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Photograph

Beauty Queen Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1947
Description: A young woman dressed in a bathing suit and wading boots poses for a promotional photograph for the Wisconsin cranberry industry at Thunder Lake Marsh. Tw...
Photograph

Farmall Cub Pulling Movie Advertisement

Date: 1947
Description: Two people driving a Farmall Cub through an urban area. They are towing a wagon with movie advertisement, announcing "The Farmer's Daughter," starring Lore...
Photograph

National Pharmacy Week Display

Date: 1947
Description: National Pharmacy Week display in the front window of East's Pharmacy.
Photograph

Irma Harding, Spokesperson for IH Refrigerators

Date: 1947
Description: Publicity photograph of Irma Harding pointing out features of a new model refrigerator. Ms. Harding was a fictional character who acted as a spokesperson ...
Photograph

Farmall Cub on Display at Branch Meeting

Date: 1947
Description: McCormick-Deering Farmall Cub tractor on display at a Great Falls, Montana branch meeting. A sign on the tractor advertises the price of the tractor and va...
Book or Pamphlet

International Trucks Gatti-Hallicrafter's Expedition to Africa

Date: 1947
Description: Cover of a public relations booklet outlining the Gatti-Hallicrafters expedition to British East Africa. Features a color photograph of Italian explorer At...
Book or Pamphlet

International Model KB-10 Trucks

Date: 1947
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for International Model KB-10 trucks featuring color illustration of the truck.
Poster

New International Harvester Logo Advertising Poster

Date: 1947
Description: Advertising poster linking the new International Harvester logo with the company's truck, agricultural equipment, construction equipment, and household ref...
Photograph

American Dairy Association Group Portrait

Date: 1947
Description: American Dairy Association truck with 17 men standing in front. Six faces of men are imposed over the building in the background above the truck.
Photograph

Wisconsin Steel Booth at Blind Veterans Show

Date: 1947
Description: A blind(?) man operates a piece of machinery behind a table in a display booth at the "blind veterans show." The booth is labeled "International Harvester'...
Postcard

Brownie's Wishing Well

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of a girl throwing a penny into the Brownie's Wishing Well in the Cave of the Mounds. Caption reads: "Brownie's Wishing Well."
Photograph

Stemp Typewriter Company

Date: 1947
Description: View across State treet of the Stemp Typewriter Company storefront. This was the new location, now owned by the Stemp family.
Map or Atlas

Wauwatosa Wisconsin Zoning Map

Date: 1947
Description: This map of Wauwatosa shows 10 zoning class types of land including residential, manufacturing, and business. The map also shows government buildings, some...

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