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| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reaper, a hor... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | W.F. Trukenbrod posing on the sidewalk underneath the awning of his store for this New Year's postcard. Text on right reads: "We Wish You A Happy New Year ... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). This portrait was reportedly a favorite of his wife Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923). McCormick was a Chic... |
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| Description: | Portrait of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercial... |
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| Description: | A portrait of aviation manufacturer Glenn L. Martin, inscribed to aviation publicist, Harry Bruno. Bruno's papers are available for research at the Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Charles Dickenson, a wealthy Chicago businessman and an early supporter of aviation. In addition to serving as president of the Chicago Aero Cl... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length outdoor portrait of William Horlick (1846-1936), co-founder of Horlick's Malted Milk Company of Racine, Wisconsin. |
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| Description: | Photograph of N.L. Dahl in front of a horse-drawn hearse. Photograph is mounted on an advertising card reading: "For Coffins, Caskets, and Trimmings at rea... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Jairus Cassius Fairchild (1801-1862), the first mayor of the city Madison (1856). Fairchild was also the father of Lu... |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait engraving of Solomon Laurent Juneau (1793-1856), Wisconsin fur trader and politician. |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Bud Selig, when he was President of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Arthur W. Page wearing eyeglasses and a necktie. |
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| Description: | Samuel Goldwyn and Edna Ferber pose together wearing fashionable attire. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of James Deering (1859-1925) standing with his arms crossed. He is wearing eyeglasses and looking away from the camera. |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of James J. Hill wearing a hat, gloves, and a coat. He is holding a cigar. |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Oscar F. Mayer, who founded Oscar Mayer & Co. as a small meat market on the north side of Chicago in 1883. |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length portrait of Leo Crowley, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of the United States. He is standing, holding his eyegl... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Wild Rose Stock Farm, breeder of pure-bred Holstein-Friesian cattle, in Watertown, Wisconsin. Includes a halftone image of E.E. Randall i... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Fisher Brothers, druggists in Baraboo, Wisconsin, with framed halftone images of the three brothers and a printed advertisement on one side f... |
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