Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reaper, a hor... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | An unidentified man demonstrates his unsuccessful bird wing-like mechanism, which was part of an experiment in aviation. |
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Description: | The World's First Typist, Lillian Sholes, daughter of Christopher Sholes, who invented the first successful typewriter. It was during Mr. Sholes' residence... |
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Description: | Portrait of Christopher Latham Sholes posing at a typewriter. |
Date: | 1931 |
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Description: | Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buil... |
Date: | 02 15 1957 |
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Description: | John Fischer, age 11, demonstrates his invention, a "walking and talking" robot. The robot's eyes light up, and it rolls back and forth on a platform. |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | Inventor, B.L. Boboroff, displays his vote recording device to members of the U.S. House of Representatives. |
Date: | 1866 |
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Description: | Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). This portrait was reportedly a favorite of his wife Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923). McCormick was a Chic... |
Date: | 1848 |
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Description: | Photographic reprint of a daguerreotype of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commer... |
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Description: | Portrait of Orville Wright inscribed to aviation publicist and historian Harry Bruno, whose collection of papers and photographs is housed at the Wisconsin... |
Date: | 1901 |
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Description: | Wilbur Wright (standing, second from the right) with Edward C. Huffaker, Octave Chanute, and George Spratt in the workshed. Chanute was a special visitor f... |
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Description: | Glenn Hammond Curtiss, whose reputation in American aviation is second only to the Wright Brothers. Some Curtiss defenders point out that he actually flew ... |
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Description: | An autographed portrait of Thomas S. Baldwin, builder of the early "Red Devil" airplanes and the first dirigible purchased by the U.S. Army. |
Date: | 01 07 1884 |
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Description: | Family portrait of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884), and his two sons, (L to R), Harold Fowler McCormick (1872-1941), and Stanle... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Arthur Pratt Warner, Wisconsin's first aviator, in front of the office of the Warner Instrument Company in Beloit. Warner, who held the patent for an autom... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Wilbur Wright, in profile, with a Wright Flyer. The original photographic postcard from which this image was copied was presented by Wright to pioneer avia... |
Date: | 01 29 1946 |
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Description: | Schoelkopf Manufacturing Company, 320 North 3rd Street, between East Johnson Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Louis Schoelkopf invented and manufactured the... |
Date: | 06 15 1927 |
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Description: | Schoelkopf Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of Air-Lec power door operators. The doors are in an open position, view from indoors looking out towards t... |
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