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| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a courtroom scene framed with a draped American flag and th... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph illustration on the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows an American Revolutionary War battle scene. Also... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. A small illustration at the top right is of a man using a horse-d... |
| 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: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A foldout, illustrated poster for a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth program featuring images of teenaged boys working. The text reads: "The CCC — A... |
| 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: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Color advertising photograph of a female model posing with a Spirit of '76 Cadet lawn tractor. The tractor was meant to commemorate the bicentennial of the... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Color advertising photograph for International Spirit of '76 Cadet lawn tractor featuring a model dressed as Betsy Ross sewing stars onto a U.S. flag. The ... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising brochure for Champion reaping and mowing machines manufactured by the Champion Machine Company. The cover features a color illustra... |
| Date: | 10 03 1944 |
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| Description: | Mr. Rose showing Clyde S. Tutton a Lord Calvert whiskey educational display in the Wisconsin Treasury Department, Beverage and Cigarette Tax Division offic... |
| Date: | 05 09 1938 |
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| Description: | Ruth Ryan, bond secretary of C.U.N.A., Credit Union National Association, with empty bank cans and money. |
| Date: | 12 09 1933 |
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| Description: | Men crowd around the newly opened Dane County C.W.A. Pay Station at the corner of West Dayton and North Carroll Streets to pick up paychecks. |
| Date: | 11 20 1933 |
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| Description: | Unemployed men stand in line for CWA (Civil Works Administration) jobs, inside the Public Employment Office, 111 W. Main Street. |
| Date: | 02 14 1933 |
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| Description: | Governor Albert G. Schmedeman signing mortgage bill which grants moratoriums to Wisconsin farm and home mortgages. Left to right: Senator William Shannors... |
| Date: | 06 15 1932 |
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| Description: | Sol Levitan, Wisconsin State Treasurer, receives $750,000 in tax vouchers from a Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad executive. |
| Date: | 03 25 1932 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 28 1932 |
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| Description: | Governor Philip F. La Follette signing unemployment insurance law. Left to right: Henry Ohl Jr., Mrs. Elizabeth Brandeis-Raushenbusch, Paul Raushenbusch, ... |
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| Description: | An agent's pay office and council building at the Pawhuska Agency in Oklahoma Territory. A man is standing outside near the entrance. |
| Date: | 04 26 1971 |
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| Description: | Led by James White, president of DRUMS, members of the organization and sympathizers staged a protest Monday at the First Wisconsin National Bank, 743 N. W... |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the Employers Mutuals Insurance Company Building. Caption reads: "Employers Mutuals Insurance Company Building, Wausau, Wis." |
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