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Centennial of the McCormick Reaper

Date: 1931
Description: Advertisement for International Trucks announcing the Centennial of the McCormick Reaper ("reaper centennial"). Features an illustration of a truck on the ...
Photograph

Main Street and Iowa County Courthouse

Date: 1931
Description: Main street, with Iowa County Courthouse on the right, and a hotel and cafe on the left. Parked cars line the street. Caption reads: "Street Scene — Dodgev...
Photograph

Melchoir House

Date: 1931
Description: Drawing of the Melchoir House, which was a popular hostelry and brewery operated by Jacob Melchoir. It later became an Indian boarding house.
Photograph

McDowell-Jacobsen Company

Date: 1931
Description: Two men stand next to a truck loaded with a cream separator outside the McDowell-Jacobsen Company, an International Harvester dealership.
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1931
Description: The tower of the building is on the right, with flag poles at various peaks on the roof. On the right across the street is a building with classical style ...
Photograph

Fire Engines in Street

Date: 1931
Description: Three horse-drawn fire engines are in the street with steam rising from their tanks. Other fire vehicles are to the right. Many pedestrians are on the stre...
Photograph

Forests Products Laboratory

Date: 1931
Description: View across road of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Built by the University of Wisconsin and operated by the United States Forest S...
Postcard

Lathrop Hall

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior of front entrance from across University Avenue on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Elevated View over University Avenue

Date: 1931
Description: Tower view from the First Congregational Church of the University campus and University Avenue. Lake Mendota is in the background on the left. The Wisconsi...
Map or Atlas

Map of Verona Township

Date: 1931
Description: A map of the township of Verona, Wisconsin.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Village of Verona

Date: 1931
Description: A map of the village of Verona, Wisconsin.
Photograph

The Main Entrance — Devi-Bara Resort

Date: 1931
Description: View of the entrance to the Devi-Bara Resort. There is sign on the fence that reads, "Saddle Horses - 1/2 block" and another sign on a tree denoting that t...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1931
Description: View down middle of street. On the left a man and two children stand near a truck parked in the driveway of a service station.
Photograph

Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view from across street of the church. It has a bell steeple, stained glass windows, double french doors with an archway, and a wall gable facade....
Photograph

Looking East on Grant Street

Date: 1931
Description: View looking east on Grant Street in Glidden Wisconsin.
Photograph

Airplane View of Mason

Date: 1931
Description: Aerial view taken from an airplane overlooking the town of Mason. Farm fields, roads, trees, houses and other buildings are visible.
Photograph

Mason State Bank

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of a one-story brick building with a brick chimney, the Mason State Bank. An automobile is parked nearby, and in the background are other bui...
Photograph

Entrance to Mercer Tourist Park

Date: 1931
Description: View of the road and entrance to Mercer Tourist Park on Grand Portage Lake showing the fences, road and buildings. The larger building on the left has a st...
Photograph

Black Canyon

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view looking down through Black Canyon to the Colorado River, the future site of the Hoover Dam.
Photograph

Colorado River in Black Canyon

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view looking down through Black Canyon to the Colorado River, the future site of the Hoover Dam.

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