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Beer and Sweet Corn

Date: 08 24 1968
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kress, dressed in lederhosen, enjoy beer and sweet corn at the Mid-summer Festival.
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Girls in Red, White and Blue

Date: 1904
Description: Nine girls are posing standing and wearing patriotic costumes. One girl is holding a flag of the United States. Probably a smaller group, from a total of t...
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Farmall Tractors in Texas Centennial Parade

Date: 06 06 1936
Description: Farmall F-12 tractors pulling parade floats at the Texas Centennial.
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First Thanksgiving

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Description: Thanksgiving dinner between Native Americans and early Pilgrim settlers in America.
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Trolley Car Pulling Flat Car Carrying McCormick Binder and Mower

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing on a trolley car, which is pulling a flat car loaded with a McCormick grain binder and mower as part of an event culminating the "Cr...
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Hailing the 5,000,000th International Harvester Tractor

Date: 02 01 1974
Description: Press release photograph of female model, Valerie Robb, posing on the 5,000,000th International Harvester tractor to roll off the assembly line on Feb. 1, ...
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Model Posing with International Spirit of '76 Cadet Tractor

Date: 1976
Description: Color advertising photograph of a female model posing with a Spirit of '76 Cadet lawn tractor. The tractor was meant to commemorate the bicentennial of the...
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"Betsy Ross" and International Spirit of '76 Cadet Tractor

Date: 1976
Description: Color advertising photograph for International Spirit of '76 Cadet lawn tractor featuring a model dressed as Betsy Ross sewing stars onto a U.S. flag. The ...
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Princess Margaret with British 434 Tractor

Date: 10 29 1966
Description: Service of Thanksgiving for the harvest at Westminster Abbey, London. Princess Margaret, Mr. Fred Peart, Minister of Agriculture (2nd right), and Mr. Hugh ...
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Phi Sigma Delta Costume Party

Date: 02 21 1933
Description: Phi Sigma Delta fraternity costume party. Elevated view of men and women, with many of them in bib overalls.
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Triangle Fraternity

Date: 03 18 1932
Description: Group portrait of Triangle fraternity "farm" party. On the wall in the background is an advertising sign for Atlas Special Brew.
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New Year's Coffee Party

Date: 12 31 1930
Description: Group of people drinking coffee and being served donuts on New Year's Eve at the Strand Theater. In the center is a sign for the "Just Imagine" movie.
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Marriage Ceremony on Tractors

Date: 12 19 1972
Description: Marriage ceremony on an altar placed between two tractors. Original caption reads: "The American farmer's pride in his profession and his inventiveness was...
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Kraut Fest Celebrities

Date: 07 26 1981
Description: Maynard Entringer of South Milwaukee is awarded the World Championship of the Kraut Eating Contest by the Queen of the Kraut Festival, Sharon Kerkman of Bu...
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Meeting of the Eastern District Norwegian Synod

Date: 1877
Description: A group seated around a table in the yard drinking coffee. Pastor Even Johnson Homme (1843-1903), the founder of the Wittenberg Orphan's Home, is on the le...
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Osage Ceremony

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Description: An Osage woman prepares to be married to the corn. A man leads her horse.
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Jack Carson and Dairy Queen

Date: 1947
Description: Actor Jack Carson congratulating the winner of the Wisconsin Dairy Queen at the Wisconsin State Fair, while another competitor is looking on.
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Alice in Dairyland and Race Winners

Date: 1949
Description: Alice in Dairyland standing with midget auto race winner Sam Hanks, a noted Indianapolis 500 driver, and Neal Carter, the fastest qualifier in the 100-mile...
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Governor Phillip at Victory Celebration

Date: 07 09 1919
Description: Governor Phillip outdoors at a victory celebration.
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Plucking Turkeys

Date: 11 1947
Description: Two girls, holding turkey feathers, are watching the production line at Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona, where two women workers are plucking turkeys.

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