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Poster

McCormick Grain Binder Advertising Poster

Date: 1882
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company featuring a color illustration of a well-dressed farmer riding a binder pulled by two horse...
Photograph

Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
Description: View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ...
Book or Pamphlet

Whitely, Fassler & Kelly Catalog

Date: 1882
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Champion line of harvesting machines manufactured by Whitely, Fassler & Kelly. The cover features a colored illustr...
Book or Pamphlet

St. Paul Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1882
Description: Cover of a catalog for the Saint Paul harvester and cord binder, "The Pioneer Cord Binder of the World," manufactured by the Saint Paul Harvester Works. Th...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Views of Milwaukee, Wis.

Date: 1882
Description: Bird's-eye views of various sections of Milwaukee.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Lake Geneva

Date: 1882
Description: Bird's-eye map of Lake Geneva, looking southwest, with insets of points of interest.
Map or Atlas

Cedarburg, Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: This map of Cedarburg is a bird's-eye map with an inset of Cedarburg Brewery. Relief is shown pictorially and the map includes an index to buildings.
Print

Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee

Date: 1882
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee looking south down 8th Street from Schlitz's Park.
Photograph

Science Hall

Date: 1882
Description: View of Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus from the southwest.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1882
Description: Cover of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog with an illustration of a mower in a field.
Photograph

Fifth Avenue, Looking West

Date: 1882
Description: Caption reads: "5th Ave Antigo Wis Looking West Photo taken in 1882". View down road with felled trees lining both sides. Two men are posing further down t...
Photograph

Red Star Yeast & Products Co.

Date: 1882
Description: First building of the 27th Street plant.
Photograph

The Elephant Hotel

Date: 1882
Description: A view of the left side of the Elephant Hotel, constructed in the shape of an elephant with small windows punctuating the side and a covered open-air obser...
Photograph

High School

Date: 1882
Description: Teachers and students pose in front of the public school.
Book or Pamphlet

Ann Arbor Agricultural Co. Brochure

Date: 1882
Description: Front and back sides of the Ann Arbor Co. brochure. The front cover includes an illustration of the factory. The inside is a spread with an illustration of...
Book or Pamphlet

Threshing Machinery Catalog Cover

Date: 1882
Description: Cover of Aultman & Co's Annual Catalogue of threshing machinery. Features two putti pulling aside a curtain to reveal a landscape scene of farmers working ...
Book or Pamphlet

Bradley's Reapers Catalog Cover

Date: 1882
Description: Catalog cover for Reaper's, Mowers & Horse Rakes. Features an arrangement of black and white text of various typefaces, over a red background. It is also e...
Book or Pamphlet

Eureka Mower Catalog

Date: 1882
Description: Front and back of catalog for the Eureka Mower. Features on the front a color illustration of a man riding the mower drawn by two horses. An umbrella beari...
Print

Farmer's Fertilizer Co. Advertising Card — Autumn

Date: 1882
Description: Card features an illustration of a figure standing near a shoreline with fall colors on the trees and plants. On the left is a colorful display of fall flo...
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Brochure

Date: 1882
Description: Inside color illustration of man using a No. 3. Mower in a field with a team of two horses.

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