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McCormick Advertising Handbill

Date: 12 1856
Description: Handbill and order form advertising reaper and mower manufactured by Cyrus Hall McCormick. This describes the gold medal awarded at the "Great French Exhib...
Book or Pamphlet

R. Hornsby & Sons Catalog

Date: 12 1884
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for R. Hornsby & Sons, Ltd., manufacturers of agricultural implements. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustr...
Photograph

James Manufacturing Company Awards

Date: 01 27 1947
Description: R.E. Gess, district engineer with Employers Mutual Insurance Company, presenting safety awards to three employees of James Manufacturing Company, Fort Atki...
Photograph

Boy Scout Recognition

Date: 02 24 1948
Description: Scout Charles Anderson is being presented with a $500 check by Edward Fischer, Sheriff of Dane County, safety director and past commander of the Veterans o...
Photograph

Madison Business Association Members

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Louis Heindel (left), Madison Business Association president, presented plaques to Edwin J. Connor, Emery Oliver, and Louis Hirsig in recognition of outsta...
Photograph

Governor Oscar Rennebohm Honored by Viennese

Date: 11 26 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm was honored by the citizens of Vienna, Austria, for Wisconsin citizens' contributions to the "American Silent Guest committee" of ...
Photograph

Rennebohm Drug Store 25-Year Club

Date: 05 20 1952
Description: Oscar Rennebohm, president of Rennebohm Drug Stores, Inc., welcoming two new members to the Rennebohm Drug Store 25-year club at the firm's annual pension ...
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby Winner

Date: 07 23 1952
Description: Larry Jacobson, 11-year-old Soap Box Derby racer, receives a $25 savings account from Herman J. Kneubuehl, manager of First National Bank. The bank annuall...
Photograph

Dorothy Hatfield

Date: 04 24 1955
Description: Dorothy Hatfield receives a bag of silver dollars as her award from J. Jesse Hyman Sr., President of the Emporium Company, in recognition of her 13 years s...
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby Winner

Date: 08 06 1957
Description: Robert Simpson (right), wearing a soap box derby helmet, receiving a bank book with a $25 savings account as a prize for 'best sport' due to a cut hand and...
Photograph

Bowling at Schwoegler's Lanes

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Chuck Medcraft (left) and Gilly Fischl receive checks from Connie Schwoegeler and Mel Schwoegeler for bowling a perfect 300 game and a 299 game respectivel...
Photograph

Phi Chi Theta Convention

Date: 06 15 1958
Description: Seated at left is Bernice FitzGibbon, who was initiated as an honorary member of the Phi Chi Theta organization at their national convention held in Madiso...
Photograph

National Sales Executive Club of Madison's "Top Management" Night

Date: 12 04 1958
Description: Members of the National Sales Executive Club of Madison were hosts to their bosses at "Top Management" Night. Highlight of the evening was the presentation...
Photograph

Valley Forge George Washington Honor Medal

Date: 07 22 1959
Description: View of a ceremony awarding a Valley Forge George Washington honor medal from the Freedoms Foundation to the Wisconsin Power and Light Company for its effo...
Photograph

Junior Achievement Award

Date: 12 09 1959
Description: Five members of a Junior Achievement group made up of representatives of the four Madison High Schools accept a plaque for best research in developing new ...
Photograph

Tomlinson Receives Nussbaum Life Insurance Award

Date: 04 22 1960
Description: Charles W. Tomlinson (center) receives the first annual A. Jack Nussbaum Wisconsin Life Insurance Man Award from Gov. Gaylord Nelson (left). The woman with...
Photograph

Nelson Cruikshank and Wilbur J. Cohen

Date: 12 01 1972
Description: The First Distinguished Citizen Award of the National Consumers League was given to Nelson H. Cruikshank, president of the American Federation of Labor (AF...
Photograph

Nelson Cruikshank Receives an Award

Date: 08 02
Description: Nelson Cruikshank receives an award from Vice-President Hubert Humphrey for his work on Medicare. The photograph is inscribed by Hubert Humphrey: "To Nelso...
Photograph

Collins Ferris Honored for Savings Bond Work

Date: 02 02 1961
Description: Collins Ferris, left, executive vice-president of Madison Bank and Trust Company, receives a U.S. Treasury Department award for his service to the savings ...
Photograph

Madison Advertising Club Award

Date: 02 20 1961
Description: Arthur Towell (center), president of the Arthur Towell advertising agency, receives the Silver Medal Advertising Award at a meeting of the Madison Advertis...

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