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"Romance of the Reaper" Film Still

Date: 1929
Description: Scene from the film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the building of the first practical reaper on the McCormick farm in Virginia. Actors playing the parts ...
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Man Operating Monotype Keyboard

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: Man typing on a monotype keyboard, possibly in a Harvester Press production area.
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PD-80 Diesel Power Units on Oil Drill Rig

Date: 1939
Description: Four International PD-80 Diesel power units compounded on a drill rig owned by Taubert & McKee of Fort Worth, Texas, drilling a 4,500 foot hole two miles f...
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High School Band Plays in Street

Date: 1942
Description: The Elk Mound High School band entertaining farmers as they weigh in loads of scrap at Ausman Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The...
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Brewing Kettles

Date: 1936
Description: View from above of brewing kettles in the Pabst brewery in Milwaukee. There are workers standing on the ground floor, and in the far background is a large ...
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Locomotive Engine No. 1248

Date: 07 15 1915
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 1248, class I5, built by the company's shop in 1912. From left to right are waymaster Harvey Gi...
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Two Men Posed with Locomotive

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Description: Two men posed by the locomotive of a freight train on railroad tracks, probably by the coal shed at Millston. The two-wheeled express wagon on the platform...
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National Peace Jubilee Banquet Menu

Date: 10 19 1898
Description: Front cover, first illustration, and menu page for the "National Peace Jubilee Banquet tendered to The President of the United States and distinguished gue...
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Engine No. 1224

Date: 1914
Description: Railroad workers posing in front of locomotive Engine No. 1224 at Stowell Station. From left to right are Fireman John F. Fohey, yardmaster John Rice, Waym...
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Engine No. 490

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards several crew members posing on Engine No. 490, class H5.
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: A worker under a roofed, open-sided wood structure is chiseling details in the capital of a Corinthian column, at left, while behind him other men are work...

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