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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View of the Vaughn Library building, built of brick in 1888 in the Romanesque Revival style. It was supported by retail, apartments and offices located on ... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | View of the J.M. Bailey Jr. Marble Works storefront. From the "Combination Atlas-Map of Walworth Co." Chicago. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | An advertisement for John N. Jones, Dealer in Hardware, which appeared in the 1873 Madison City Directory. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Broadsheet describing a pledge made by agricultural machinery manufacturers to compete fairly with one another, and not try to break up competitors' sales.... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | View on North Water Street, showing the building in which the Bank of Sparta was founded. A man is walking beside a oxen pulling a covered wagon. |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Handbill advertising McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper, manufactured by C.H. McCormick & Co. Includes an illustration of the reaper in use. One man is dri... |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Handbill or broadsheet advertising McCormick's Patent Reaping and Mowing Machine, manufactured by C.H. McCormick and Co. Includes an illustration of the ma... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Flyer and order form advertising McCormick's Reaper and Mower. Features the headline "15,000 sold in the last 4 years" under an illustration of the reaper... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | "The Latest News from the Field!" Front page of a paper advertising the new McCormick twine binder. Contains testimonials under a headline that says, "Ther... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Handbill or Broadsheet advertising McCormick's Patent Virginia Reaper. Includes an illustration of the reaper in use. One man is driving the horses, anothe... |
| Date: | 1843 |
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| Description: | Exterior of two-story wood building at the corner of Wisconsin and Water Streets. The first floor consists of businesses run by Dewey, Highby & Wardner, a... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | A horse-drawn carriage is crossing the bridge. Right of center is the S. Ball's Candy Store. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | View from bridge on river. Storefronts and homes line the road that stretches to the horizon. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Broadside advertising an auction on the Leo Melcher farm. Items for sale included livestock, feed and crops, farm machinery, and household items including ... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of August Kroll of Leopolis, Wisconsin, dealer in hardware, stoves, and tinware, with an image of the interior of a store and customers being he... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A card depicting two men posed near a stringer holding the many fish they caught. The caption reads, "Result of a day's fishing on Elk River, Price Co." |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Promotional card advertising the hemlock barn industry in northern Wisconsin. The card features an elevated view of a tannery. Caption: THE HEMLOCK BARK ... |
| Date: | 07 1897 |
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| Description: | Promotional card depicting the prosperous farming in northern Wisconsin. Caption: "Here is shown a mixed crop of peas and rye, the clover in the foregrou... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Promotional card showing the tall oat that grow in northern Wisconsin. The image depicts three men standing in a tall oat field. The caption reads, "THE ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The front (top) and back (bottom) of an advertisement for farm land in northern Wisconsin. This card advertises the abundance of clover crop with an image ... |
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