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Poster

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...
Poster

Osborne Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for Osborne brand farm implements showing a woman, child and dog enjoying a "group hug." Also includes color illustrations of a hay rake...
Poster

Osborne Harvesting Machinery Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Russian advertising poster for International Harvester's Osborne line of farm equipment. Includes a large illustration of a woman and young girl with a dog...
Poster

Osborne Harvesting Machinery Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster with many images of the Osborne line working the fields, and a mother and daughter with a dog. Imprinted with "International Harve...
Poster

Osborne Harvesting Machinery Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster with many images of the Osborne line working the fields, and a mother and daughter with a dog. Made by the Hayes Litho. Co. of Buf...
Photograph

Mail Delivery at the Dock

Date: 1921
Description: A woman and her dog meet the mail carrier in his delivery boat at the end of a pier on the west shore of Fox Lake.
Photograph

Raquel Torres Holding a Dog

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: Portrait of Raquel Torres, actress and RKO star, holding a small dog.
Photograph

Norris & Rowe Circus Personnel

Date: 
Description: A group portrait of Norris & Rowe circus performers outside a tent at winter quarters, including clowns, riders, and high wire performers.
Photograph

Harvest in Ireland

Date: 1903
Description: A woman, child, dog, and group of men are gathered around a harvester in a field. The caption reads: "Harvester History. Harvest of 1903. Jones Lever Bin...
Photograph

Mrs. Endres Feeding Chickens

Date: 1925
Description: Mrs. John Endres feeding the chickens in the farmyard with her dog.
Photograph

Samuel Barber Home

Date: 1873
Description: A man and two women are standing along a fence in the foreground, and another woman is standing on the porch. In the background is Samuel Barber's frame ho...
Photograph

Sjur Starkson Reque Home

Date: 1874
Description: The Sjur Starkson Reque home. From left to right, seated, are Martha Reque, Mari Reque Lee, Brita Reque Quale, Nels Lee and Ole Quale. Standing are Anna Ma...
Poster

Champion Harvesting Machines Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising poster for Champion brand agricultural machines, manufactured by Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company. The main illustration depicts a salesma...
Photograph

Barn Raising

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of a large group of workers, along with women, children, and dogs, posing on the frame of the barn they are building.
Photograph

Jeanne DeBarr, Forsberg Box Company Employee

Date: 02 01 1945
Description: Jeanne DeBarr, a blind employee working at Forsberg Box Company, with her dog.
Photograph

Two Women at Horse Stall

Date: 09 08 1940
Description: Two women modeling Manchester clothes while standing in front of a horse stall. A dog is on the left. "Hundred to One, It's for You" Manchester's new Fall ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Madison Bugle-American

Date: 09 16 1970
Description: Cover of "The Madison Bugle-American," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of a businessman holding a leashed dog, a woman in a lounge dress smok...
Photograph

Augville Workers Discussion at Highlander

Date: 
Description: Augville workers at Highlander Folk School. Lower left, southern director leading a discussion.
Photograph

Retiring Mail Carrier, Mike Cawley

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: Retiring mail carrier, Mike Cawley, accepting an envelope containing a token of appreciation from Myrtle L. Hansen, clerk of circuit court at the Dane Coun...
Print

Farmer's Holiday

Date: 1940
Description: Artwork showing man with his feet up in front of a woodburning stove. A dog is sleeping on the floor at the farmer's feet. A woman uses a rolling pin in an...

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