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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Drawing

Barman — Eddie

Date: 1932
Description: Eddie bartending at The Mansion.
Drawing

Barman — Ralph

Date: 1932
Description: Ralph bartending at Mike's.
Drawing

Barman — Pete

Date: 1932
Description: Pete bartending at Club Simplon.
Drawing

Barman — Bill

Date: 1932
Description: Bill bartending at Jack and Charlie's.
Drawing

Barman — Philip

Date: 1932
Description: Philip bartending at The Bath Club.
Photograph

African American Tenant Farmers at Barbecue

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: African American tenant farmers assembled for a barbecue. The tenants worked for Louis Frank Sessions who is in the front row, third from the left (wearing...
Book or Pamphlet

Brantford Steel Binders Catalog

Date: 1889
Description: Front and back cover of an advertising catalog for A. Harris, Son & Company of Brantford, Canada, manufacturers of grain binders, mowers and reapers. The c...
Photograph

Woman Model on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 09 10 1936
Description: Woman model wearing checkerboard jacket, standing next to Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill. For: Kessenich's.
Photograph

Woman Model on Campus

Date: 09 10 1936
Description: Woman model wearing green dress posing near the Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill. For: Kessenich's.
Photograph

Show Girls at Heidelberg Hofbrau

Date: 03 10 1935
Description: Seven show girls, wearing hats, from the Orpheum's "Spices of 1935" show, sitting at a table at Hommel's Heidelberg Hofbrau Restaurant, 20 West Mifflin Str...
Photograph

Fanchon & Marco Showgirl

Date: 08 01 1932
Description: A Fanchon & Marco showgirl dressed in street clothes, leaning on a piano. Text on print reads: "'Mystery Revue' Orpheum Girl."
Photograph

Raquel Torres Modeling at Heller's

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: Raquel Torres modeling a dress and hat at Heller's, 205 State Street.
Photograph

Fanchon & Marco Showgirls

Date: 05 20 1932
Description: Fanchon & Marco showgirls posing while wearing straw hats at Karsten's clothing store.
Photograph

Showgirls Sending Telegrams

Date: 05 06 1932
Description: Fanchon & Marco showgirls, dressed in coats and hats, sending telegrams.
Photograph

Governor La Follette Buying a "Buddy Poppy"

Date: 03 25 1932
Description: Governor Philip F. La Follette buying a "buddy poppy" from two women in behalf of the American Legion. The governor is standing in his Wisconsin State Cap...
Photograph

"American Girl" Movie Group

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: "American Girl" movie group with pilot in front of airplane at the Pennco Field (Royal Airport).
Photograph

Circus Performers with Mule

Date: 
Description: A male circus performer stands lengthwise on the back of a mule, while a female circus performer stands on the ground next to them.
Photograph

Milwaukee Panorama Artists

Date: 11 1887
Description: Group portrait of German painters relaxing in the studio of the American Panorama Company, during a break from painting the Jerusalem cyclorama depicting t...
Photograph

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick with Son Shirley

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man, woman, and child sitting in a rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. Probably Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick and their son, Sh...

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