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McCormick-Deering Engines Advertising Poster

Date: 1927
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering engines showing an arm extending from the top of a color illustration of a Type M stationary engine. The arm is su...
Poster

P&O Plows Advertising Poster

Date: 1927
Description: South African advertising poster for P&O plows, "made especially for South African conditions" and "sold by Champions Limited, Durban, Bloemfontein, East L...
Poster

Farmall Regular and 10-20 Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1927
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering tractors showing a Farmall Regular and a 10-20 tractor with descriptive text. Includes the text: "Power Farming is...
Poster

Deering Harvester-Thresher Advertising Poster (Argentina)

Date: 1927
Description: South American advertising poster for Deering harvester-threshers (combines). Imprinted with "International Harvester Company Argentina; Bahia Blanca, Buen...
Photograph

Charles Lindbergh

Date: 1927
Description: Colonel Charles Lindbergh walking along steps at the Memorial Union, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Carl Johnson (left) of the Union Committee...
Photograph

Charles Lindbergh

Date: 1927
Description: Charles Lindbergh arriving in Madison to receive an honorary degree from University of Wisconsin. 1927
Photograph

Canning Corn

Date: 1927
Description: Husband and wife canning corn in kitchen using Burpee Can Sealer.
Photograph

Workman Filling International Model "63" Coal and Ice Truck

Date: 1927
Description: African American workman filling an International Model "63" coal and ice truck. The truck was owned by George Jaekel & Son Coal and Ice Company based in ...
Photograph

Mussolini and Bust

Date: 1927
Description: Sculptor Jo Davidson stands with Benito Mussolini and his bust-in-progress of Mussolini.
Photograph

Lindbergh before Flight

Date: 1927
Description: Publicist Harry Bruno; B.F. Mahoney, designer of "The Spirit of St. Louis"; an Earl Carroll chorus girl; Charles Lindbergh; and Bruno's partner, Richard Bl...
Photograph

Corner of the 200 Block of State Street

Date: 1927
Description: View of the south side of the 200 block of State Street with W.A. Blumer Chiropodist/Foot Specialist, P.H. Burbey Dentist, Rosmor Frocks and Barber Shop wi...
Photograph

International Model S Armored Truck

Date: 1927
Description: Armored International Model S built for the Brinks Express Company.
Photograph

Fox River

Date: 1927
Description: View down hill towards the Fox River from the Eleazer Williams home. A group of people are automobiles are near a road near the shoreline.
Photograph

H.L. Mencken Having a Beer for Breakfast

Date: 1927
Description: H.L. Mencken sits at the breakfast table reading the newspaper and dining on toast and a goblet of beer. He autographed the photograph with "Breakfast in t...
Photograph

Production of Maple Syrup

Date: 1927
Description: Man in "sugar bush" (grove of maples) boiling down maple sap in production of maple syrup. Probably Wisconsin.
Photograph

John Bordner in Hay Field

Date: 1927
Description: John S. Bordner standing in a hay field.
Photograph

Service Truck Stuck in the Snow

Date: 1927
Description: A rural electric service man stuck in the snow while making his rounds during the winter of 1926-1927 despite the fact that his Ford truck was mounted on r...
Photograph

First Honors — Fall Festival

Date: 1927
Description: Sons of Norway group in traditional Norwegian costume standing on a replica of a viking ship as part of the Fall Festival. A large American flag flies from...
Photograph

Old Soldiers' Reunion

Date: 1927
Description: Old Soldiers' Reunion on the public square.
Photograph

Frederick Jackson Turner at Hancock Point

Date: 1927
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner poses with a gun in his hand outdoors at Hancock Point on Frenchman's Bay.

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