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Sjur Starkson Reque Home

Date: 1874
Description: The Sjur Starkson Reque home. From left to right, seated, are Martha Reque, Mari Reque Lee, Brita Reque Quale, Nels Lee and Ole Quale. Standing are Anna Ma...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalogue

Date: 1897
Description: Back cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog with a color illustration of a horse-drawn grain binder, a mower, and a corn binder on the ope...
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Cowboys at Indian Ranch House

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Description: Cowboys come in for dinner at an Indian Territory ranch house. Their horses wait near trees.
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Indians Thresh Wheat

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Description: Indians thresh the first wheat at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate at the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming. Men are working with cranes near a tent with a chimney spewing out smoke.
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Frank Hess Sr. Trimming Cattails on Barrels

Date: 1952
Description: Frank Hess Sr., owner of Hess Cooperage, trimming cattails, used to cauk oak barrels.
Photograph

Taliesin

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view of the living quarters at Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and studio. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin...
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Taliesin

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Description: Exterior view of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and studio. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "'Fran...
Photograph

Taliesin

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and studio after its reconstruction in 1914-1915 and before its partial destruction by fire in 19...
Photograph

Phoenix Proving Ground Truck Testing Headquarters

Date: 1953
Description: Headquarters building for truck testing at International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by International H...
Poster

Deering Harvester Advertising Poster

Date: 1899
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustation of three men and a dog watching a farmer harvest grain with a horse-drawn Deering Ideal grain binder. The me...
Photograph

Cutting Down a Manila Plant

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Description: A Phillippine Islands boy is using a sharp tool to cut down a manila plant, while another young boy is supporting it.
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Sisal Leaves

Date: 01 22 1910
Description: Several workers standing in a field in Yucatan, Mexico, cutting sisal leaves. The sisal was used by International Harvester to make binder twine.
Photograph

Cutting Weeds

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

Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: An interior view of the Schlitz Palm Garden, which was located on North 3rd Street, south of West Wisconsin Avenue. This image includes a drawing of a wait...
Photograph

Osborne Works Employee

Date: 10 06 1925
Description: A female factory worker(?) from Osborne Works posing for a portrait in a wooded area.
Photograph

McCormick International B-414 Diesel Tractor with Disk Harrow

Date: 1961
Description: A man sits at the wheel of a British B-414 tractor in a field. The tractor has a disk harrow attached.
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Wanda Lee Grace on Farmall B Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: 16-year-old Wanda Lee Grace, a participant in "Tractorette" class offered by the Nodaway County Implement Company, driving her father's Farmall B tractor t...
Poster

McCormick 10-20 and 15-30 Tractors Advertising Poster

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick 10-20 and 15-30 tractors. The poster features a color illustration of each of the tractors, and photographs of men using t...
Photograph

West Side Business Men's Association

Date: 08 17 1948
Description: Members of the West Side Business Men's Association shown as they met for the first time at the future site of their new clubhouse and community center on ...

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