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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Four police officers on horses watch picketers cross a street. |
| Date: | 12 15 1913 |
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| Description: | A horse-drawn wagon, filled with University of Wisconsin students dressed as clowns, proceeds along a Madison street as part of a parade. Spectators line ... |
| Date: | 05 03 1886 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting depicting police in a horse-drawn wagon firing into a crowd of striking workers near the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company fact... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view over sidewalk towards eight horses drawing a circus wagon in parade. The parade is coming from the circus ground at the white pine g... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of men driving a circus calliope for a parade in town. A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam throu... |
| Date: | 04 25 1970 |
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| Description: | A bearded young man, Michael McCormick of Madison, was crowned the "The Mud King." He is covered in dark mud from the banks of nearby Rowan Creek holding a... |
| Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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| Description: | A zoo keeper is standing beside Winkie, the Vilas Zoo elephant, as she is eating her "birthday cake" to celebrate her birthday and second anniversary at th... |
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| Description: | Horses stand near a judge's booth at Oriental Park Racetrack while spectators watch from a grandstand in the background. The racetrack was founded in 1915 ... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | C.H. Allen stands on the back of a wagon to address a group on the subject of alfalfa. Men and boys stand around him to listen. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of picnic day on an International Harvester Company demonstration farm. Automobiles are parked near a farmhouse and a group is gathered near ... |
| Date: | 04 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of street scene of a run on the First National Bank. The sidewalk is crowded with people, spilling into the street. A horse-drawn buggy is dr... |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a calliope and chariot riders in a circus parade, probably the Ringl... |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bell wagon pass in a circus parade, probably the Ringling Brothe... |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd gathered to watch elephants parade down Main Street. Probably the Ringling Brothers Circus. |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of large crowd of people watching elephants from the Ringling Brothers Circus turning the corner of First and Main Streets. |
| Date: | 06 05 1884 |
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| Description: | Die cut elongated octagonal menu for the 7th annual banquet of the Merchants Association at The Plankinton. On the cover is an oval portrait of a deer with... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Catalog cover reads: "The Emerson Product, A Book of the Shop." Features three color illustrations, with, top to bottom: the Emerson factory; a street view... |
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| Description: | Four men pose on and around a crude wooden platform set up in front of the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. There is a barrel o... |
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