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Office Environment

Date: 1926
Description: A businessman and his secretary at the desk in his office.
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Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., Anita McCormick Blaine and Nettie Fowler McCormick

Date: 1905
Description: Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., (1859-1936), Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954) and their mother, Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923. The photo may ...
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Cyrus Hall McCormick and his Wife Nettie

Date: 1884
Description: Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) with his wife Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 ...
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Texas Dealership Grand Opening Ceremony

Date: 03 20 1975
Description: Original caption reads: "K.P. Mazurek (left), President, International Harvester's Truck Division, receives the key to the city of El Paso, Texas, from May...
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Alexander Legge

Date: 12 03 1930
Description: Alexander Legge (1866-1933) sitting with Miss Florence Melchert, an "entertainment" provided by International Harvester for 4-H Club delegates. Miss Melch...
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5,000,000th International Harvester Tractor

Date: 02 01 1974
Description: Original press release photo caption reads: "In special ceremonies at International Harvester's Farmall Plant, Rock Island, IL, Stanley F. Lancaster, vice ...
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A Star Is Born

Date: 05 18 1937
Description: Evelyn Canfield, in Madison General Hospital bed, looks to her newborn baby, David, who won the Orpheum Theatre's fourth anniversary "A Star Is Born" conte...
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Morey Airplane Co. Personnel

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: Group portrait of Morey Airplane Co. personnel, with five people. Standing left to right: Winston Smith, mechanic, Frank McCormick, pilot and shop super, A...
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The Rockefeller Family Cousins

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Description: Group portrait of (l to r) philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Sr., his cousins Mary Ann & Lucy Ann, brother William, Jr., and cousin Frank.
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200,000th International Scout Rolls Off Assembly Line

Date: 11 27 1968
Description: Press release photograph of the 200,000th International Scout truck rolling off of the assembly line. Original caption reads: "Almost eight years to the da...
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Businessman and Secretary in Office

Date: 10 1906
Description: A businessman in a three-piece suit and hat sits behind a large desk with a paper in his hand, while a secretary in a long, high-collared dress writes on a...
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CUNA Executives

Date: 04 03 1947
Description: CUNA (Credit Union National Association) Bridge Magazine executive group. There are four men and one woman at a desk looking at materials.
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Ilena Frerker Shopping at Grocery Store

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Ilena Fierker and her children, Bobby and Dicky, buying Dean's Milk from Clarence O. Furset, manager of Piggly Wiggly Food Center, 2701 University Avenue.
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Interior of Harry's Food Shop

Date: 01 13 1955
Description: Interior of Harry's Food Shop, 1122 Chandler Street, owned by Harry and Loretta Blodau, with customer Mary Huth with her children. Patricia Huth is sitting...
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Philip John Dumbleton

Date: 07 25 1944
Description: Philip John Dumbleton, his mother Mrs. Ruth Dumbleton, and client Bernadyne Hogan photographed in one of two beauty shops he owns. Mr. Dumbleton who is bl...
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Reaper Replica Demonstration

Date: 1930
Description: A man, possibly Cyrus McCormick III, demonstrating a reaper replica to a group of onlooking 4-H Club members.
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Community Welfare Council Officers

Date: 12 16 1948
Description: Recently elected officers of the Community Welfare Council. Seated, left to right: Mrs. Thomas (Rosamond) Doran, 4117 Yuma Drive, representing the Catholic...
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The Ringling Family

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Description: Studio group portrait of the Ringling family, including Al Ringling. The brothers in the photo are: John (sitting left ), Al, Alfred "Alf T.," August "Gus...
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Community Chest Annual Dinner

Date: 02 07 1949
Description: Attending the annual dinner of the Madison Community Chest are, left to right: Chief Justice Marvin Rosenberry, first president of the organization; Stanle...
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Bernhard Mautz's 50th Birthday

Date: 03 25 1949
Description: Mautz Paint and Varnish Company salesman, Alfie Ladd (right) presents a bronze plaque inscribed with signatures of the firm's sales force to company presid...

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