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Iron Brigade Monument

Date: 
Description: Gettysburg, Iron Brigade Monument.
Poster

If You Know You Need Repairs Order Early Do It Now

Date: 1926
Description: Advertising placard urging customers to "Use Only Genuine [IHC] Repairs [parts] on McCormick-Deering Machines."
Poster

Binder Twine Advertising Poster

Date: 1926
Description: Advertising card for McCormick-Deering and International binder twine showing a big ball of twine. Includes the text: "The Original Big Ball."
Photograph

Aerial View of Midvale Neighborhood

Date: 06 07 1954
Description: Aerial view looking north from near the city's southwestern limits in 1954. Shows text indicating Midvale Boulevard, Odana Road, Tokay Boulevard, Mineral P...
Photograph

Lillian Sholes

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

Minocqua

Date: 07 10 1949
Description: Aerial view of Minocqua showing the surrounding lakes.
Poster

IHC McCormick Machines Trademark

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster showing the International Harvester Company McCormick Machines trademark.
Photograph

McCormick Works Foundry Yard

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of yard behind the foundry at the McCormick Reaper Works. Several men and a horse are working among piles of parts and debris. The factory wa...
Photograph

Edward Burr Van Vleck

Date: 
Description: Edward Burr Van Vleck posing with a book in a studio portrait.
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...
Photograph

Frank A. Hutchins

Date: 
Description: Formal portrait of Frank A. Hutchins.
Photograph

Fort Howard Hospital

Date: 1935
Description: Fort Howard hospital sheltered by large trees.
Print

Pear's Soap

Date: 09 20 1899
Description: Advertisement for Pear's Soap featuring an illustration of an admiral washing his hands. Text reads: "The first step toward lightening the white man's burd...
Photograph

Chapelle with Soldiers and Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle posing in Cuba with Major Antonio Lusson, and a group of male and female soldiers.
Photograph

Aerial View of the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of the State Capitol from the West.
Poster

Karl Armstrong Freedom Party Poster

Date: 09 23 1973
Description: Poster for Karl Armstrong freedom party.
Print

Robert M. La Follette Political Cartoon

Date: 1908
Description: La Follette political cartoon. La Follette and presidential candidates Root, Shaw, Taft, and Fairbanks at a fish pond.

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