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McCormick Advertising Handbill

Date: 12 1856
Description: Handbill and order form advertising reaper and mower manufactured by Cyrus Hall McCormick. This describes the gold medal awarded at the "Great French Exhib...
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...
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McCormick Handbill Announcing Great Council Medal

Date: 01 17 1856
Description: Handbill announcing the Great Council Medal awarded to C.H. McCormick at London in 1851, "by the Exhibition of All Nations for the American Reaping Machine...
Document

1893 World's Fair Award, Appleton Woolen Mills

Date: 1893
Description: Award certificate presented to the Appleton Woolen Mills at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The company won a bronze medal at the Fair for its paper makers...
Photograph

Jane Addams

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as the American Ci...
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A. Booth Packing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the A. Booth Packing Company of Bayfield, Wisconsin, dealing in "Oval Brand Oysters, Fish & Canned Goods," with a three-quarter view of the com...
Document

Smith Premier Typewriter Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee branch of the Smith Premier Typewriter Company, with headquarters in Syracuse, New York. On the left is a sheet of paper in a S...
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Underwood Typewriter Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee branch of the Underwood Typewriter Company, headquartered in New York. In the center is the image of a typewriter with a red ba...
Postcard

World's Largest Cheese, Made by Steve's Cheese

Date: 1965
Description: Colored postcard view of Mr. & Mrs. Steve Siudzinski, owners of Steve's Cheese, in front of a 34,591 pound block of cheddar cheese draped with prize winnin...
Document

Alfred W. Lawson Receives Highest Award from Aerial League of America, Page One

Date: 1919
Description: First page of a four-page pamphlet promoting Alfred Lawson and, by extension, his new line of airliners. Page includes an image of the "Winged America" tro...
Document

Alfred W. Lawson Receives Highest Award from Aerial League of America, Page Two

Date: 1919
Description: Second page of a four-page pamphlet advertising Alfred Lawson and, by extension, his line of airliners. Reproduces the first half of a letter to Lawson fro...
Document

Alfred W. Lawson Receives Highest Award from Aerial League of America, Page Three

Date: 1919
Description: Third page of a four-page pamphlet advertising Alfred Lawson and, by extension, his line of airliners. Reproduces the second half of a letter from the Aeri...
Document

Alfred W. Lawson Receives Highest Award from Aerial League of America, Page Four

Date: 1919
Description: Fourth page of a four-page pamphlet advertising Alfred Lawson and, by extension, his line of airliners. Includes eight photographs and drawings of Lawson A...
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: A presidential political campaign award of appreciation for Reagan-Bush '84. On the left is a black and white head and shoulders portrait of Ronald Reagan....
Book or Pamphlet

Award for "Achievement in Business" for Steiger Tractor, Inc.

Date: 1974
Description: Reproduction of an award in a 1974 Annual Report for Steiger Tractor, Inc.

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