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Book or Pamphlet

La Follette on the Firing Line

Date: 04 1907
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing an audience of 12,000 in Los Angeles. The photograph is on the cover of a pamphlet entitled "La Follette On The Firi...
Photograph

Hiram H. Herrick

Date: 
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Hiram H. Herrick of the 36th Wisconsin Regiment in the Civil War. He enlisted from Middleton, Wisconsin, and was the father ...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Assembly of 1881

Date: 1881
Description: Composite of photographic portraits of men in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Along the bottom a numbered list of names identifies each man.
Photograph

McCormick Auto-Mower at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower in front of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company building at the Paris Exposition in France. Several men, a woman...
Photograph

McCormick Auto-Mower in Paris

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting in a McCormick Auto-Mower at or near the Paris Exposition in France. The Auto-Mower was an experimental gasoline-powered mowing machine. This i...
Photograph

McCormick Machines at Paris Exposition

Date: 1900
Description: McCormick mower, grain binder and other items on display in the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company exhibit at the Paris Exposition in France.
Photograph

Shooting a Refrigerator Advertisement

Date: 07 31 1950
Description: A woman wearing an apron posing with a refrigerator in a photography studio while a photographer takes a picture for advertising.
Photograph

Wisconsin Central Freight Cars

Date: 05 05 1897
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Central freight cars in a rural storage yard near Manitowoc.
Photograph

San Xavier Mission Side Altar

Date: 
Description: The side altar at the San Xavier Del Bac Mission church, near Tucson.
Photograph

John R. Commons

Date: 1919
Description: Studio portrait of Professor John R. Commons.
Photograph

Ripon College

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of Lane Library at Ripon College, with groups of young people seated on the front steps.
Magazine or Periodical

Frank Lloyd Wright on the Cover of "Harvester World"

Date: 08 1950
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright posing on the cover of "Harvester World" magazine. Wright is sitting at a desk at Taliesin.
Print

Right Arm of Agriculture Advertisement

Date: 1921
Description: Advertisement for Twin City Power Farming and Equipment featuring the text "The Right Arm of Agriculture" and an illustration of a farmer's arm beside illu...
Photograph

Milwaukee Homes

Date: 1963
Description: Detail view along front porches of frame residences.
Photograph

Hon. William D. Hoard

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length portrait of William Dempster Hoard. He is wearing a suit and a striped tie. Hoard's signature is reproduced below the portrait.
Photograph

Governor Patrick J. Lucey

Date: 
Description: Signed portrait of Governor Patrick J. Lucey, Wisconsin's 38th governor. He is sitting in an elaborate chair behind a desk. In the background hangs the Wis...
Photograph

George B. Goodwin

Date: 1860
Description: Quarter-length oval-framed portrait of George B. Goodwin.
Drawing

"I'm a Lifeguard for Good Meats"

Date: 
Description: Advertising design for Nepco Meats, Co. showing a man in a sailor hat and overalls floating in a life buoy. Text on the right reads: "I'm a lifeguard for g...
Photograph

Wedding of Mildred Ormsby and Harrison Green in a Church

Date: 06 16 1897
Description: Overview of the wedding ceremony of Mildred Ormsby (1872-1964) and Harrison S. Green, an attorney, at the St. James Episcopal Church, Milwaukee, on the aft...
Photograph

Queen Maryann Kromrey

Date: 12 29 1955
Description: A woman in a formal gown is sitting and smiling, and holding a corsage. A statue of the Virgin Mary is standing on a table next to her. Caption reads: "The...

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