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Black Eagle Gas Station

Date: 1948
Description: The Black Eagle gas station, 907 South Park Street.
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Falk's Drug Store

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view from street of O.N. Falk's Drug Store, on Main Street.
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Man Operating M-12-H Cotton Picker

Date: 1948
Description: Man harvesting cotton with a McCormick-Deering M-12-H cotton picker.
Photograph

Babcock Drive

Date: 1948
Description: Signpost for Babcock Drive with the Agricultural Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus in the background.
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Worker Finishes Assembly of Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Factory worker completing assembly of a Farmall Cub tractor at International Harvester's Louisville Works.
Photograph

Fisher Company Prototype IH Dealership

Date: 1948
Description: Color photograph of tractors and a car parked in front of the Fisher Company store, an IH dealership. This "prototype" dealership building was built as par...
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Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, the 1948 Alice in Dairyland, stands next to a Wisconsin Central Airlines airplane with Governor Oscar Rennebohm and another man.
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Alice in Dairyland and Elsie the Cow

Date: 1948
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, and Elsie the Cow and her calf Beauregard, stand on a parade float with two men in downtown Milwaukee, while a male o...
Photograph

Loading Coal into International K-6 Dump Truck

Date: 1948
Description: Man loading coal from an overhead bin into an International K-6 dump truck owned by South Chicago Coal and Dock Company. The slogan "coal stoker heat is be...
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Stover Implement Company

Date: 1948
Description: "Prototype" dealership building of Stover's Implement Company. A Farmall C tractor, a power unit and a small engine are parked near the building. This "pr...
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McCormick-Deering Dealership with Farmall C Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Sales agent showing a farmer a new McCormick Farmall C tractor along the storefront of an International Harvester dealership. A McCormick Farmall tractor e...
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Fisher Company International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1948
Description: "Prototype" dealership building of the Fisher Company. A Farmall Super A tractor is parked to the left of the building. This "prototype" dealership buildin...
Photograph

York Farm Supply Inc.

Date: 1948
Description: "Prototype" building of York Farm Supply Inc., an International Harvester dealership owned by Charles E. Jacobs. A Farmall Cub tractor is parked in the for...
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McCormick-Deering Dealership with Farmall C

Date: 1948
Description: Man sitting on a Farmall C tractor in front of a prototype International Harvester dealership. The man is talking with another man. Farm fields are in the ...
Photograph

Nickel Plate Hotel

Date: 1948
Description: Nickel Plate Hotel's porch and balcony.
Print

Centennial Exposition Brochure

Date: 1948
Description: Color brochure advertising the 1948 Wisconsin State Fair. For the centennial of Wisconsin statehood Wisconsin spent over 5 Million dollars on fourteen new ...
Drawing

Wisconsin Postage Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: 3 cent stamp design with a Wisconsin theme in blue.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: Design in pencil for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent stamp featuring a cow's head and an arm holding a hammer.
Drawing

Wisconsin Postage Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: A red Wisconsin themed stamp design.
Drawing

Wisconsin Postage Stamp Design

Date: 1948
Description: A green Wisconsin flag themed stamp design.

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