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Poster

McCormick-Deering 22-36 Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick-Deering 22-36 tractor distributed by International Harvester Company of Australia. Includes written specifications and...
Print

McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1890
Description: Lithograph illustration for the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a gentleman sitting in a Victorian parlor pointing to...
Print

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
Print

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1896
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. A small illustration at the top right is of a man using a horse-d...
Poster

The Ringling Brothers Poster

Date: 1905
Description: A Ringling Brothers poster of "Kings of the Circus World", depicting Alf. T., Al., Chas., John and Otto Ringling.
Photograph

Buy Bonds!

Date: 
Description: Display that advertises the sale of U.S. Savings Bonds through the Payroll Savings Plan or the Bond-a-Month-Plan. Wisconsin State Governor Walter J. Kohler...
Photograph

Graphic Artist in Office with Drawings

Date: 1920
Description: International Harvester advertising artist sitting at his desk in a studio office with a wistful look on his face. Graphics from Deering brand advertisemen...
Photograph

Customer at Parts Desk of International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: Slightly elevated view of a customer at the service counter of an International Harvester dealership. A bin of oil filters, McCormick-Deering hammer mills,...
Photograph

Service Desk at International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1946
Description: Man standing at the service desk of an International Harvester dealership. A clerk is behind the counter. Advertising brochures are displayed on the left e...
Photograph

Herman Straus and Son

Date: 10 13 1937
Description: Herman Straus and son standing in front of printing press at Straus Printing Co., 214 East Washington Avenue.
Photograph

Golf Stunt

Date: 06 17 1932
Description: Men posing during a golf stunt, as they try to hit a golf ball off a man's nose while he is lying on his back on the floor in the lobby of the Orpheum Thea...
Book or Pamphlet

Excelsior Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Excelsior harvesting machinery manufactured by Hoover and Gamble. Features a color illustration of a boy and girl in a ...
Book or Pamphlet

"Deering Ideal" Stripper Harvester Catalog Cover

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an Australian catalog for the "Deering Ideal" Stripper Harvester. The cover includes an illustration of a farmer framed by a large question mark o...
Book or Pamphlet

Osborne Harvesting Machines Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for D.M. Osborne & Co. harvesting machines showing three old men. Two of the men appear to be listening to the third man. I...
Book or Pamphlet

Back Cover of Osborne Harvesting Machines Catalog

Date: 1904
Description: Back cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Osborne line of harvesting machinery. The illustration shows a man with spectacles and g...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. At the center is a portrait of Cyrus McCormick inside an egg shape with...
Photograph

Three Men looking at Advertisements

Date: 08 02 1958
Description: Three men looking at Baltimore Federal Savings Bank advertisements.
Photograph

Meinhardt Raabe as Little Oscar with Wienermobile

Date: 07 01 1955
Description: Meinhardt Raabe, dressed as Little Oscar, receiving the key to the city of Wisconsin Dells, while standing in front of the Wienermobile. Written on the key...
Print

Schlitz Beer Advertisement

Date: 04 1932
Description: "Here's to Health!", an advertisement for the alcohol-free beer brewed by Schlitz during Prohibition. The advertising touts the product's healthful qualiti...
Photograph

Elmer Gloege

Date: 10 01 1953
Description: Portrait of Elmer Gloege used for an advertisement of the Elmer Gloege Shell Service Station, 2801 University Avenue.

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