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Typesetters at International Harvester Press

Date: 1947
Description: Two men operating monotype keyboards at International Harvester Press. The paper-punched product later goes through a caster, which makes new type to print...
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International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Chart Room

Date: 1925
Description: Three graphic artists inside the Chart Room of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department at 616 S. Michigan Avenue. The men are illustrat...
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Woman at Work

Date: 03 24 1969
Description: Young woman at work designing a magazine cover.
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Harvester Press Typesetting Room

Date: 1947
Description: Workers setting type inside the Harvester Press typesetting room.
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Art Director G.V. Johnson

Date: 12 30 1935
Description: Art Director G.V. Johnson, of International Harvester's Advertising Department in Chicago, sitting at his desk.
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Man Operating Monotype Keyboard

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: Man typing on a monotype keyboard, possibly in a Harvester Press production area.
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Man Compositing Metal Type

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: Man in an apron, composing metal type to be printed. The man may have been a worker at the Harvester Press.
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Typesetter

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: Man selecting metal type, possibly at Harvester Press.
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Graphics Arts Class

Date: 12 29 1961
Description: Three students listen to an instructor talk about a lithographic camera in a graphic arts class at the Milwaukee Institute of Technology.
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Sid Skiing Christmas Card

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Description: Composite of two images: one a photograph of a rock, the other a cutout photograph of Sid on skis. The image is depicting Sid flying through the air on sno...
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Sid on Christmas Card

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Description: Composite of photographs and hand-drawn elements with text for a humorous Christmas card. Sid is depicted pulling dissected pieces of himself together. He ...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art of two female factory workers speaking to each other. The woman on the left is in three-quarter view. She has her arm raised with index fi...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 08 1942
Description: Illustration art of a machine operator in work clothes and a billed cap with safety goggles standing next to a Type S Dynetric Balancer at the Howell Elect...
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Invitation to Ice Chippers Farewell

Date: 1957
Description: Invitation for Ice Chippers, an ice fishing club of Gisholt Machine Company, to a farewell dinner for Albert LaGrille. The cartoon shows warmly dressed men...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Color illustration art of a man operating a lathe at Gisholt Machine Company. A photograph has been heavily airbrushed with color.
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Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Machinist cooling a six-sided turret head at Gisholt Machine Company.
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Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 02 1947
Description: Illustrative art showing a close-up of a man's dress shoe strapped onto a roller skate with leather bindings. A pants cuff and hint of an argyle sock are v...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 07 01 1952
Description: Illustration art of two men in work clothes standing on a factory floor by a turret lathe and work benches talking about newly manufactured machine parts l...
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"Wishing You 9 Lives" Birthday Card

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Description: Four-fold, copy art birthday card with a photograph of a cat on the front cover, with the caption: "Wishing You 9 Lives." Inside spread of a photograph of ...
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Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin as found in American Farmer, vol. 9.

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