Date: | 1883 |
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Description: | Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc... |
Date: | 1854 |
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Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Lyman C. Draper. This shows him at the time he assumed the position of Historical Society superintendent, at the age of 38. |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ... |
Date: | 1882 |
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Description: | Advertising handbill for the Champion harvester and binder. Includes the text: "the Champion light binder, is the only simple, light, durable, efficient wo... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow. |
Date: | 1882 |
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Description: | View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ... |
Date: | 1883 |
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Description: | Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f... |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op... |
Date: | 1889 |
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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... |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Librarian Daniel S. Durrie seated in the two-story high gallery that the Historical Society occupied in the old South Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol f... |
Date: | 1892 |
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Description: | A large group of circus performers and personnel, including a clown and band members, pose in front of a tent. |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | Two stone cutters (probably Italian) working on decorative details over the east entrance during the construction of the State Historical Society of Wiscon... |
Date: | 11 1887 |
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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... |
Date: | 11 1887 |
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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... |
Date: | 1886 |
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Description: | Group portrait of a group of German panorama painters on a scaffolding in their Milwaukee studio, with The Atlanta Cyclorama as a backdrop. Included in the... |
Date: | 1874 |
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Description: | A highly decorated barber shop interior, possibly Wellman's, with a view of chairs, mirrors and a glass display case with cigars. In the back of the shop i... |
Date: | 1896 |
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Description: | Members of the University of Wisconsin Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Club posing at the rear of a train during the Spring Tour of 1896. Railroad employees and o... |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | View of construction workers and stone carvers/cutters (some of them probably Italian) showing the detailed sections of the building of the State Historica... |
Date: | 1898 |
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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... |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | A studio portrait of Mr. William W. Hendricks, a Black River Falls barber, dressed in his best, posing in front of a painted backdrop. |
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