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Description: | Quarter-length formal oval painting of Samuel Marshall, (1820-1907), banker, co-founder and President of the Marshall & Ilsley Bank. |
Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reaper, a hor... |
Date: | 1947 |
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Description: | A young woman dressed in a bathing suit and wading boots poses for a promotional photograph for the Wisconsin cranberry industry at Thunder Lake Marsh. Tw... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buil... |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | Three men, including Governor Patrick J. Lucey, pose in front of a sign that reads: "Labor Works For Highway Safety. Make Labor Day Weekend A Safe, Pleasan... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Children working in a vegetable cannery as the supervisor with pipe in his mouth stands over them. |
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Description: | A woman is being waited on by a man standing behind the counter of a grocery store. Canned goods are stacked on shelves along the wall behind the counter. |
Date: | 1965 |
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Description: | Buster Keaton (right) appraises a costume for a Seneca Grape Juice TV commercial with J. Wolcott, the company's Vice President. |
Date: | 04 1925 |
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Description: | Three employees of the Publicity Division of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department: Mr. Cooley, Mr. Remley and Miss McNulty. |
Date: | 05 20 1931 |
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Description: | Interior of Joe's Place with bartender, possibly Joseph Puccio. The bar was located at 786 W. Washington Avenue in what was known as the Greenbush neighbor... |
Date: | 09 15 1933 |
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Description: | Interior of Urso's West Side Palm Tavern with two bartenders, cigar display, tin ceiling and palms. The tavern was located at 734 West Washington Avenue in... |
Date: | 11 03 1934 |
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Description: | Charles Palmeri, aka Pasquale, in an apron, receives a check from James Lewis, Special Deputy representing the street banking commission, to settle his acc... |
Date: | 09 19 1958 |
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Description: | County worker collects alimony payment from an ex-husband. |
Date: | 05 14 1963 |
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Description: | Lunar trajectory paths and computations on a blackboard are discussed by employees of Milwaukee's Astronautics, Inc. |
Date: | 12 26 1982 |
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Description: | A Target retail store is flooded with customers returning Christmas gifts. |
Date: | 1971 |
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Description: | Color advertising photograph of a young woman on an International 454 tractor pulling an International 420 baler and wagon. A man is standing on the wagon. |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | International Harvester advertising artist sitting at his desk in a studio office with a wistful look on his face. Graphics from Deering brand advertisemen... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Men and women at work in the office of an International Harvester branch house(?). Advertising posters for Columbus wagons, Bluebell cream separators and I... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Men and boys working with steel rods and belt-driven machinery to make bolts inside an annex to the blacksmith shop at the McCormick Reaper Works. The fact... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Workers, including some boys, threading bolts with heavy machinery in the Nut and Bolt Department at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by t... |
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