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| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for International Harvester's "Big Ball" twine. The twine was marketed under the "McCormick," "Deering," and "International" brand names... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for the "Big Ball" of binder twine produced by the International Harvester Company. Features an illustration of a big ball of twine. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for International Binder Twine. The Big Ball twine is shown along with a guarantee of its quality. The poster was made for use in the Un... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | The Rock River Dam with the Woolen Mills building in the background. Caption reads: "Rock River Dam, Jefferson, Wis." |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View of the Waukesha Woolen Mills buildings. Caption reads: "The picture above shows the Waukesha Woolen Mills buildings as they looked around 1880. At lef... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Multiple views of Oslo. Some pictured are the woolen mill and the dam. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | General line color catalog illustration of a ball of binder twine. The text beneath the illustration reads, "Full Length - Full Strength - Dependable Twine... |
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| Description: | Early CIO convention-organizers and union officials at a textile workers [?] convention. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | A page from a Greenville Mills employee brochure showing employees enjoying themselves playing baseball, playing at a family picnic, and smoking. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for McCormick-Deerings Big Ball twine. The poster features an illustration of a man using a binder in a farm field, along with insets of... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Poster for use in McCormick-Deering dealerships advertising the arrival of 600-foot manila brand twine. The text on the poster reads: "Prices now the lowes... |
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| Description: | Billhead of Island Woolen Mills of Baraboo, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of M.J. Drown's Island Woolen Mills building, people loading a horse-drawn... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Fredman Bag Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturer of burlap and cotton bags and twines, with illustrations of two sacks, and a "J... |
| Date: | 09 23 1942 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Polaris Custom Designed Angora Comforter." Features a five pointed silver colored st... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the exterior of the woolen mill along the banks of a river. A water tower is on the left, and a smokestack is on the right. Capt... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Postcard with three illustrations — the Cotton Mills, the First M.E. Church, and the High School. |
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| Description: | Postcard view of a dam with a mill behind it. Caption reads: "Upper Woolen Mill Dam, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin." |
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| Description: | View of three factories; Upper Woolen Mill, Empire Rolling Mill, and Mallable Iron Co. Caption reads: "Some of the Manufacturing Industries of Beaver Dam." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of a textile factory with large windows and a loading dock on the side. Caption reads: "Racine Feet Knitting Company, Beloit, Wis." |
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