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Racine — Air City

Date: 06 12 1931
Description: The letterhead stationery of a Racine economic development committee reads: "Air City, Where the Air-Minded Live," The design shows airplanes and even a...
Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1896
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Osborne agricultural machinery showing a woman and two young girls mixing ingredients for a recipe from an Osborne cata...
Book or Pamphlet

Back Cover of D.M. Osborne Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Back cover of an advertising catalog for Osborne harvesting machinery, featuring a color illustration of a man operating a horse-drawn corn binder.
Print

International Harvester Toy Catalog Cover

Date: 1973
Description: Cover of a brochure for International Harvester toys. Features a color illustration of a boy riding an International pedal tractor pulling a wagon filled w...
Photograph

International Harvester Dealership

Date: 06 10 1924
Description: Two men standing at the counter of an International Harvester dealership. Posters and machine pamphlets are hanging in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering WD-40 Diesel Powered Wheel Tractor Booklet

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the McCormick-Deering WD-40, "America's First Diesel-powered Wheel Tractor."
Print

International DT-466 Diesel Engine Brochure

Date: 1976
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International DT-466 Midrange Diesel Engines. Includes a photograph of men working at a construction site.
Photograph

Showroom of Burlington Farm Machinery Co.

Date: 05 05 1926
Description: Trucks, tractors, and farm equipment in the showroom of the Burlington Farm Machinery Company, an International Harvester dealership. Advertising pennants ...
Photograph

P&H Advertising Room

Date: 08 15 1913
Description: Men at desks in the Pawling & Harnischfeger advertising department. Large windows on left look out towards another building, and men on equipment can be se...
Photograph

Severson's Service Station Calendar

Date: 2008
Description: This beautiful 1940s calendar hangs on the wall at Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
Photograph

Robert Bloch

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of Robert Bloch at the Gus Marx ad agency. Gauer credits Bloch with changing Marx into a real "nut." Bloch was expecting to inherit the agenc...
Photograph

Collection of Agricultural Education Pamphlets

Date: 1920
Description: Poster board showing the covers of International Harvester Agricultural Extension pamphlets covering topics such as corn, silos, livestock, and crop divers...
Photograph

Wautoma Teens Counter-Picketing Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: Four young men sitting in front of a grocery store. The young man on the left is sitting beside a crate of corn, wearing sunglasses and holding a bag of gr...
Photograph

Calendar Pinup Girl for the Month of January

Date: 08 31 1923
Description: A McCormick-Deering calendar with a pinup girl. Attached to the calendar is a label for the "Lyons Implement Co., Farm Implements and Hardware, San Diego, ...
Photograph

Calendar Pinup Girl for the Month of January

Date: 08 31 1923
Description: A McCormick-Deering calendar with a pinup girl. Attached to the calendar is a label for the "Hein Implement Co., Farm Operating Equipment, Ladysmith, WI."
Photograph

Calendar Pinup Girl for the Month of January

Date: 1922
Description: A McCormick-Deering calendar with a pinup girl. Attached to the calendar is a label for the "Townsend Mercantile Co., Farm Implements and Hardware, Marion ...
Photograph

Literature Display and Implements at Dealership

Date: 05 15 1926
Description: Interior view of banners, pennants, literature, trucks, and agricultural implements on display at a dealership. A large sign attached to a beam on the ceil...
Poster

Union Meeting Flyer

Date: 1864
Description: A flyer distributed by the U.S. Christian Commission announcing a Union Meeting "in behalf of our sick and wounded soldiers...". Several edits have been ma...
Book or Pamphlet

MX Series Magnum Tractors

Date: 
Description: Two-page spread with an illustration of the MX Series Magnum tractor.
Photograph

Wisconsin Historical Society Museum Pharmacy

Date: 
Description: View of the pharmacy display at the Wisconsin Historical Society Museum. This installation with furnishings, equipment, and other stock supplies found in a...

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