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Book or Pamphlet

"Fashion Suggester" Illustration

Date: 1909
Description: An illustration of two men modeling spring suits with a domed building in the background, as shown in the spring and summer issue of the "Fashion Suggester...
Poster

Deering Farm Machinery Calendar

Date: 1928
Description: Advertising calendar for Deering tractors and farm implements featuring an oval color illustration of a European farmhouse with thatched roof, farm laborer...
Photograph

Deering Auto-Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Man operating an Auto-Mower in a field. The Auto-Mower was an experimental gas powered mowing machine. This version was likely produced by the Deering Harv...
Photograph

Iowa County Court House East Entrance

Date: 1934
Description: Detail of east entrance at the Iowa County Court House.
Photograph

President Herbert Hoover and Governor Kohler

Date: 11 05 1932
Description: Herbert Hoover stands with Governor Kohler on the back of a train during a campaign visit. The man in the hat holding the rail of the train car is U.S. Sec...
Photograph

Clifford Thompson and Newspaper Man

Date: 01 15 1928
Description: Clifford Thompson, who at 8 feet, 8 inches in height was the tallest man in America, shakes hands with a newspaper man of average height.
Photograph

Madison-Kipp Corporation

Date: 1958
Description: Madison-Kipp Corporation, 2824 Atwood Avenue entrance. The building was built in 1918 by the US government to manufacture guns for World War I. It was own...
Photograph

Water Tower Plan

Date: 1902
Description: Architectural rendering of the water tower plan for the University of Wisconsin.
Print

Waterloo Boy Tractor Plowing Diagram

Date: 1928
Description: Diagram illustrating the John Deere Waterloo Boy tractor's plowing power. The diagram shows an overhead view of the tractor pulling a plow through a field.
Print

Hotel Müller Menu

Date: 07 03 1908
Description: Foldout menu from the Hotel Müller, with two men using a pick and line to ascend a mountain on the flap, which opens to reveal the men as they attain the s...
Print

Hotel Müller Menu

Date: 07 03 1908
Description: Folded menu from the Hotel Müller, with hikers on the die cut flap, ascending a mountain, and mountains and sky on the panel beneath. The drawings are sign...
Photograph

William F. Petersen M.D.

Date: 1935
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Dr. William F. Petersen (1887-1950). He is wearing a dark suit with a vest and necktie. Dr. Petersen, with his wife, Alm...
Manuscript

339th Regimental Combat Team New Year's Day Menu

Date: 01 01 1919
Description: Front and back sides of a one-page menu in the "Officers Mess" with an illustration of two soldiers in profile marching along a road towards a castle on th...
Photograph

Raccoon in Tree

Date: 1935
Description: A raccoon looking at the photographer from its perch in the fork of a tree. A caption on the reverse of the print reads: "Just as they do in the wilderness...

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