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Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne World's Fair Souvenir

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back of an advertising folder produced by the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features illustrations of a young gi...
Poster

Deering Columbian Exposition Advertising Poster

Date: 1893
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustration of a crowd gathered around a Deering grain binder and mower at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Print

Cattle Fair Panorama

Date: 10 24 1863
Description: Panoramic wood-engraving of a cattle fair in New Haven, after a sketch by H.C. Curtis. Caption reads: "Cattle Show and Agricultural Faib [sic] at Ha...
Photograph

Scenes of McCormick Triumphs

Date: 1893
Description: Illustration showing the sites of International expositions at which McCormick machines won awards between 1851 and 1893. Includes the text: "McCormick won...
Photograph

McCormick Display at Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: View of the McCormick display at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (World's Fair of 1893). The exhibit features several full size and scale model...
Photograph

Withington Wire Binder

Date: 1876
Description: A Withington wire binder sits on display inside a building at the Centennial Exposition, the first official World's Fair in the United States.
Photograph

Ferris Wheel at the Chicago World's Fair - Anaglyph

Date: 1893
Description: Stereograph over rooftops towards the Ferris wheel at the Chicago World's Fair.
Document

Columbian Exposition Diploma of Honorable Mention

Date: 12 24 1894
Description: Diploma of honorable mention presented to Stephen M. Babcock by the Board of Lady Managers of the Columbian Exposition. The document honors Babcock's inven...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Map showing a plat of the city, land ownership by name, wards by number, local streets, buildings, fair grounds, nurseries, and part of Rock River. The map...
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller & Co. Calendar Page 2

Date: 1892
Description: Second page of calendar for March and April, 1892. Features two illustrations: the top one is of a man using a team of horses to pull a Buckeye harvesting ...
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller & Co. Calendar Page 3

Date: 1892
Description: Third page of calendar for May and June, 1892. Features two illustrations: the top one of a man using a team of horses to pull a Buckeye harvesting machine...
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller & Co. Calendar Page 5

Date: 1892
Description: Fifth page of calendar for September and October, 1892. Features two illustrations: the top one of a man using a team of horses to pull a Buckeye harvestin...

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