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Bert Williams

Date: 1921
Description: White Studio portrait of vaudevillian Bert Williams.
Postcard

Two Men with Guitar

Date: 1920
Description: Two men posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. James Gorman, standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is un...
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Workers Assembling Mowers at McCormick Works

Date: 11 10 1926
Description: Workers, including some African Americans, assembling mower gear housings along an assembly line at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory ...
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Broadway Gardens Orchestra

Date: 10 12 1929
Description: Ten musicians that make up the Broadway Gardens Orchestra posing on stage with their instruments.
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Governor Philipp with Chippewa Indian Delegation

Date: 02 23 1920
Description: Wisconsin Governor Emmanuel Philipp in the Governor's Office during a conference with a delegation of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians. Executive Messenger Samuel...
Photograph

Chattanooga Plow Works

Date: 1923
Description: Three factory workers at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
Photograph

"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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"Cyrus McCormick" and "Jo Anderson" in Forge Scene

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...
Photograph

Henry H. Proctor Jr.

Date: 1924
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Henry H. Proctor Jr.? wearing a suit jacket, shirt, and tie.
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: Playtime

Date: 1925
Description: Page from an album kept by Neighborhood House, with images of infants and young children being cared for at the settlement house, including a group outside...
Photograph

Sewing Saturday Mornings at Neighborhood House

Date: 1924
Description: Groups of children are sitting at tables for a Saturday morning sewing group at Neighborhood House, with a woman helping the children at each table. One bo...
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Freddie Mae Hill

Date: 1928
Description: Quarter-length profile portrait of Freddie Mae Hill, the first African-American resident of Madison to graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison H...
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Pullman Porter's Union

Date: 1920
Description: Group portrait of men in the Pullman Porter's Union posing indoors. A group of men are standing around five men sitting around a table.

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