiore Coal & Oil Co. Window Display

Date: 05 22 1931
Description: Fiore Coal & Oil Co. window display in the First National Bank building, 905 University Avenue. The window features a model railroad train layout which is ...
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Switzerland Model

Date: 10 27 1930
Description: Three girls are standing beside a model they constructed of Switzerland on a table at Randall School.
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"Danger Lights" Display in Capitol Theatre Lobby

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Close-up of display in RKO Capitol Theatre's outer lobby for "Danger Lights." Features a model train from Wolf-Kubly & Hersig with signs saying: "31,000 mi...
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"Danger Lights" Display in Capitol Theatre Lobby

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Display in RKO Capitol Theatre's outer lobby for "Danger Lights" and coming attraction "Africa Speaks." Features a model train from Wolff-Kubly & Hersig, w...
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Animated Display Window

Date: 07 24 1947
Description: Animated display window at Master Furriers, 11 West Main Street, "Madison City of Prosperity," display of miniature storefronts with Madison merchants' sto...
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Sheaffer Pen and Pencil Sets

Date: 09 27 1950
Description: Display window at Rowley & Schlimgen, 540 State Street, featuring Sheaffer's pen and pencil sets "for school days and career years" and a model trail layou...
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International Harvester Toy Catalog Cover

Date: 1973
Description: Cover of a brochure for International Harvester toys. Features a color illustration of a boy riding an International pedal tractor pulling a wagon filled w...
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Model Farm Display

Date: 12 28 1927
Description: A miniaturized model of a farm set against a backdrop of advertising posters for International Harvester equipment. The model was on display at the Iowa St...
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McCormick-Deering Store--Milk Cooler

Date: 07 01 1935
Description: A six-can McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler on display in an International Harvester dealership. A display case on the left near a window holds either toys or...
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Washington School Hobby Show

Date: 05 27 1949
Description: Pat Rohr, 16 North Bassett Street, standing next to her salt and pepper shaker collection at the Washington School Hobby Show. Stan Fix, holding a model ai...
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Miniature International Truck Model

Date: 1932
Description: A miniature model of an International truck rests on its side, showing the undercarriage. The model was likely built by Norman Scott of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Miniature International Truck Model with Cargo

Date: 1932
Description: A miniature model of an International truck. The model carries cargo and reads: "Ogilvie's Royal Household Flour." Caption on photograph reads: "Miniature ...
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Model of an International Truck

Date: 1931
Description: A model of an International delivery truck. The side of the truck reads: "Hathaway's Bread Cake".
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Diorama of Development of Grain Harvesting Machines

Date: 1944
Description: An exhibit depicting the development of grain harvesting machinery at the Northwestern University Technological Institute. The exhibit includes scale model...
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Senator Wiley and Missile Model

Date: 10 23 1962
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley posing with a model of a missile. Near him on the desk are an American Flag and a globe.
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Scale Model of Cyrus McCormick's First Reaper

Date: 11 1951
Description: State Historical Society employee Joyce Hancock with a model of Cyrus McCormick's first reaper.
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McCormick Display at Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: View of the McCormick display at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (World's Fair of 1893). The exhibit features several full size and scale model...

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