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Anna Neagle

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Description: Anna Neagle [Florence Marjorie Robertson] (1904-1986), started as a dancer and became a popular film actress.
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Helen Bertram

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Description: Helen Bertram, actress of stage and screen.
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Wisners Tiger — The King of Rakes

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Description: Chromolithograph advertisement for Wisner's Tiger Sulky Hay Rake, featuring a color illustration of a woman riding a hay dump rake pulled by a tiger. They ...
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view from bluff looking down on city, with Lake Michigan in background. Detailed foreground with two boys playing with a grounded kite, while a ma...
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Dairymaid Cream Separator Catalog

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Dairymaid line of cream separators showing a woman with her hand on a gate and a pail over he...
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Horlick's Food Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Horlick's Food Company of Racine, Wisconsin, from the 1890s, showing the Horlick's factory, a dairy maid with a cow and a container of Ho...
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Seymour Brooks Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Downtown East Troy with the Seymour Brooks residence. Caption reads: "Res. of Seymour brooks, Sec 4 Fast Troy TP Wis Breeder of Derham Cattle American Meri...
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Plano Binder Advertisement

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Description: Flyer for a Plano grain binder, featuring a caricature of a competitor's machine, manufactured by "Horsekiller & Co." The message is that the Plano binder...
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State Fair Handbill

Date: 1929
Description: Printed color handbill that advertised the special events of the Wisconsin State Fair. The illustration shows a woman bearing a platter of produce.
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The Evolution of the Reaper, Part One

Date: 1883
Description: Three illustrations from an 1883 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog portraying the evolution of the reaper. The first drawing is captioned: "Firs...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Title page of an 1890 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Reads, "59th Year The McCormick Annual Catalog." An illustration titled "1830" shows a...
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International Cub Cadet Brochure

Date: 1970
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for Cub Cadet lawn and garden tractors. The color photograph shows a yellow Cub Cadet tractor on a lawn with a brick...
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Wartime Calendar with Woman on Tractor

Date: 1944
Description: International Harvester calendar showing a woman sitting in the seat of a tractor with the image of soldiers eating in the clouds above. A caption reads: "...
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Deering Trade Card

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising card for William Deering and Company, manufacturers of agricultural equipment. Features a color illustration of men, women, and children in a f...
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Deering Trade Card: "A Night of Labor"

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising card produced by William Deering and Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a man in his pajamas carryin...
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Deering Trade Card

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising card produced by William Deering (later known as William Deering and Company), manufacturer of agricultural machinery. Features at the top an i...
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International Products Advertising Proof

Date: 04 1948
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features color illustrations of the International Harvester logo, I...
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International Harvester Advertising Proof

Date: 1979
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color photograph of a man and woman having lunch nex...
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International Harvester Advertising Proof

Date: 08 1979
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color photograph of men and women gathered around a ...

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