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Abdih-Hiddisch (A Minatarre Chief)

Date: 1832
Description: Abdih-Hiddisch, a Minatarre Chief, posed holding an ax.
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...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering & Company Catalog

Date: 1894
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company featuring a chromolithograph of Worlds Fair foreign commissioners observing Deering grain bin...
Poster

International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Advertising poster for International motor trucks with color illustration of a truck and ghostly images of pioneers on horseback and oxen-drawn Conestoga w...
Photograph

Leroy L. Dalton Receiving Navy Air Medal Award

Date: 07 31 1948
Description: Leroy L. Dalton, (in a hosptial bed at left) shown receiving the United States Navy Air Medal for meritorious achievement during his fifth mission as a gun...
Photograph

Leroy L. Dalton Receiving Navy Air Medal Award

Date: 07 31 1948
Description: Leroy L. Dalton,(in a hosptial bed at left,)shown receiving the United States Navy Air Medal for meritious achievement during his fifth mission as a gunne...
Photograph

Attic Angel Association 60th Anniversary Luncheon

Date: 10 13 1948
Description: Pictured at the 60th anniversary luncheon of the Attic Angel Association, sponsors of the Madison Visiting Nurse Service, are (from left to right): Mrs. Ro...
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

Man Wearing Medal

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Description: A man wearing a medal stands for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He rests his one hand on a chair while the other holds an umbrella, and ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Man Riding Bicycle

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Description: A man poses on a bicycle for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. The man is well-dressed in a hat, suit jacket, and trousers. He wears two un...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Sharpteeth Little Sam and Wife

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man and woman, Sharpteeth Little Sam (he pa he ga se ba sik) and his wife, posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He ...
Photograph

Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men and Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting and wrapped in fringed plaid shawls which only show their faces. Behind...
Print

McCormick Mower Advertisement

Date: 1868
Description: Page from an advertising brochure for "McCormick's Prize Mower." Includes illustrations of award medals for the Paris Exposition Universal of 1867, and a m...
Postcard

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering tillage tools featuring the headline: "Wherever Crops are Grown" and a color illustration of a man using a Farmal...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Grain Binders

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering featuring color illustrations of two grain binders at work in the field. The text on the poster reads, "McCormick-...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools

Date: 1931
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering tillage tools featuring a large illustration of a man using a tractor to pull two rotary hoes through a field. The...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Corn Sheller and Feed Grinder Poster

Date: 1931
Description: McCormick-Deering poster advertising corn shellers and feed grinders. The poster includes a color illustration of the No. 2 Cylinder Corn Sheller. At the b...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Thresher Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Poster advertising all-steel threshers, featuring a color illustration of the machine in use. Also included is an illustration showing both faces of the Mc...
Photograph

Arthur MacArthur, Jr.

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Major General Arthur MacArthur in profile, wearing a military uniform and holding a sword, and a hat.
Poster

McCormick-Deering Grain Binders Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Poster advertising McCormick-Deering grain binders. The poster features a headline reading: "McCormick-Deering Grain Binders; Direct Descendants of the Wor...

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