Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 25

Photograph

Deering Works Garden

Date: 1917
Description: Two women and a young girl gathering vegetables in the Deering Works vegetable garden. Original caption reads: "This garden furnished a bountiful supply of...
Photograph

African American Woman at Work in McCormick Works' Community Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: African American woman tending to her plot in the McCormick Works' garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harves...
Photograph

Woman and Girls in McCormick Works' Community Garden

Date: 08 1932
Description: Mother and her two daughters at work in the McCormick Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Har...
Photograph

Man in West Pullman Works' Com munity Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Man bending over to pick vegetables in the West Pullman Works' community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International ...
Photograph

Man Picking Vegetables in Wisconsin Steel Works Community Garden

Date: 08 1932
Description: Man picking vegetables in the Wisconsin Steel Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harvester's...
Photograph

Men Picking Vegetables in Deering Works Community Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Three men picking vegetables in the Deering Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harvester's "...
Book or Pamphlet

Cloverleaf Manure Spreader Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Cloverleaf manure spreader, featuring an illustration of a man operating a horse-drawn ...
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Corn Planters and Drills

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for the Kentucky line of International Harvester corn planters and drills. Cover features an illustration of a farmer...
Book or Pamphlet

Steel Cloverleaf Manure Spreader Catalog

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Steel Cloverleaf line of manure spreaders. Features a color illustration of a woman feeding a...
Photograph

Century of Progress Queen Signs Photographs

Date: 07 18 1933
Description: Miss Lillian Anderson, Queen of the "A Century of Progress" exhibition, signing photographs at the International Harvester exhibit.
Photograph

Landscaping at Gas Station

Date: 08 1930
Description: View from road of the landscaping in front of a Texaco gas station located on 83rd and Stoney Island.
Photograph

Harold McCormick Residence Exterior

Date: 05 1901
Description: Exterior view of the residence of Harold McCormick and Edith Rockefeller McCormick surrounded by a fence made of stone and wrought iron. The home was built...
Photograph

McCormick Works and Canal

Date: 1900
Description: View of what appears to be the McCormick Reaper Works, with the west fork of the south branch of the Chicago River in the foreground. Smokestacks, railroad...
Photograph

Delivery Truck

Date: 08 05 1925
Description: Right side view of the Ted. Berman delivery truck. The sign painted on the side reads: "Buy a Pound today, Friedman's Oak Grove Brand Oleomargarine." and "...
Photograph

Two Boys Standing in Backyard Garden

Date: 
Description: University of Chicago Association "Gardening" South Deering. Lantern slide.
Photograph

Van Vlissingen School

Date: 
Description: A man is standing on a brick walk near young men and women tending to trees and plants between a tall wood fence and a pipe railing running along the walk....
Photograph

Children Tending to Trees at V.V. School

Date: 
Description: Three girls and a boy are tending to trees along a fence. A low, metal railing separates a strip of plants and trees from a brick courtyard at the "V.V. sc...
Photograph

Young Women and Young Man Working in School Garden

Date: 
Description: Three young women, and one young man are working in a garden in a fenced-in corner at the V.V. school. A low, metal railing separates a strip of plants and...
Photograph

International Harvester Plant

Date: 09 20 1928
Description: View of the International Harvester plant. In the foreground is a fenced area, with the IHC logo on ground near a flagpole and flower beds. Factory buildin...
Photograph

Man and Garden at McCormick Works

Date: 
Description: Man outside small house near garden in plant yard. There is a factory building and railroad cars in the background.

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: