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McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: An interior view of the Schlitz Palm Garden, which was located on North 3rd Street, south of West Wisconsin Avenue. This image includes a drawing of a wait...
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McCormick Advertisement — "Take It Cool"

Date: 1897
Description: An advertisement designed with images of three hand fans decorated with scenes of farmers using McCormick farming machinery. A ribbon across the bottom car...
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Prentice Post Office Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Post Office in Prentice, Wisconsin, with a banner that reads "Post Office" in red letters, and an eagle perched on a shield with stars an...
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Northwestern Lithographing Company Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Northwestern Lithographing Company of Milwaukee, art lithographers, with a flying winged female figure in flowing robes, holding an artist'...
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Yuba Ball Tread Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising the Yuba ball tread tractor. The color illustration depicts a rear view of a man using a tractor to work a hillside far...
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Kreme-O-Maltz, Malt Syrup Label

Date: 1929
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Kreme-O-Maltz, Light Hop Flavor, Malt Syrup." Distributed by the Oshkosh Maltz Produ...
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Trenam Farm Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Trenam All-Purpose Farm Tractor with 12-24 horse power. The advertisement features four photographs of a farmer using the tractor in ...
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Cletrac Discing Up-Hill

Date: 1920
Description: A man uses a Cletrac crawler tractor and disc harrow to do work in an uphill farm field.
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Cletrac Farming is Better Farming

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Cletrac tank-type crawler tractor featuring illustrations of the machine in use in farm fields; the image at left depicts plowing whi...
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Plowing Comparison of Cletrac Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Cletrac tank-type crawler tractor featuring a side-by-side photographic comparison of the Cletrac's plowing power versus that of anot...
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Fordson Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Fordson tractor at a selling price of $305. The advertisement features an illustration of the tractor set above a photograph of the m...
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The Best "25" Tracklayer

Date: 1920
Description: Mailing advertisement for the Best "25" tracklayer tractor featuring an illustration of a man using the crawler tractor in what appears to be an orchard. T...
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Menu for the 7th Annual Banquet of the Merchants Association

Date: 06 05 1884
Description: Die cut elongated octagonal menu for the 7th annual banquet of the Merchants Association at The Plankinton. On the cover is an oval portrait of a deer with...
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L'Etoile Restaurant Farmers' Market Dinner Menu

Date: 10 24 1992
Description: Front and back of a menu for a farmers' market dinner at L'Etoile Restaurant, featuring apples and pears and other products from local growers, with a bord...
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L'Etoile Restaurant Taliesin Reception Menu

Date: 06 30 1999
Description: Menu for a reception at L'Etoile Restaurant for the School of Organic Farming and Cooking at Taliesin, with the school logo and a background photograph of ...

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