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Poster

International War-Time Advertising Poster

Date: 1941
Description: Advertising poster celebrating the efforts of American farmers in wartime. Features a color illustration of a man in overalls with a Farmall tractor in the...
Photograph

Two Mayors at the Fair

Date: 1941
Description: Mayor Carl Zeidler of Milwaukee and Mayor Leo J. Promen of Fond du Lac at the Wisconsin State Fair. Zeidler is sipping Coca-Cola from a bottle and Promen i...
Photograph

Townsend Club Convention

Date: 1941
Description: Wisconsin attendees at the 6th annual convention of Townsend Clubs, June 30-July 4, 1941. The convention was held in Buffalo, New York. The Townsend Club...
Poster

Poster for June Dairy Month

Date: 1941
Description: Poster created by the National Dairy Council, to promote the dairy industry. Poster text reads: "Make America Strong! by Making Americans Stronger. June Da...
Photograph

Gun Carriage at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Milwaukee Works foremen and supervisors posing in front of a "high-speed, modernized gun carriage." At the right is Superintendent V.A. Guebard, and next t...
Photograph

Shell Manufacture at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Goverment inspector checks artillery shells at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works (factory). Original caption reads: "75-Millimeter Shell Manufactur...
Photograph

Shell Manufacture at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers produce artillery shells at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Original caption reads: "75-Millimeter Shell Manufacture. The convey...
Photograph

Marine Corps Base Headquarters

Date: 1941
Description: View of entrance and headquarters or administration building at a Marine Corps base, possibly Camp Elliot.
Photograph

Wisconsin Senate

Date: 1941
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Senate of 1941.
Photograph

John Cudahy

Date: 1941
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of John Cudahy.
Book or Pamphlet

Barkeep

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of a bartender wearing an apron and carrying a glass of beer. He stands in front of three barrels.
Photograph

Boat at Dock at Pine Crest Lodge

Date: 1941
Description: View of a wooden boat named the "Tip Top" tied to a dock on a lake at Pine Crest Lodge. In the background the opposite shoreline across the lake is visible...
Poster

Elect! Loomis

Date: 1941
Description: Campaign poster in red, white and blue that reads: "Wisconsin needs a Governor. Elect! Loomis." Includes a head and shoulders portrait of Orland Steen Loom...
Painting

Walter J. Kohler, Sr.

Date: 1941
Description: A painted portrait of Walter Jodok Kohler completed after his death.
Postcard

Washington Junior High School

Date: 1941
Description: Colorized postcard view from intersection towards the junior high school. Caption reads: "Washington Junior High School, Green Bay, Wis."
Poster

The Teacher Serves the Nation in War — in Peace

Date: 1941
Description: World War II poster published by the National Education Association, showing a teacher working at a globe with a girl and a boy. The boy is holding a book ...
Magazine or Periodical

Let's Keep America's Trucks Rolling — National Truck Advertisement

Date: 1941
Description: Advertising proof. Uncle Sam is standing by a map labeled "Service. Each dot an International Company-Owned Branch." Title above text at bottom reads: "Int...

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