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Girl Scouts at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Three girl scouts and the camp director chatting while sitting on a cot in a tent at Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Pictured left to right: Mar...
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Exhibit of new machinery at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. Some of the 2,000 cars and b...
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Wisconsin State Fair Tractor Exhibit

Date: 09 12 1935
Description: A crowd of spectators looks at a McCormick Farmall tractor on display at the Wisconsin State Fair. The tractor is an F-12.
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Twine Clock

Date: 05 1930
Description: Spectators gather around a clock tower constructed of twine at the exhibition of the German Agricultural Society in Cologne, Germany. The exhibition took p...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Showing Off the Corn

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a man, wearing a bow tie and straw boater hat, sitting on top of a giant ear of corn. A crowd of onlookers gather around the man, suggestin...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Cooking Fish

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of a group of people cooking over an open fire at a campsite. One man is blowing the fire underneath a kettle, while two other men look on. A ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Boy Scouts

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of a group of five boy scouts around a cooking fire. The scouts watch as a giant potato, suspended over the fire, slowly roasts. They are wear...
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony

Date: 07 18 1946
Description: A woman and child cooking on a small gas stove in a tent at the University of Wisconsin tent colony, also known as Camp Gallistella on the south shore of L...
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony

Date: 07 18 1946
Description: Seven children playing in the sandbox with one adult at the University of Wisconsin Tent Colony, also known as Camp Gallistella on the south shore of Lake ...
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Correspondents' Hut

Date: 1942
Description: Rear view of the correspondents' hut, with the tent used by the staff of the Australian soldiers in Port Moresby, New Guinea. This photograph was taken bet...
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The Titan 10-20 Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: The Titan 10-20 tractor on display under a large tent with signs explaining its gold painting and new reduced price.
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Men Gather Near Beverage Tent

Date: 1919
Description: A group of men stand at a makeshift bar under a beverage tent where crates from Golden Grain Juice Company and Anheuser-Busch from St. Louis, Missouri, lin...
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Tractor Exhibit

Date: 1919
Description: Two men look over a tractor called the Indiana, while behind them a group gathers in front of a large Illinois Master Drive 3-4 Plow Tractor of America ten...
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Avery Tent at Tractor Exhibit

Date: 1919
Description: A large white tent marked with multiple signs reading: "Avery." Other signs advertise for the "Ross Alfalfa Hay Cutter and Syrup Mixer" and the "Ross Silo ...
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Tractor Demonstration

Date: 1918
Description: A small group of women and men gather around a tent with a sign boasting of satisfied users of the Titan 10-20 Kerosene tractor. Another man is sitting in ...
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Crowds at the Fremont Tractor Show

Date: 1916
Description: Crowds gather around the International Harvester Company of America and Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company tents at the Fremont Tractor Show.
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Tractor Show

Date: 1916
Description: A line up of International Harvester Mogul 12-25 and Mogul 8-16 tractors, and a John Deere tractor in front of tents at the Fremont(?) Tractor Show.
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Battle of Gettysburg Camp, 50th Anniversary

Date: 07 1913
Description: Panoramic view of encampment for the Battle of Gettysburg 50th Anniversary, with hundreds of tents.
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Hinsdale Product Identification Show

Date: 07 1958
Description: Visiting dealers look over International Harvester's 1958 line of tractors at a product introduction show. The photograph was taken near the show's dining ...
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Introduction of Farmall 460 Tractors

Date: 07 1958
Description: Men in cowboy hats show Farmall 460 tractors at an International Harvester product introduction show. Signs in the background read: "New World of Profit" a...

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