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Water Tower and St. Mary's Hospital

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Description: Water tower (built 1875), with St. Mary's Hospital behind it on the left.
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Fairway 12 Tractor

Date: 1937
Description: Man uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway 12 tractor and mowing attachment to care for lawns (and golf course?) at a country club. Sun bathers are in the backgr...
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International F-31 Truck Operated by W.H. Brammer

Date: 1921
Description: International model "F" or "31" truck operated by W.H. Brammer of Coon Rapids. One man sits in the driver's seat and another man stands at the back of the...
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Train Carrying McCormick-Deering Combines

Date: 1930
Description: A train carries McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines) bouind for North Dakota farms. A sign on the train reads: "McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thr...
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Farmall A and Farmall B Tractors at Chicago Tractor Works

Date: 04 24 1941
Description: Slightly elevated view of rows of Farmall A and Farmall B tractors in the Chicago Tractor works loading yard. Original caption reads: "From: International ...
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Theresa Street Scene

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Description: View of automobiles driving on a street, entering the city. The Theresa water tower can be seen on the left.
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Waiting to Load Sacks on Train

Date: 09 1902
Description: Farmers with wagon loads of sacks of potatoes(?), probably waiting to load them on a train.
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View of Madison

Date: 1905
Description: View of Madison in the far distance taken from the third floor of a home at 216 Campbell Street, in University Heights. There is a power line suspended in ...
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Timmer's Resort, Cedar Lake, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored view across field towards Timmer's Resort, with a water tower and a windmill in the background. There is an automobile parked by a fence in th...
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Railroad Near Power Plant

Date: 1940
Description: View across empty field towards railroad tracks. In the far background is a water tower next to a power plant.
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Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 10 07 1927
Description: Two men are standing next to the side of a livestock delivery truck for chickens. There is a silo in the background, and the metal base of what may be a wa...
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Grain Delivery Truck

Date: 06 05 1928
Description: View towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a Gillespie Grain Co. Ltd. truck, with an open truck bed loaded with sacks of oats. In the background is...
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TD-18A — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-18A — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "MidW" Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., Big Rapids, Mich. Used w...

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