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Photograph

Flour and Feed Store

Date: 1899
Description: The Smith M. Jacobs Flour and Feed Store (left) and residence (right), 301 and 303 Monroe Street. The address renumbered within the next five years to 1701...
Print

McCormick Improved Advance Reaper Flyer

Date: 1877
Description: "The 'Improved Advance' as a Self-Raker." Flyer advertising the McCormick Improved Advance Reaper and Mower. Features a large illustration of the machine b...
Poster

McCormick Self-Binder Instructions

Date: 1877
Description: Directions for attaching the McCormick self-binder to the harvester. Features an illustration of an early wire grain binder.
Print

McCormick Self-Binder Instructions

Date: 1878
Description: Directions for attaching the McCormick Self-Binder to a harvester. Features an illustration of an early wire binder.
Poster

McCormick Harvester Directions

Date: 1878
Description: Handbill with directions for putting together the McCormick Harvester. Features an illustration of a Marsh-type harvester.
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee Harbor Improvement

Date: 1853
Description: Plan no. 3. Scale 2000 feet to one inch.
Map or Atlas

Map of Neenah or Fox River

Date: 1839
Description: Map of a canal route to avoid the principal rapids of the Neenah or Fox River between Lake Winnebago and Green Bay.
Manuscript

Certificate of Incorporation for Summit Bank

Date: 10 15 1859
Description: Front page of the Certificate of Incorporation for the Summit Bank in Oconomowoc.
Drawing

The Record of the McCormick

Date: 1884
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration used in a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Includes illustrations of a farmer using a horse-drawn gra...
Document

Wood vs. Boynton, Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision

Date: 10 13 1885
Description: Record of the decision in the Wisconsin Supreme Court case of Clarissa Wood vs. Samuel Boynton regarding the sale of the Eagle diamond. The Wisconsin Supre...
Document

Oren Johnson Promissory Note

Date: 01 29 1853
Description: Document of agreement between Oren Johnson of Dodge County and the La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road Company. Johnson agreed to pay $600 plus 8% annual int...
Document

Abstract To Title of Oren Johnson's Mortgaged Land

Date: 07 09 1853
Description: Legal title to Oren Johnson's mortgaged land in Dodge County. The La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road Company assessed the land for $1,500.

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