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| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Illustration advertising the Salzer Seed Company's Happy Home collection of 16 plants. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of a farmhouse, trees and grounds in winter... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of a school boy at a desk holding a chalk b... |
| Date: | 09 1895 |
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| Description: | Full page, engraved advertisement for Andrae Cycles. Depicts men and women bicycling on a path in a bucolic setting, in addition to text promoting bicycles... |
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| Description: | Drawing of a semi-closed hand advancing a radial dial at the Gisholt Machine Company. The graphic was used for advertising. |
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| Description: | Pen and ink drawing of the backside of a small, naked boy holding an ice cream cone while wearing Cecil's Sandals with the caption: "Beat the Heat in Cecil... |
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| Description: | Pen and ink drawing of a man with a large nose looking down at his feet. He is wearing sandals. Caption reads: "He Nose Comfort and Health from Head to Toe... |
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| Description: | Playful illustration art of a dog bowing down, tail wagging. |
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| Description: | Illustrative art showing a left hand holding up three fingers, along with the text: "3 Operations At Once." The motto referred to the manufacturing capabil... |
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| Description: | Illustrative pen-and-ink art showing ships on water. The panoramic view details different types and sizes of maritime vessels. Printer's annotations in gra... |
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| Description: | Illustration art in black ink of a locomotive pulling a long line of railroad cars in a strong diagonal composition. The engine advances to the lower left ... |
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| Description: | Illustration art of an unmarked delivery van. All corners are rounded and the cab is more flat-fronted on added overlay than original drawn underneath. The... |
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| Description: | Illustration art of an engineer wearing work clothes and introducing a Gisholt Machine Company turret lathe. |
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| Description: | Illustrative art of a tire rolling above the text that reads: "Things Move Fast," collaged with a photographed tire pasted on the right, a spiral line link... |
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| Description: | Text graphic on paper that reads: "Why Use Seven Men to do the work of ONE." Reproduction instructions are written in pencil underneath. |
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| Description: | Illustration art of candling an egg. On a black background, the bright flame at the end of a tapered candle on the left illuminates a right hand holding up... |
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| Description: | Humorous illustration art of a male tightrope walker wearing tights, slippers and v-necked top struggling for balance. He has one foot on the wire, and the... |
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| Description: | Rendering of a man using handmade lathe. The lathe consists of a tree branch tied with a rope attached to a log suspended between two tree trunks, and a lo... |
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| Description: | Illustration art of a man standing by machinery is cupping his ear and listening to the sound of the machine at work. A kitten is sitting inside the machin... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men working on the assembly line at Rayovac. The title is "Balanced Performance." Written in pencil on parts of the drawing are "Pitch," "... |
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