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Photograph

Catalog Shopper

Date: 11 20 1988
Description: Mail-order shopper with too many choices ponders her next purchase.
Photograph

Wells Printing Company

Date: 03 04 1937
Description: Wells Printing Company's new plant interior. There are many pieces of letterpress equipment; type cabinets, a composing stone with set type on it and a pro...
Photograph

400 Block of State Street

Date: 1915
Description: View of the 400 block of State Street, south side with the following businesses: 437 Fred R. Eastman Electrical Supplies, 435 M.J. Levin's The Square Tailo...
Photograph

Chippewa Shoe Company

Date: 1900
Description: The square, four-story brick Chippewa Shoe Company building, located at the intersection of Bay Street and River Street looking North. There is a fire esca...
Print

Treading Grain with Horses

Date: 1885
Description: Back cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog from 1885. The illustration shows horses with elaborate tack treading grain surrounded by men ...
Drawing

Benedict Goldenberger Shack

Date: 08 28 1885
Description: Sketch of the shack from which Benedict Goldenberger sold cider vinegar. Possibly on Murray Street.
Book or Pamphlet

Russell Traction Engine

Date: 1921
Description: Page in the Year Book of the Russell & Co. featuring a color illustration of a single cylinder traction engine.
Book or Pamphlet

Russell Gas Tractor

Date: 1921
Description: Page in the Year Book of the Russell & Co. advertising the gas tractor. The text beneath the color illustration reads: "The Russell Gas Tractor Made in Fou...
Book or Pamphlet

Russell Thresher

Date: 1921
Description: Page in the Year Book of the Russell & Co. advertising a thresher. The color illustration shows the machine and the text reads: "Showing 'Massillon Farmers...
Book or Pamphlet

Indiana Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Indiana tractor, created by the Indiana Silo and Tractor Company. The cover features a side-view illustration of t...
Photograph

Wilbur Cohen and Rosalynn Carter

Date: 1978
Description: Wilbur Cohen and Rosalynn Carter talk animatedly with a woman. This photograph is dedicated to Wilbur by Martha McSteen, the Dallas Regional Commissioner f...
Photograph

Nelson Cruikshank and Wilbur J. Cohen

Date: 12 01 1972
Description: The First Distinguished Citizen Award of the National Consumers League was given to Nelson H. Cruikshank, president of the American Federation of Labor (AF...

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