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Lillian Sholes

Date: 1872
Description: Lillian Sholes, demonstrating a prototype typewriter invented by her father, Christopher Latham Sholes.
Photograph

Young Girl in Dress and Bonnet

Date: 1900
Description: Young girl in dress and bonnet posing with wood crate. The photograph was likely used by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's advertising department ...
Photograph

Young Girl in Overalls and Straw Hat

Date: 1900
Description: Advertising photograph of young girl in overalls and straw hat pointing to spot on a blank poster.
Photograph

Woman Posing as if Drinking from Cup

Date: 1900
Description: Waist-up portrait of a woman dressed as a "dairy maid"(?) posing as if holding an imaginary cup or glass. The image was most likely used as a model for a c...
Photograph

Sidell Sisters

Date: 1927
Description: The Sidell Sisters, Billie and Pierre, posed as a Latin couple. The Sidell Sisters were from Madison, Wisconsin. They were students of Leo T. Kehl and th...
Print

International School Bus Advertising Proof

Date: 05 1948
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features illustrations of an International school bus and an Intern...
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 04 1956
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features color photographs of men loading and unloading a variety o...
Photograph

D.F. Barry with Chief Rain-In-The-Face

Date: 
Description: Studio portrait of photographer David Frances Barry and Chief Rain-In-The-Face.
Photograph

The Leap

Date: 1997
Description: A man leaps to Stand Rock as a crowd watches.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Chicago Seed

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of "The Chicago Seed," an underground newspaper, featuring Santa Claus crucified on a dollar sign. The landscape below is made from collaged advertis...
Magazine or Periodical

The Democratic Convention at Cincinnati

Date: 07 10 1880
Description: Large crowd of people in ter hall for the Democratic Convention at Cincinnati.
Magazine or Periodical

"Victory" for the Republican Party

Date: 11 20 1880
Description: The United States presidential election of 1880 was largely seen as a referendum on the Republicans' relaxation of Reconstruction efforts in the southern s...
Photograph

Jacob J. Blumenfeld

Date: 03 20 1915
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Jacob J. Blumenfeld, Milwaukee merchant.
Photograph

Hans Bruening

Date: 04 25 1915
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Hans Bruening, Milwaukee, Wisconsin College of Music director.
Photograph

M. E. Burke

Date: 08 21 1915
Description: Quarter-length portrait of M. E. Burke, Beaver Dam attorney.
Photograph

Humphrey J. Desmond

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Humphrey J. Desmond, Milwaukee lawyer, editor, and publisher.
Photograph

William Thompson Dorward

Date: 05 07 1915
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of William Thompson Dorward, Milwaukee pastor.
Photograph

Franz C. Eschweiler

Date: 04 10 1915
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Franz C. Eschweiler, Milwaukee lawyer.
Photograph

Otto Herbert Falk

Date: 04 17 1915
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of General Otto Herbert Falk, Milwaukee manufacturer.
Photograph

Edward Fellman

Date: 06 12 1915
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edward Fellman, Milwaukee manufacturer.

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