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Manuscript

Country Life at Syene

Date: 01 1913
Description: Cover of manuscript keepsake souvenir scrapbook titled "Country Life at Syene." The photograph of canned items and bins of fruit and vegetables in the cell...
Manuscript

Kitchen and Bathroom Scenes

Date: 01 1913
Description: Page from manuscript keepsake scrapbook containing an image of a kitchen stove and of a toilet. Caption below the kitchen stove reads: "Some of the machine...
Photograph

Women's Lunch Room at IHC Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of female workers gathered in the women's lunch room at the International Harvester's Osborne Works twine mill. The factory was owne...
Photograph

Women's Rest Room at Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Female workers and an attendant reading magazines and relaxing inside a "rest room" at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborne Works was ...
Photograph

Lindbergh before Flight

Date: 1927
Description: Publicist Harry Bruno; B.F. Mahoney, designer of "The Spirit of St. Louis"; an Earl Carroll chorus girl; Charles Lindbergh; and Bruno's partner, Richard Bl...
Photograph

"Ceiling Zero"

Date: 1936
Description: Milwaukee-born Pat O'Brien (in the pilot's uniform) starred with Jimmy Cagney as two commercial airline pilots in "Ceiling Zero." This 1936 Warner Brothers...
Photograph

"The Bridges at Toko-Ri"

Date: 1954
Description: Publicity still from "The Bridges at Toko-Ri," a 1954 Paramount Pictures release about the Korean War that starred William Holden (right) as a bomber pilot...
Photograph

Herfurth House

Date: 1952
Description: The newel post and front stairs of the Herfurth house, 703 East Gorham Street, as seen from the living room or parlor.
Photograph

First National Bank

Date: 06 05 1952
Description: View of the remodeled interior of the bank, showing the original skylight.
Photograph

Tractors at Neuss Works

Date: 05 18 1937
Description: McCormick tractors at International Harvester's Neuss Works (factory) in Germany.
Photograph

International Harvester I-12 Tractor

Date: 05 22 1937
Description: I-12 tractor produced at International Harvester's Neuss Works in Germany.
Photograph

Neuss Works

Date: 05 24 1937
Description: Factory workers operating machinery at International Harvester's Neuss Works in Germany.
Photograph

International Harvester Factory

Date: 03 10 1938
Description: Men work on tractor parts at International Harvester's Neuss Works (factory) in Germany.
Photograph

Tractor Assembly Line at Neuss Works

Date: 03 10 1938
Description: Men are working on a tractor assembly line at International Harvester's Neuss Works (factory) in Germany.
Photograph

McCormick F-12-G Tractors on Assembly Line

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: McCormick F-12-G tractors on an assembly line at International Harvester's Neuss Works (factory) in Germany. The first tractor is decorated with fir tree b...
Photograph

Core Room at Osborne Works

Date: 1912
Description: Workers in the core room of the "malleable shop" at Osborne Works. Large lamps with white shades are hanging from the tall ceiling over the work tables.
Photograph

No. 1 Harvester-Thresher

Date: 07 09 1915
Description: No. 1 harvester-thresher (combine) on a factory or warehouse floor.
Photograph

International Harvester Hamburg Office

Date: 
Description: Men and women working at desks in the Hamburg, Germany, office of the International Harvester Company.
Print

Milwaukee Auditorium

Date: 1910
Description: Advertisement for Auditorium with capacity information (total 15,700), purposes (Exhibitions, Conventions, Meetings, Lectures, Concerts, Dances, Circus, et...
Photograph

Lathrop Hall

Date: 1931
Description: Reception Room of hall at University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A large fireplace is along the right wall, and decorative pillars support the room. Table...

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