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Vilas Flying Certificate

Date: 1915
Description: Certificate issued to E.M. Griffith, the Wisconsin State Forester, so that Griffith could prove that he had flown at an altitude of 1600 feet in the "flyin...
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

Men with Agricultural Equipment

Date: 09 14 1926
Description: A man examining papers sits on the beam of an farm wagon (probably a John Deere) while others gather near him. A variety of farm machines are in the backgr...
Photograph

Garrit J. Corscot

Date: 01 07 1948
Description: Garrit J. Corscot at his desk near a window, looking at papers in his office, at the Dane County Title Company, 109 South Fairchild Street.
Photograph

IH Engineers Examine Blueprint

Date: 1935
Description: John Seltzer (left) and T.C. Phillips examine a blueprint in the Engineering Department of International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works.
Photograph

Three Boy Scouts and Military Guard on Freedom Train

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: Sgt. James McCullough, Memphis, Tennessee, a marine veteran guarding the Freedom Train, points out Washington's Farewell Address to three Madison Boy Scout...
Photograph

E.J. Lazarz and Son on Freedom Train

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: E.J. Lazarz, 2817 Milwaukee Street, holds his 14-month-old son, Mark, in front of the original draft of the Constitution, part of the exhibit aboard the Fr...
Photograph

Two Women at Entrance to Freedom Train

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Helen Beckwith, Brodhead, and Mrs. J.L. Specker, pictured standing at the entrance to the Freedom Train, parked on the tracks behind the Chicago, Milwaukee...
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

Automobile Transfer Documents from Aide to President Truman

Date: 08 31 1949
Description: An automobile invoice and transfer documents hang in the window of a car purchased from Major General Harry Vaughan, an aide to President Harry S. Truman, ...
Document

"Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant" Report

Date: 1879
Description: Blue cover design of an official report entitled "Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant".
Photograph

Highway Dispatcher's Office

Date: 1940
Description: Workers for the American Transportation Company in a highway dispatcher's office.
Photograph

Severson's Service Station Calendar

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

Marquette and Joliet Discover the Mississippi River

Date: 
Description: A painting depicting Marquette and Joliet in a birch bark canoe with two other men during their excursion on the Mississippi River, which they discovered o...
Photograph

Campaign Photograph of Carter Wells

Date: 
Description: Carter Wells polling on the street, taken for a campaign booklet. He was running for 5th district congress.
Photograph

Soldier and Civilian

Date: 09 1951
Description: A British soldier or police officer and a civilian on the bridge between the British area of Hong Kong and Communist China.
Photograph

Recording History

Date: 
Description: Journalist Cecil Brown, then with the Mutual Broadcasting Network, carrying the portable recorder that he used for interviewing while he was reporting on o...
Book or Pamphlet

Annual Report

Date: 1966
Description: Front cover of the International Harvester Company's annual report, featuring a color photograph of a semi-truck navigating a road through the Rocky Mounta...
Document

Annual Report

Date: 1949
Description: Front cover of International Harvester Company's annual report, featuring a color photograph of a semi-truck driven along a road through rocky terrain.
Book or Pamphlet

Navistar Annual Report

Date: 1993
Description: Front cover to Navistar's annual report, featuring a color photograph of a 9400 model heavy-duty truck driving through a snow-covered terrain.

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