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American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
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McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
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The Boardroom

Date: 1951
Description: Men in suits are sitting around an oval-shaped table while another man with his back to the camera gives a presentation.
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Madison News Agency Employees

Date: 11 10 1943
Description: Group portrait of employees of the Madison News Agency, distributors of magazines and newspapers, in front of the business at 446 W. Gilman Street.
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West Kentucky Coal Co. Booth

Date: 09 16 1934
Description: West Kentucky Coal Co. booth featuring three buckets of WinterKing coal at the East Side Businessmen's Festival.
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Presentation of the Moose Prize Car

Date: 08 04 1930
Description: Mr. Larson presenting the Moose Whippet prize car to the winner at Whippet Knight Sales Company, 437 W. Gilman Street.
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Andrew Carnegie

Date: 1902
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Andrew Carnegie.
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Harvester "Plans for the Future" Meeting at Evansville Works

Date: 10 1946
Description: Executive giving speech to assembly of branch managers as part of "Harvester Plans for the Future Week" at International Harvester's Evansville Works (fact...
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William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1912
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of William Dempster Hoard (1836-1918).
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Josiah A. Noonan

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Josiah A. Noonan. He was born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. Noonan came to Wisconsin in November of 1836. H...
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CUNA Executives

Date: 04 03 1947
Description: CUNA (Credit Union National Association) Bridge Magazine executive group. There are four men and one woman at a desk looking at materials.
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Chester Thordarson

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Description: Studio portrait of Chester Thordarson seated with books and a pencil.
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Editor Marshall F. Browne

Date: 08 04 1944
Description: Marshall F. Browne at his typewriter. He was editor and publisher of the "East Side News" and several other publications.
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Charles "Chick" Lowe Receiving Award

Date: 06 27 1945
Description: Charles "Chick" Lowe receiving an award from Leonard T. "Dutch" Midland, president of the Wisconsin-Felton Sporting Goods Company, and Eddie Krajnik, Phila...
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Madison Community Chest Workers

Date: 10 07 1946
Description: Madison men in charge of Community Chest campaign for small business firms looking at a city map. Sitting left to right: Leo Kronenberg, chairman of the Ea...
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Henry Reynolds

Date: 03 21 1947
Description: Henry Reynolds, candidate for Madison City Council, shown seated at his desk at Reynolds Transfer and Storage Company.
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William Marriott Canby, Botanist

Date: 1869
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of William Marriott Canby (1831-1904), American botanist and businessman. Canby involved himself in many diverse endeavo...
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Solomon Juneau, Founder of Milwaukee

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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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Bishop O'Connor with Three Women

Date: 09 30 1947
Description: Jennie Conlin, Lilian Regan, and Irene O'Rowley, left to right, members of the Madison Business and Professional Women's Club, interviewing Bishop William ...
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Lowell Frautschi at West Washington Avenue Underpass Hearing

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Lowell Frautschi, Vice President Frautschi's Furniture Store, speaking at a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenue under the Chicago,...

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