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Cyrus McCormick's Reaper Patent

Date: 1834
Description: Press release image compiled by the International Harvester Company. The image includes "excerpts of the patent grant from the U.S. Patent Office to Cyrus ...
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Moon Molinaro, Bartender

Date: 08 25 1934
Description: Apron-clad "Moon" Molinaro, Fauerbach's bartender, fills a stein of Fauerbach beer from the tap, with Arthur Towell's University of Wisconsin diploma on th...
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Milwaukee District Attorney and Governor La Follette

Date: 09 26 1931
Description: Governor Robert La Follette accepting court case documents from Milwaukee County District Attorney, George A. Bowman. The documents are the transcripts fro...
Drawing

Sketch of Trempealeau Mounds

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Description: Drawing of Trempealeau Mounds.
Manuscript

Wasmuth Portfolio Manuscript Page

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Description: First page from the Wasmuth Portfolio, text written by Frank Lloyd Wright. The manuscript, written by Wright in Italy, also includes more than forty sketc...
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Welcome, Mr. Roosevelt

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Description: The cover of sheet music for the song "Welcome, Mr. Roosevelt" featuring a drawing of Franklin D. Roosevelt's portrait within the state of Wisconsin. Text ...
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Joe McCarthy Grades

Date: 1930
Description: A high school grade transcript record for Joe McCarthy at Marquette University.
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Joseph McCarthy's High School Record

Date: 1930
Description: Joe McCarthy's Marquette University first semester report card. As indicated, he attended Little Wolf High School.
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Main Reducer and Incher

Date: 07 1977
Description: Duane Hanson and Norbert Winski attend to a large reducer and incher. This unit was purchased by Allis Chalmers and used by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Compa...
Document

Milwaukee House Stationery

Date: 1857
Description: Letter on stationery featuring an engraving of an exterior view of the Milwaukee House showing horse-drawn vehicles and people standing on the sidewalk in ...
Photograph

Manfred Swarsensky at a Meeting

Date: 12 30 1970
Description: Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky, a holocaust survivor, is seated opposite another person. He is wearing eyeglasses and holding papers and appears to be in a meeti...
Manuscript

Confederate Battle Flag

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Description: Battle flag of the Second Regiment Mississippi Volunteers captured together with much of the regiment by the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers at Gettysburg July ...
Photograph

L.C. Bates

Date: 1957
Description: L.C. Bates seated at a desk handling paperwork.
Photograph

Collection of Agricultural Education Pamphlets

Date: 1920
Description: Poster board showing the covers of International Harvester Agricultural Extension pamphlets covering topics such as corn, silos, livestock, and crop divers...
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Clerk Sitting at Desk at Osborne Works

Date: 08 04 1913
Description: A man wearing glasses is seated at a cluttered wooden desk at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). Behind him are file dr...
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Dr. Robert Riseborough and Victor J. Yannacone at DDT Hearings

Date: 12 09 1968
Description: University of California molecular biologist, Dr. Robert Riseborough, left, confers during a break in the DDT hearings with Victor J. Yannacone, the attorn...
Photograph

Interior of a Masonic Lodge

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Description: Interior view of a Masonic Lodge meeting hall. In the center on the wall is a framed document of the "Columbia Commandery." There are other framed portrait...
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Wilbur Cohen and President Lyndon Johnson

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Description: President Lyndon B. Johnson stands next to Wilbur J. Cohen who is holding up a copy of the brochure, "Social Security Information for Young Families."
Document

Constitution of the National Woman Suffrage Association

Date: 1873
Description: A copy of the Constitution of the National Woman Suffrage Association, which was attached to a letter from Susan B. Anthony to Matilde Franziska Anneke.
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Calendar Pinup Girl for the Month of January

Date: 08 31 1923
Description: A McCormick-Deering calendar with a pinup girl. Attached to the calendar is a label for the "Lyons Implement Co., Farm Implements and Hardware, San Diego, ...

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