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Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Illustration

Date: 1899
Description: Color lithograph color illustration from the back of an advertising catalog printed for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company showing an arch commemorat...
Photograph

Rathskeller Inc. Liquor Store Interior

Date: 04 19 1934
Description: Rathskeller Inc., 122 E. Washington Avenue, liquor store interior, framed with arches, with a clerk behind the counter.
Photograph

Tunnel at Tunnel City

Date: 
Description: View down railroad tracks towards a group of construction workers posed near the east portal of the railroad tunnel near Tunnel City.
Photograph

Office Force and Foremen

Date: 03 12 1914
Description: The office force and foremen posing before the south facade of the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam.
Photograph

Razing of Milwaukee Country Court House

Date: 06 19 1939
Description: Milwaukee County Court House in the process of being razed. A worker is standing on part of the second floor, in front of what is left of the dome.
Photograph

Economy Laundry Truck

Date: 09 02 1925
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an International truck used by Economy Laundry. The truck is parked in front of an entrance gate, with paths and trees in th...
Photograph

U.S. Mint

Date: 
Description: A view of the Coining Room, with men and women working at various machines. Large pallets of boxes, on wheels, sit in the central aisle, on the left. Capti...
Photograph

Men Stacking Bundles of Hennequen

Date: 1900
Description: Workers stacking bundles of hennequen or sisal near a building with arches in Yucatan, Mexico. The McCormick Company and its successor International Harves...
Photograph

York Iron Works

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
Photograph

York Iron Works

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
Photograph

York Iron Works

Date: 
Description: York Iron Works, with a group of men posed standing in front of the construction of the blast furnace.
Photograph

The Schlitz

Date: 1905
Description: The Schlitz Saloon on the corner of Doty and King Streets. The saloon was owned by Fred C. Harbort from 1900-1907. There is a man in an apron standing at t...
Photograph

Cardinal Francis Spellman

Date: 1946
Description: Cardinal Spellman stands with hat in hand looking off to his right. His full body and Cardinal robes are visible. In the left third of the image, a photogr...
Book or Pamphlet

The Old Reliable Sweepstakes Catalog Cover

Date: 1873
Description: Chromolithograph featuring a view through a stone arch of two men in a field with a Sweepstakes threshing machine.
Photograph

Winnebago County Agricultural School Construction

Date: 1907
Description: Three-quarter view of front and side of the almost-completed Winnebago School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. Construction workers are on the building...
Photograph

Man on Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Man on a horse-drawn McCormick mower. In the background are the worn walls of a stone building, perhaps the ruined foundation of a church.
Photograph

Mold Pouring in Foundry

Date: 1908
Description: Interior view of men pouring molds in a foundry.
Photograph

Men Operating Pay Haulers

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Description: Men driving Pay Haulers on a road at the base of a cliff. In the background is a tall arch cut through the rock of the cliff.

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