Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 34

Poster

"Midnight at McCormick's" Advertising Poster

Date: 1900
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company showing the McCormick Reaper Works at night. The factory was in operation from 1873-1961. I...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Line Catalog Cover

Date: 1907
Description: Front cover of "McCormick Line" farm implement catalog, showing a piece of rope with the title written on it in red and green, against a blue, cloudy sky.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Line Catalog Cover

Date: 1907
Description: Illustration from an International Harvester McCormick line catalog showing the McCormick name in script superimposed over a globe of the earth.
Print

Green International Harvester Logo

Date: 1906
Description: Simple, green International Harvester logo on the back cover of Feed Grinders catalog. This version of the logo was used before 1946.
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Catalog Cover

Date: 1905
Description: Cover of International Harvester McCormick line catalog depicting a lush, golden wheat field with a farmer riding a horse-drawn grain binder in the backgro...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 01 1901
Description: Lithograph cover illustration in a mosaic styled design for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog of a woman holding a miniature McCormick grain...
Photograph

International Harvester's First General Office Building

Date: 1902
Description: International Harvester's first headquarters building at 7 Monroe Street on the northwest corner of Michigan Avenue. IHC later sold the building and proper...
Photograph

Annex to McCormick Works Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys working with steel rods and belt-driven machinery to make bolts inside an annex to the blacksmith shop at the McCormick Reaper Works. The fact...
Photograph

McCormick Works Employees Threading Bolts

Date: 1900
Description: Workers, including some boys, threading bolts with heavy machinery in the Nut and Bolt Department at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by t...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1904
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for Plano light running harvesting machinery, featuring an illustration of a young woman holding a bundle of wheat over he...
Book or Pamphlet

Osborne Advertising Catalog Cover

Date: 1905
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Osborne line of farm implements. Features a chromolithograph illustration of a young bo...
Book or Pamphlet

Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1905
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Osborne line of farm implements. Features a chromolithograph with a mosaic of a woman w...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Advertising Catalog Cover

Date: 1903
Description: Front cover of a Canadian advertising catalog for International Harvester's Deering line of farm implements. Features a chromolithograph illustration of a ...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Header and Header Binder Catalog Cover

Date: 1904
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Deering line of headers and header binders. Features a color chromolithograph illustrat...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Tillage and Seeding Implements Catalog Cover

Date: 1904
Description: Front cover of a Canadian advertising catalog for International Harvester's Deering line of tillage and seeding implements. Features a color chromolithogra...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1907
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for McCormick farm implements featuring a chromolithograph illustration of a woman holding a bundle of wheat against ...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Farm Equipment Catalog Cover

Date: 1904
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Milwaukee line of farm implements featuring a chromolithograph illustration of a woman ...
Photograph

Young Girl in Dress and Bonnet

Date: 1900
Description: Young girl in dress and bonnet posing with wood crate. The photograph was likely used by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's advertising department ...
Photograph

Young Girl in Overalls and Straw Hat

Date: 1900
Description: Advertising photograph of young girl in overalls and straw hat pointing to spot on a blank poster.
Photograph

Woman Posing as if Drinking from Cup

Date: 1900
Description: Waist-up portrait of a woman dressed as a "dairy maid"(?) posing as if holding an imaginary cup or glass. The image was most likely used as a model for a c...

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: