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Photograph

Bennett Studio Gift Shop

Date: 1945
Description: Gift shop at the Bennett Studio. The pictured individuals include Ruth Bennett Dyer and Oliver Reese. In addition to operating the photography studio, the...
Photograph

Man Outdoors Taking Photograph

Date: 1912
Description: A man prepares a camera to take a photograph, while two other men stand behind him. The man is likely an International Harvester company photographer. The ...
Photograph

Man with Camera Near McCormick Works

Date: 08 08 1914
Description: A photographer is standing near a camera on the bank of the Chicago River. He likely works for International Harvester Company and appears to be photograph...
Photograph

Bedroom Interior

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Description: Interior of a bedroom. In the corner is a dresser with a mirror, a bed is in the foreground, and on the left are a side table with a lamp, and a chair. The...
Photograph

Four Women in Bedroom

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Description: Four women sitting on a bed, walls displaying a tennis racquet and photographs.
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Woman Sitting on Settee

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Description: Woman sitting on a settee in front of a wall displaying photographs, possibly Fannie Post.
Photograph

Self-Portrait of Man

Date: 1882
Description: Charles J. Van Schaick sitting on a stone balustrade in front of a painted background, ca. 1882–1885. The photograph was probably taken by one of his assis...
Photograph

Three Men in Photography Studio

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of three standing men, two wearing matching straw hats, and vests with trousers, and the other holding a camera on a stool. They are posing...
Photograph

Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr.

Date: 1932
Description: Portrait of photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr., a Waupun photographer best known for his "tall-tale" or "freak" postcards.
Photograph

Remote Photographic Flash

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: Sheldon Wengel or Howard La Court at workbench creating a photographer's remote flash. A man is standing in the corner with his arms raised, perhaps holdin...
Photograph

Photographic Remote Flash

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: Sheldon Wengel and Howard La Court demonstrating a photographer's remote flash with a woman model.
Photograph

Photographic Remote Flash

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: June D. (Mrs. Sheldon) Wengel serving as a model for a remote flash tripped via a photo-electric cell invented in Madison by Sheldon Wengel and Howard La C...
Photograph

Informal Student Photo Montage

Date: 03 24 1947
Description: Informal Student Photo Montage taken for Brock Engraving.
Poster

Signboard Showing Factory Safety Measures

Date: 1916
Description: A poster or signboard showing seven different mechanical safeguards on machines in International Harvester factories. The poster is one of a series illustr...
Poster

Health and Safety Poster on Cleanliness

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard titled: "Clean Surroundings - Helps to Make Good Citizens and a Healthful City." Seven images illustrate cleanliness at different Inter...
Poster

Health and Safety Poster on Athletic Clubs

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard titled: "Athletic Clubs - Work and Play Develop the Right Kind of Men." Images on the poster show International Harvester employees on ...
Poster

Health and Safety Poster on Employee Clubs

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard with the title: "Clubs - Fostered for Good Fellowship; Recreation for Good Health." promoting International Harvester's ideas on the im...
Poster

Health and Safety Poster Showing Employee Education

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard describing educational classes and apprenticeship opportunities for International Harvester employees. The poster includes images of an...
Poster

Health and Safety Poster Illustrating Employee Lunch Rooms

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard with the title: "Lunch Rooms - A Clean and Neat Place to Eat: Makes Food More Palatable." Includes images of lunch rooms or cafeterias ...
Photograph

Charles Christopher Parry, Botanist

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Charles C. Parry (1823-1890), American Botanist. Parry is most famous for his botanical research in the southern Ro...

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