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Postcard

An Assembly Line of the Ford Motor Company

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Description: Men working on the automobile assembly line in the Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company.
Photograph

The First Incandescent Central Station

Date: 1882
Description: Cutaway view of the building that housed the first electrical station created to distribute incandescent light electricity.
Book or Pamphlet

The Eclipse Wind Engine

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Description: Engraving of a farm with an Eclipse windmill. There is a cutaway view of the building beneath showing a man inside working at a saw. Another man is working...
Photograph

Tractor Mounted Tool Bar Illustration

Date: 1948
Description: Illustration of a tractor mounted tool bar for O-4 and O-6 hydraulic equipped tractors.
Photograph

Tractor Mounted Tool Bar Illustration

Date: 1948
Description: Illustration of a tractor mounted tool bar for O-4 and O-6 hydraulic equipped tractors.
Photograph

24-B Wheel Controlled Offset Disk Harrow Illustration

Date: 1948
Description: Illustration of a 24-B wheel controlled offset disk harrow.
Poster

"Romance of the Reaper" Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Advertising poster for the "Romance of the Reaper" film for use in Australia. The poster features an illustration of Cyrus Hall McCormick building the firs...
Book or Pamphlet

Road Construction Equipment Catalog

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for road construction equipment. Includes illustrations of a crawler tractor and a road grader. The road grader is likely e...
Print

Let Me "Register" In Your Heart!

Date: 1955
Description: Child's Valentine's Day card. A puppy wearing a blue bow sits with his front paws on an old fashioned cash register. On the keys is the text: "I LOVE U." A...
Photograph

Pulpwood

Date: 1936
Description: View from river of a machine/crane moving bundles of pulpwood to be made into paper.
Book or Pamphlet

International PA-40 Power Unit Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the International PA-40 power unit. Features a photograph of a PA-40 on the bed of an International truck.
Print

Power Units for Cotton Gins

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for power units suitable for use with cotton gins. Features photographic illustrations of cotton gins and International po...
Print

La Valle Roller Mills Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the La Valle Roller Mills, a miller of wheat, rye, and buckwheat flours and cornmeal. Includes illustrations of Plansifter System machinery, ...
Print

Exhibit Room

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of the exhibit room in the Milwaukee School of Trades.
Print

Machinist and Tool Making Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of men working in the machinist and tool making shop at the Milwaukee School of Trades.
Print

Carpentry and Wood Working Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Students at work in the carpentry and woodworking shop at the Milwaukee School of Trades.
Print

E.P. Allis & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the E.P. Allis & Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the Corliss steam engine it manufactured. Printed in red and b...
Print

Schwaab Stamp & Seal Co. Billhead

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Description: Billhead of the Schwaab Stamp & Seal Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, an engraver and manufacturer of seals, stamps, and checks. In the center is a circula...
Print

James Sheriffs Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of James Sheriffs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturer of "Propeller Wheels, Steam Engines, Boilers, Mill Machinery, Iron and Brass Castings," ...
Print

Krebs Lithographing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Krebs Lithographing Company, a steam lithographic printing house in Cincinnati, Ohio, with two workmen and a boy operating a printing press...

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