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Sentry's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Department

Date: 02 14 1985
Description: A display of fruit and vegetables in the East Side Foods Sentry store.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering I-30 Tractor Pulling Miller Beer Railroad Car

Date: 01 02 1934
Description: Two workmen use a McCormick-Deering I-30 industrial tractor to attach railroad cars carrying Miller High Life beer.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Back cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of young boys racing hom...
Photograph

Milwaukee Harvester Works

Date: 02 1907
Description: Exterior view of the Milwaukee Harvester Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 08 26 1953
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks, stands with a cow on a float representing the Golden Guernsey Dairy Co-op in the Dairy Parade at the Wisconsin State ...
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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

Alice in Dairyland and Honey Queen

Date: 
Description: Alice in Dairyland and the Wisconsin Honey Queen standing at a Wisconsin State Beekeepers Association stand, possibly at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Center Street Pharmacy

Date: 08 21 1924
Description: The tobacco and cigar counter of the Center Street Pharmacy, located at 2002 W. Center Street.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Service Managers

Date: 11 14 1937
Description: A group of "service managers" inspect engines at Milwaukee Works (factory). Photograph taken by McQuinn.
Photograph

Cream Separator Model

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: Men and women gather around a giant model of a cream separator, possibly at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

International Harvester Booth at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: International Harvester Company booth at the Wisconsin State Fair. A sign on the booth reads: "Check Your Parcels Here."
Photograph

Dairy Parade Float

Date: 1946
Description: International Harvester reaper float, the first prize winner in the Wisconsin State Fair dairy parade. The text on the float reads: "Working Replica of the...
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International Harvester Display at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: International Harvester Company displays its products under a tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. The text on the sign reads: "Equipment Display Courtesy Sha...
Photograph

Guernsey Cow at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A man stands next to a Guernsey cow in the International Harvester tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. A sign reads: "Why We Are Not Displaying Our Full Line...
Photograph

Steel Hopper Grain Drill

Date: 04 05 1935
Description: F.A. Hodsdon and Mr. Conkright inspect a McCormick-Deering steel hopper grain drill at International Harvester's Milwaukee branch house.
Photograph

Gimbels Brothers Store Window

Date: 1931
Description: Cream separators, milking machines, parts and International Harvester advertising on display behind a sign reading: "Gimbels Milwaukee Week" in the show wi...
Photograph

Cream Separator Display

Date: 1932
Description: Cardboard cutouts of a man and a girl with a doll demonstrate the use of a cream separator. Cans of oil are arranged nearby. The display may have been part...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Fair Exhibit

Date: 1932
Description: A cow standing on a platform is used to demonstrate a McCormick-Deering milker in the International Harvester tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. A display ...
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Milwaukee Works Factory Display

Date: 1931
Description: Ball bearing cream separators and milkers are arranged in a display in a hallway at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. A showcase of indivi...

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