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Plano Binder Advertisement

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Description: Flyer for a Plano grain binder, featuring a caricature of a competitor's machine, manufactured by "Horsekiller & Co." The message is that the Plano binder...
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Three-Headed Hydra Cartoon

Date: 05 14 1887
Description: Cartoon of a three-headed hydra representing oleomargarine, threatening a farmer.
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Caspar Milquetoast, Cartoon Character

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Description: Cartoon portrait of Caspar Milquetoast, the Timid Soul, a character created by Harold T. Webster, who was raised in Tomahawk, Wisconsin.
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Sport Page Comic Advertisement

Date: 1921
Description: Advertisement entitled "Sport Fun For Sport Fans!". It includes a photograph of comic artist Jay Orving and the character Bozo Blimp.
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Whistling Past the Graveyard after Dark

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Description: Cartoon drawn by Clare V. "Dwig" Dwiggins depicting a youthful August Derleth walking by a graveyard that is haunted by ghosts and spirits. Derleth was fo...
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Cartoon "Cutting out the Axis"

Date: 08 1943
Description: A cartoon originally published in the August issue of the "HARVESTER NEWS-LETTER" showing a International Harvester employee working on a lathe cutting out...
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That Feed Won't Do

Date: 1860
Description: Soldier-farmer, "Jeffy" (Jefferson) Davis, in full uniform with a straw hat is giving feed (bonds) to a sow (the Confederacy). The sow is in turn feeding i...
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Head Quarters 18th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, Camp Trowbridge, Milwaukee

Date: 1860
Description: The state seal of Wisconsin appears in the upper left corner. To the right reads: "Head Quarters 18th Reg. Wis. Vol, Camp Trowbridge, Milwaukee" On t...
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Happy Holidays From Chappell's Ad Dept.

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card from Chappell's Ad Dept. The card has seven consecutive panels accordion folded. The front panel shows a bell hanging by a ribbon surrounded b...
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Farm Implement News Cartoon

Date: 1936
Description: A cartoon from "Farm Implement News" stressing the importance of buying domestic binder twine.
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Six Image Panels of Farmers

Date: 1895
Description: A cartoon comparing two farmer's experiences, one with McCormick machinery, and one with "ordinary" binders. The caption at the bottom reads: "He Laughs Be...
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D-30 Truck Catalog

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the International D-30 truck, featuring an illustration of the truck with the text: "What's New in the D-30 for 1940."...
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West Side Fuel Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the West Side Fuel Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, with cartoon-style drawings, printed in black ink, of workers mining coal with a pi...
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Souvenir Menu for Dinner for Kletzsch, Ott, and Kremer

Date: 10 08 1914
Description: First and last pages of the souvenir menu for a dinner by Mr. Edward A. Uhrig to Mr. Alvin P. Kletzsch, Mr. Emil H. Ott, and Mr. Waldemar Kremer at Republi...
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Hansen's Scandia Restaurant Menu

Date: 1953
Description: Front and back of one-page menu from the Scandia Restaurant, with a whimsical cartoon map rendering by Hakon Mielche of the Scandinavian countries and the ...
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Gridiron Club Menu

Date: 12 09 1950
Description: Gridiron Club menu, mounted on board, with a cartoon by Jim (James Thomas) Berryman of club president Tom Stokes in suit and tie, chef's toque, pleated apr...
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Gridiron Club 60th Anniversary Menu

Date: 12 15 1945
Description: Menu from the sixtieth anniversary dinner of the Gridiron Club, with a half-length cartoon view (by Clifford K. Berryman?) of club president Lyle C. Wilson...
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Gridiron Club Winter Dinner Menu

Date: 12 10 1949
Description: Gridiron Club menu, mounted on board, with a "Wel-Fair Deal" cartoon by Jim (James Thomas) Berryman with President Truman playing cards and saying to a man...
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Gridiron Club Sixty-Fifth Birthday Menu

Date: 05 13 1950
Description: Menu, mounted on board, for the sixty-fifth birthday dinner of the Gridiron Club, with a cartoon by Jim (James Thomas) Berryman of Father Time carrying a s...
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Gridiron Club Spring Dinner Menu

Date: 05 21 1949
Description: Menu, mounted on board, for the spring dinner of the Gridiron Club, with a cartoon by (Clifford K.?) Berryman of "Dr. Truman's Utopia Elixir: Relief for Ev...

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