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State Street and the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1936
Description: State Street view looking east from Johnson Street, towards the Wisconsin State Capitol. On the corner on the left is Glasgow Tailers, and further up the b...
Photograph

Ediphones on Display

Date: 1936
Description: Office supply show sponsored by Bill Goff, Inc., featuring Ediphones produced by Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Photograph

Southern Wisconsin Produce Company

Date: 1936
Description: The interior of the Southern Wisconsin Produce Company, venders of farming and gardening tools and supplies.
Photograph

Bentz Tavern

Date: 1936
Description: The Bentz Tavern, located at 3076 N. 12th Street, photographed for the WPA Writers' Project.
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Diesel TracTracTor

Date: 1936
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for International Harvester diesel crawler tractors (TracTracTors), featuring a tractor set against an arrow design.
Print

Diesel Power Unit PD-80

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International PD-80 diesel power units.
Poster

International Harvester Parts and Service Advertising Poster

Date: 1936
Description: Advertising poster for parts and repair service for McCormick-Deering tractors. Includes the text: "only genuine parts and service are good enough for McCo...
Poster

New York World's Fair International Crawler Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1936
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester crawler tractors (TracTracTors) showing the tractors laying "groundwork for the New York World's Fair, 1939"...
Print

More Wisconsin Butter

Date: 1936
Description: Brochure produced by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Markets to encourage the consumption of Wisconsin butter.
Poster

Farmall F-12 Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1936
Description: Advertising poster for the F-12 tractor. Features an illustration of the tractor surrounded by blueprint style drawings of its features. Includes the text:...
Photograph

Comparison of Tractor Farming and Horse Farming

Date: 1936
Description: A drawing titled: "The Life of Two Farmers" illustrating the difference in work loads between a horse farmer and a Farmall tractor farmer. According to the...
Photograph

Storefronts in Wausau

Date: 1936
Description: View from street of commercial area with storefronts and pedestrians. Many cars are parked on both sides of the street. Visible storefront signs read, "S &...
Photograph

City Hall from Bridge

Date: 1936
Description: View from bridge of City Hall at North Water, North Market, and East Wells Streets, and East Kilbourn Avenue.
Photograph

St. Josephat's Basilica

Date: 1936
Description: View down street of St. Josephat's Basilica and the surrounding streets.
Photograph

Registering for Unemployment Compensation

Date: 1936
Description: View of the atrium of Milwaukee's City Hall with a crowd of people gathered to register for unemployment compensation.
Historical Object

FDR Campaign Pin

Date: 1936
Description: Wisconsin campaign pin for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Nance Garner's 1936 run. It reads "Roosevelt Garner Club, Wisconsin."
Historical Object

FDR Campaign Pin

Date: 1936
Description: Campaign button for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with Roosevelt's image at the center and the phrase "Carry on with Roosevelt" around the outer edge.
Photograph

Waiting for Bass Run

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of people in a park along the shoreline waiting for the White Bass run.
Print

International Mower Attachment Advertising Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an International brochure for mower attachments. Features a photograph of a man mowing along the side of a road or highway in a rural area. Text o...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Moldboard and Disk Plows Catalog Cover

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog featuring both moldboard and disk plows. Features a photograph from the rear of a man driving a tractor with a plow through...

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