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| 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: | 10 17 1944 |
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| Description: | Donut queen posed for advertising campaign. The female model is holding a box of donuts and is sitting on a large clock bearing the slogan: "It's Always Do... |
| 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: | 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: | 06 24 1921 |
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| Description: | Two ten-year-old boys, Paul Lannom and William Smith, posing with an International 8-16 HP tractor and McCormick binder. The boys are the grandsons of "Dad... |
| 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: | 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: | 08 18 1935 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the air show held to mark the dedication of the airport in Waukesha, an event sponsored by the Waukesha Aviation Club. Present to dedica... |
| Date: | 01 29 1945 |
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| Description: | With a backdrop of celebrity portrait photographs and stacks of coins on his desk, Hugh Flannery, manager of the Orpheum Theatre, is receiving a $100 War B... |
| Date: | 11 29 1944 |
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| Description: | The photo studio department in Manchester's Department Store. A man is assisting a female customer, while female employees do their work. |
| Date: | 11 08 1943 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Donald F. Goodrich, a teller at First National Bank. |
| Date: | 11 08 1943 |
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| Description: | Ralph Timmons, president of Ralph Timmons Advertising Agency, 1. South Pinckney Street, seated at his desk. |
| 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: | 03 21 1934 |
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| Description: | Beatrice Conley, staff director of the Mautz Home Decoration Service, sitting at a desk in her office at 939 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 04 03 1929 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Charles H. Seals, janitor at the Security State Bank, 1965 Atwood Avenue. He is standing next to a rubber tree plant and is cleaning the table. |
| Date: | 03 25 1927 |
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| Description: | Leo L. Lunenschloss (cashier) at his desk at Security State Bank, 2000 Atwood Avenue. |
| Date: | 06 1971 |
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| Description: | Barber Mike Godsell sitting back and relaxing in his shop. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Young girl in dress and bonnet posing with wood crate. The photograph was likely used by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's advertising department ... |
| Date: | 01 03 1928 |
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| Description: | Advertising photograph of a man in overalls and hat pointing to an International Harvester part. The photograph was taken in a studio and used in company ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Advertising photograph of young girl in overalls and straw hat pointing to spot on a blank poster. |
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