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Cemetery for War Dead from Iwo Jima

Date: 03 1945
Description: The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart...
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Plowing the Fields

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Description: Farmer plowing a field with two horses.
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At Grandfather's House

Date: 1955
Description: A young boy helps his grandfather unload a cart of split logs.
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Farmers Cut Wood with Farmall F-30 Tractor

Date: 03 07 1938
Description: Men operating a belt-driven sawmill powered by a McCormick-Deering Farmall F-30 tractor on the property of W.A. Moorhead.
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 01 13 1898
Description: Elevated view of State Historical Society of Wisconsin, under construction, showing the first floor of building, with Music Hall in the background.
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Capitol Square with Street Sweepers

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Description: Capitol Square with street sweepers and iron fence.
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Capitol Square with Street Sweepers

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Description: Capitol Square with street sweepers and iron fence.
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Cutting Weeds

Date: 08 1929
Description: A man using a scythe to cut weeds from a pasture of wild carrots.
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Group of People Digging

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Description: Several people, most wearing goggles and hats, are digging and moving dirt. Three men are behind a wire fence. On the left is a man in a suit. The rest of ...
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Men Working with Cradles in Film Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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T-20 and Sideboom

Date: 1937
Description: Workers lay a pipeline in a field using an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and sideboom. Original caption states: "Jones & Hannahan."
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Husker and Shredder Crew at Barn

Date: 1913
Description: Men working with wagons and husker-shredder near a barn. The husker-shredder is powered by a Titan 18-35 tractor. A dog is walking by a fence, and milk can...
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Crew with Husker and Shredder Near Barn

Date: 1915
Description: Two men are working with a husker-shredder, one moving corn from a wagon, the other feeding them into the machine. Two other men are at a wagon on the righ...
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Osborne Spring Tooth Harrow

Date: 05 29 1912
Description: Farmer wearing a hat is walks=ing behind a horse-drawn Osborne spring tooth harrow in a field. Trees and a fence are in the background.
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The Eclipse Wind Engine

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Description: Engraving of a farm with an Eclipse windmill. There is a cutaway view of the building beneath showing a man inside working at a saw. Another man is working...
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International D-30 Truck in Orchard

Date: 05 13 1938
Description: A man places a large branch in the back of an International D-30 truck while another man sits in the driver's seat. The original caption reads: "An Interna...
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Biggest Logger

Date: 04 1966
Description: Driver Roman (Bud) J. Engels driving an International 8066 Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) used for logging.
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Gas-Powered Riding Lawnmower

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Description: A man wearing a hat, shirt, and tie is driving a gas-powered riding lawnmower.
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Exterior of Brick Building

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Description: The exterior of a brick building, most likely a recently built school. Workers are near the building planting and working the soil around the base of the b...
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Men Loading Logs onto Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Two men load logs from a clearing onto the bed of an International KB-5 Pulpwood Special truck owned by the Johnson-Manville Corporation. The truck had a 1...

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