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Fauerbach's Brewery Sign

Date: 1884
Description: A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery.
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McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1894
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a courtroom scene framed with a draped American flag and th...
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McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1894
Description: Color lithograph illustration on the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows an American Revolutionary War battle scene. Also...
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Goodrich Steamship Lines

Date: 1930
Description: Cover from Goodrich Steamship Lines schedule, with a picture of a screw-driven passenger/freight vessel against the Chicago skyline and a beach scene in th...
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"South American" Tuesday Luncheon Menu

Date: 1928
Description: Inside of Tuesday luncheon menu for the "South American." Includes drawings of Niagara Falls, New York, Old Fort Mackinac Island, Michigan, Michigan Boulev...
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Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
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Albion No. 3 Steel Binder

Date: 1913
Description: Back cover of an advertising brochure for Harrison, McGregor and Co. featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of an Albion no. 3 steel binder in a f...
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Norwegian International Harvester Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Cover of an International Harvester farm implement catalog written in Norwegian. The cover has a drawing of a city street in Oslo with an International Har...
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Imperial Hotel Brochure

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Description: Cover of an English-language tourist brochure entitled "Imperial Hotel Tokio." The brief text does not mention the hotel's famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wr...
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State Fair Stamp

Date: 1915
Description: Color stamp used to advertise the Wisconsin State Fair. The illustration shows a crowd arriving at the fairgrounds, while a young girl in an ethnic costume...
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Great Fair at Milwaukee

Date: 06 28 1865
Description: The Great Fair held at Milwaukee for the benefit of the Wisconsin Soldiers Home. The 130x130 foot building was constructed especially for the ten-day fair....
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International Loadstar Trucks Brochure

Date: 1969
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising International CO Loadstar heavy-duty trucks. Features color photograph of two CO Loadstars facing each other.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Second) Engraving

Date: 1854
Description: Engraving of the first capitol building built in Madison used as an illustration by the Madison Mutual Insurance Company, a first insurance company, the di...
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 09 1952
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features a color illustration of men in an International 1/2-ton pi...
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International Harvester Cub Cadet Advertising Proof

Date: 04 1965
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color illustration of a boy driving an International...
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McCormick End of the Century Catalog Cover, French Edition

Date: 1900
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration of the French edition of a McCormick catalog, showing a man driving a McCormick reaper through a parade at the 1900 Wor...
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Advertisement for "The Times"

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Description: An advertisement for "The Times" from the 1892-1893 Madison City Directory.
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Wisconsin State Journal Advertisement

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Description: An advertisement for the Wisconsin State Journal, promoted as "the only Republican paper", from the 1898-1899 Madison City Directory.
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Milwaukee Auditorium

Date: 1910
Description: Advertisement for Auditorium with capacity information (total 15,700), purposes (Exhibitions, Conventions, Meetings, Lectures, Concerts, Dances, Circus, et...
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Milwaukee Auditorium

Date: 1910
Description: Main hall with description of location. Hall was 225 feet long, 100 feet wide and 65 feet high. Also gives basement size under main hall (36,000 square f...

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