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Map or Atlas

Expedition Map of Major S.H. Long

Date: 1823
Description: In 1823 U.S. Army major Stephen H. Long led an expedition of scientific, trade, and military investigation up the Mississippi River and the Red River of th...
Print

American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
Poster

McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper

Date: 1849
Description: Advertising handbill for Cyrus Hall McCormick's patent Virginia Reaper. Printed for C.H. McCormick & Co. by James J. Langdon, Chicago, Illinois.
Print

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
Poster

Mogul Tractor Test Track Advertising Poster

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising poster for Mogul tractors featuring an elevated view of a Mogul 8-16, 12-25 and 30-60 tractors on a test track in Chicago, Illinois. Includes t...
Book or Pamphlet

J.F. Seiberling & Co. Catalog

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back covers of an advertising brochure for the New Empire line of mowers, reapers and grain binders manufactured by J.F. Seiberling & Company. Th...
Poster

Lawson Poster

Date: 1979
Description: Color poster printed to honor the 60th anniversary of Alfred Lawson's flight from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C. The poster includes a portrait of Lawson a...
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller and Company Advertising Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for Aultman, Miller and Company, manufacturers of agricultural equipment. Features a chromolithograph of a woman sit...
Print

World's First Reaper Placard

Date: 1931
Description: Placard for display with replicas of Cyrus McCormick's reaper of 1831. The replicas were produced by the International Harvester Company for the "reaper ce...
Drawing

John Muir's Desk Clock

Date: 
Description: Drawing of John Muir's invention, the student desk clock, scale 3 inches per foot. The clock lighted his lamp and fire and opened the right book for him to...
Print

On the Threshold of the First Century!

Date: 1928
Description: Advertisement celebrating 100 years of International Harvester history. Features inset drawings of McCormick's first reaper in 1831 and "Harvester's first ...
Book or Pamphlet

Northern and Southern Celestial Hemispheres

Date: 1856
Description: Illustration of northern and southern celestial hemispheres as seen in Black's General Atlas of the World.
Postcard

Yerkes Observatory

Date: 1905
Description: View across field towards the observatory. Caption reads: "Yerkes Observatory, Lake Geneva, Wis."
Poster

Map of the United States in 1831

Date: 1933
Description: Map created by International Harvester entitled: "The United States as it appeared in 1831 when Cyrus Hall McCormick invented the Reaper." The map pinpoint...
Print

J. Wesley Carhart

Date: 1880
Description: Engraved portrait of J. Wesley Carhart of Racine, Methodist minister, physician, and inventor of a steam-powered automobile in 1871. Although impractical, ...
Map or Atlas

United States Map

Date: 1855
Description: Map reads "Our Country" which is accompanied by a sailor with a flag to the left and workers rejoicing under the Constitution and Laws to the right. Across...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Chinook

Date: 08 13 1970
Description: Cover of "Chinook," an underground newspaper, featuring an ethereal drawing of a male hiker holding out a sign with an infinity symbol on it, as though he ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Space City!

Date: 03 16 1972
Description: Cover of "Space City!," an underground newspaper, featuring an image of a smiley face with psychotherapy electrodes attached to it. Headline reads, "Psycho...
Postcard

Science Hall

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking northwest of Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Part of the Chemical Laboratory is in the background on the ...
Postcard

Science Hall

Date: 1925
Description: Postcard view of Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Elevated view looking towards the northwest. The Chemical Laboratory is on the...

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