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Poster

Harvester-Thresher Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines) showing a tractor-drawn harvester-thresher in a field under the slogan: "Once Over ...
Poster

Here's a Good Plan That Succeeds

Date: 1925
Description: Dealer "mailing folder" promoting the sale of toys and the free distribution of novelties through the company's dealerships. Includes color illustrations o...
Poster

Chattanooga Plow Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising poster urging the use of genuine repairs [replacement parts] for Chattanooga plows. Includes illustrations of parts and the text: "Don't Buy Im...
Photograph

Walter's Airline

Date: 1925
Description: Walter Liskowitz of Waukesha in his two-place Standard. This photograph was taken shortly after he organized Walter's Airline to provide service to Chicago...
Photograph

Aerial Photography Business Card

Date: 1925
Description: The business card of Waukesha photographer Warren O'Brien, a pioneer in aerial photography in Wisconsin. The illustration shows him sitting on the wing of ...
Print

Baraboo Auto Body Company Advertisement

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising blotter for the Baraboo Auto Body Co.
Poster

International Trucks Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks. Features an illustration of men using an International heavy-duty truck at a subway construction site, a list ...
Photograph

The Milwaukee Journal Annex Building

Date: 1925
Description: Awnings stretch over the entrance and windows on the front facade.
Photograph

IH Mankato Branch House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's Mankato branch building with a long line of at least 17 trucks parked along the curb. The sign on the side of th...
Book or Pamphlet

Lauson Tractor Usages

Date: 1925
Description: Inside pages of a pamphlet advertising the Lauson tractor, depicting six usages of the equipment on a farm: plowing, silo filling, discing, corn shelling, ...
Print

Highway Power

Date: 1925
Description: Bulletin advertising Pioneer tractors for construction and maintenance of highways. Features two photographs of men using the tractors; the caption beneath...
Print

Tractor Uses

Date: 1925
Description: Advertisement for the La Crosse kerosene tractor featuring photographs of the tractor in use on farm jobs. The headline reads: "The HAPPY FARMER Really Bur...
Photograph

Andrews-Kinkade Model D Four-Plow Tractor

Date: 1925
Description: Cyanotype print of an Andrews-Kinkade Model D tractor parked in front of what appears to be a factory building.
Book or Pamphlet

Best Tractors at Work

Date: 1925
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Best tractors, featuring three photographs of the tractors used for road building and logging in Arkansas, North Carol...
Book or Pamphlet

10-Ton Caterpillar Tractor

Date: 1925
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the 10-ton Caterpillar tractor. The photograph in the center depicts a man using the tractor with a road grader.
Book or Pamphlet

5-Ton Caterpillar Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1925
Description: Mailing advertisement for the 5-ton Caterpillar tractor. The illustrations at top demonstrate (from left): "Pulling train of 3-1 1/4 yd. Scrapers", "Showin...
Photograph

Chaney's Store

Date: 1925
Description: View across road towards Chaney's Cash General Store. Behind trees on the left is a house and windmill. Laundry is drying behind the store on the right. A ...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: A view of a street in the central business district. A restaurant with a group of men in front on the left. Three children with a wagon on the right. A hou...
Map or Atlas

Our Own Map Official Road Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1925
Description: The map shows the entire state with portions of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan. The map shows concrete, gravel, all weather earth, clay, and sand ...

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