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Experimental McCormick-Deering Combine and Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental McCormick-Deering 12 foot combine with a Farmall M tractor.
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Surveying

Date: 1969
Description: Three men surveying a point in southwestern Wisconsin.
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Five Men Surveying Land

Date: 1969
Description: Five men surveying land across a road. They're standing near a barbed wire fence.
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Ansel Adams on Camera Platform

Date: 1968
Description: Elevated view of Ansel Adams making a photograph from the platform mounted atop his International Travelall. He is using an 8 x 10 field camera and an assi...
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Ansel Adams Atop Truck Platform

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams atop a camera platform on his International Travelall inserts an 8 x 10 film holder into his camera.
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Ansel Adams

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams inserts the film holder into his 8 x 10 camera. He is photographing from a platform mounted on the top of his International Travelall truck.
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Camera Crew with Farmall Tractor

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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Men Preparing to Butcher Lambs

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men preparing to butcher sheep at the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. A cabin is visible behind them on a hill.
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Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view of town looking down a hill. In the foreground is a river with trees along the bank. On the other side of the river is a factory with industr...
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1909
Description: View along a brick platform towards the Glen Haven depot, where two men stand against the building. Behind the depot is a building with a sign for the "Me...
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Crystal Ball

Date: 1966
Description: "On Groundhog Day, Andrew J. Mueller went out early with his camera and set up a crystal ball to aid the groundhog in his predictions. He set up the camera...
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In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River — Stand Rock, Showing Top #86

Date: 
Description: Three hunters and their dog posing on the top of Stand Rock. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
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Selma Eidsmoe

Date: 1935
Description: Selma Eidsmoe, wearing knickers and a head scarf, poses holding a gun over her shoulder. She is standing on a bluff above the Pecatonica River valley. She ...
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Nuclear Missile Silo Vigil

Date: 1986
Description: Nuclear Missile Silo Vigil & Requiem. Hundreds of people surround the fence, holding hands, in opposition to the new MX missiles being installed, missiles ...
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Cutting Fire Wood

Date: 1905
Description: Six men posing in front of a portable steam driven circular saw on the Von der Sump farm. A portion of the saw blade is visible between two men in the cent...

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