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Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1879
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...
Photograph

Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr. Family Portrait

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Description: Formal studio portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., his wife, and their two sons. McCormick was president of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company from...
Postcard

Happy New Year from Trukenbrod's

Date: 1919
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 ...
Photograph

Office Environment

Date: 1926
Description: A businessman and his secretary at the desk in his office.
Photograph

Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1866
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...
Photograph

Cyrus Hall McCormick

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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...
Photograph

Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr., Anita McCormick Blaine and Nettie Fowler McCormick

Date: 1905
Description: Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., (1859-1936), Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954) and their mother, Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923. The photo may ...
Painting

Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1884
Description: Color portrait of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884), possibly by Lawton S. Parker.
Photograph

Glenn Martin Portrait

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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...
Photograph

N.L. Dahl

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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...
Photograph

Jairus Fairchild

Date: 1862
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...
Print

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.
Photograph

Allan H. "Bud" Selig

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Bud Selig, when he was President of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.
Photograph

Lou Perini with Governor Kohler

Date: 07 13 1955
Description: Milwaukee Braves owner Lou Perini and Wisconsin Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. converse at the baseball All-Star game held at Milwaukee County Stadium, Jul...
Photograph

Arthur Page

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Description: Studio portrait of Arthur W. Page wearing eyeglasses and a necktie.
Photograph

The Ringling Family

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Description: Studio group portrait of the Ringling family, including Al Ringling. The brothers in the photo are: John (sitting left ), Al, Alfred "Alf T.," August "Gus...
Photograph

T.G. Mandt

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Description: Quarter-length formal studio portrait of T.G. Mandt.
Photograph

The Badger Milk Train

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Description: A group of men are standing next to the Badger Milk Train, which was part of the Sauk County Milk for Peace program. As the sign behind them notes, this pr...
Print

Merry Christmas From All of Us

Date: 1936
Description: Holiday card for the Bancroft Dairy Company in Madison, Wisconsin. The card is folded so that as you open each panel, you see a new scene. Many different e...
Print

Eisenhower Christmas

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Description: Holiday card from D.C. Everest, Wisconsin paper industrialist. The front of the card reads "After twenty years we have again established sanity in governme...

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