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View Along the Baraboo River

Date: 1868
Description: View of the Baraboo River and surrounding structures.
Postcard

Grand Rapids Milling Company

Date: 1910
Description: The buildings of the Grand Rapids Milling Company. Caption reads: "Grand Rapids Milling Co."
Postcard

View of Janesville

Date: 
Description: View across river and bridges towards Janesville. Caption reads: "Greetings from Janesville, Wis., U. S. A." Text at bottom reads: "Panorama."
Postcard

Falls Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Falls Bridge and surrounding buildings. Caption reads: "Falls Bridge, Bet. East and West Sides, Wausau, Wis."
Postcard

Printing Office on Parmenter Street

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the printing office on Parmenter Street, north of Elmwood Avenue. The Proprietor of the printing office was Tom Everel at the time of the ...
Postcard

Jones Island

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of island with houses and boathouses and boats along the shoreline. Industrial buildings are in the background, and a sailboat is on the wate...
Postcard

Life-Saving Station and Garbage Crematory

Date: 1911
Description: View across water toward several buildings on shoreline, two with large smokestacks. A man is standing on the shore, and two people are in a boat on the ri...
Photograph

Manufacturer's Home Building

Date: 1895
Description: Building from across the river, with construction workers working nearby. Signs for the Boston Store and Diamond tires are on the roof, as well as lettered...
Photograph

Motorboat on Milwaukee River

Date: 1914
Description: View across water of a motorboat with four men going upstream. There is a bicycle in the motorboat. The shoreline in the background has industrial building...
Photograph

Red Baby Truck

Date: 10 20 1925
Description: A man drives an International Red Baby truck down a commercial street in South Africa. There is a sign for Nelson and De Kock, an International Harvester (...
Photograph

McCormick Binder in South African Field

Date: 01 21 1924
Description: Rear view of man using a team of horses and mules to lead a McCormick grain binder through a field in DeLectus, Riebeek West, South Africa. In the far dist...
Photograph

International Harvester Demonstration Farm

Date: 1920
Description: Wooden scaffolding surrounds a silo on an International Harvester demonstration farm. A barn stands next to the silo, painted with a sign that says: "Inter...
Postcard

Scene in Adams

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of railroad yards. View of railroad tracks and buildings in the distance. A coal tipple is visible in the far left background.
Photograph

Road Construction

Date: 1924
Description: Two men use a 15-30(?) tractor and a grader on a dirt road. In the background are numerous oil derricks and industrial buildings.
Book or Pamphlet

Automatic Traction Pamphlet

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior fold of a pamphlet produced by the Nilson Tractor Company entitled "What Automatic Traction Is" featuring an illustration of a farmer using a team...
Book or Pamphlet

Nilson Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Interior fold of a pamphlet advertising the Nilson Senior and Junior tractors.
Photograph

216 Campbell Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of the house at 216 Campbell Street. Construction materials are piled about the property, suggesting it was recently built. A small group of people ar...
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 
Description: Catalog cover featuring a color illustration titled: "They Cheered the Chief", with a man holding a sheet of paper with a drawing of the Continental Pulver...
Print

Oliver Chilled Plow Advertising Card

Date: 
Description: Color illustration of the Oliver Patent Chilled Plow. On the back is a description of the advantages of the plow.
Book or Pamphlet

Melrose Park Artist Rendering

Date: 1947
Description: Original caption reads: "Melrose Park Works, Melrose Park, Illinois demonstrates the Company's belief in Chicago and its future. This huge plant, formerly ...

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