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Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Catalog

Date: 1894
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring an illustration of a soldier on a horse in a field under the title "Peace and...
Book or Pamphlet

R. Hornsby & Sons Catalog

Date: 12 1884
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for R. Hornsby & Sons, Ltd., manufacturers of agricultural implements. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustr...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company, featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a young boy and girl playing along ...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Back cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of young boys racing hom...
Photograph

John Nuwi

Date: 
Description: Three-quarter length formal portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Nuwi, a Mascouten (or Prairie) Potawatomi, who lived at Skunk Hill in Wood Coun...
Photograph

McCormick Reaper Works during Chicago Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Elevated view of men and ships near the McCormick Works and the Chicago River during the Chicago Fire of 1871. The original caption reads: "Reproduction o...
Photograph

Namekagon Portage Historical Marker

Date: 1956
Description: Historical marker of the Namekagon Portage on the Lac Court Oreilles Native American Reservation.
Print

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog

Date: 1888
Description: Front cover of a catalog for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. The illustration shows a bouquet of wild flowers and plants in the foreground over ...
Print

McCormick Calendar

Date: 1888
Description: Calendar from a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company advertising catalog. The illustrations show an American farmer sitting in front of the fire while in N...
Photograph

Old Abe in Front of a Flag

Date: 
Description: Photograph of a painting of "Old Abe" by L.A. Dow, 1905. The original painting is in the War Museum, Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin. Old...
Book or Pamphlet

Davis Platform Binder Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1891
Description: Catalog cover with an illustration of a framed portrait of a red headed woman wearing an off-white hat and pink dress, surrounded by foliage and flowers.
Book or Pamphlet

Emerson, Talcott & Co. Catalog Back Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Back cover of catalog featuring two illustrations with the title: "A Pointer." The top illustration, captioned: "Union is Strength," shows a dog lying in t...
Print

R.M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam Dinner Menu

Date: 05 15 1948
Description: Dinner menu from the Holland-America Line ship R.M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam, with an illustration of "A Repast About 100 B.C.," with men and a woman gathe...
Print

R.M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam Dinner Menu

Date: 05 14 1948
Description: Dinner menu from the Holland-America Line ship R.M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam, with "A Repast About 1900," with men in tuxedos and women in long gowns sitti...
Print

Portrait of William E. Smith

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length vignetted portrait of Wisconsin's 14th governor William E. Smith.
Photograph

Leo and Eileen Meicher

Date: 07 1948
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman and man posing together. The woman is wearing a bridal gown with veil, and is sitting on a bench ...

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