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Deering Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising poster with inset color illustrations showing Deering brand reapers, mowers, grain binders and dump rakes. Includes an illustration of four old...
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Farmall Tractors, Combines and Trucks

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Description: Elevated view of men sitting and working among Farmall tractors, combines (harvester-threshers) and trucks, possibly outside an International Harvester dea...
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Family around Table in front of House

Date: 1874
Description: A family is gathered around a table with dishes on top. To the right is a man sitting and holding a violin, and to his right a boy is holding a gun. The ho...
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People in front of House with Statue

Date: 1876
Description: Two men, two women are posing in front of a frame house that has a chair, sofa, table and a small white statue on its front porch. There are three doors an...
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Annuity Payment at La Pointe

Date: 1870
Description: Indians receiving payment. Seated on the right is John W. Bell. Others are, left to right, Asaph Whittlesey, Agent Henry C. Gilbert, and William S. Warren ...
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Woman Drinking Beer

Date: 1906
Description: Mary Smith, wife of Dr. Joseph Smith, drinks a beer on a veranda or balcony while on sojourn in Austria. Mr. and Mrs. Smith stayed in Austria for eight mon...
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
Print

German Style Beer, Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "German Style Beer, Peter Bub Brewery." Pictured on the label are a group of gnomes d...
Print

Milwaukee Journal Tour Club Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee Journal Tour Club, a national automobile club, with a three-quarter view of the company building surrounded by scenes of a hote...
Photograph

The Last Day in Camp

Date: 1930
Description: A woman is working on a Remington typewriter, set on a table with a patterned tablecloth, on the last day in camp. One man is standing in the center, and t...
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Recording the Contents of Each Box

Date: 06 1930
Description: A woman is recording the contents of each box on a Remington typewriter, set on a table with a patterned tablecloth, on the last day in camp. Three men are...
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Commander Russell and Staff at Dept. Reunion — Camp Logan at Omaha

Date: 09 1887
Description: Outdoor group portrait of six men sitting around a table in military uniform in an open field. On the table are pens, an inkwell, two cigar boxes and paper...
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"These Three" Production Still

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Description: Merle Oberon sitting next to an older woman at a table outdoors. Oberon is wearing a pointed clown hat with three pompoms on it. She is holding cards in he...
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On the Raft

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Description: Stereograph of men on a large raft on the Wisconsin River, with exposed, tree-lined rock formations on the shoreline in the background. Wanigans (shelters)...
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Annuity Payment

Date: 1870
Description: Ojibwa Indians receiving annuity payment. Seated on the right is John W. Bell. Others are, left to right, Asaph Whittlesey, Agent Henry C. Gilbert, and Wil...
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Recruits - Donald Holt and Gordon Wheeler

Date: 1909
Description: One boy, either Donald Holt or Gordon Wheeler, is marching and carrying a shotgun over his shoulder. The other boy, either Donald Holt or Gordon Wheeler, i...
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On the Front Porch of the Ark Cottage

Date: 1911
Description: A small group is gathered on the screened porch of the Ark cottage. Anna Holt Wheeler is standing in the doorway, looking at the camera and holding a handi...
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German Dinner at the Ark

Date: 08 27 1910
Description: Group portrait of Holt and Wheeler children who are dressed in costumes to resemble young Germans. One boy, sitting on the floor in front, is pretending to...

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