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Poster

Deering Hay Press

Date: 1920
Description: South American advertising poster for the Deering hay presses. Includes a color illustration of farmers with a horse-powered hay press near a large haystac...
Photograph

International Harvester Office Workers

Date: 1909
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...
Photograph

Annex to McCormick Works Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1900
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...
Photograph

McCormick Works Employees Threading Bolts

Date: 1900
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...
Book or Pamphlet

Farmall H Tractor in front of IH Dealership

Date: 1952
Description: Color illustration of a sales agent showing a farmer a new McCormick Farmall H tractor alongside a storefront of a local IH dealership. In the background a...
Photograph

"McCormick Day" in Small Rural Town

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of farmers lined up in horse-drawn wagons loaded with their new McCormick farm machines. Their wagons are adorned with "McCormick" signs and ...
Poster

Deering No. 21 Corn Planter Advertising Poster

Date: 1923
Description: Advertising poster for the Deering No. 21 corn planter featuring color illustration of a farmer operating a horse-drawn corn planter. Includes the text: "s...
Poster

Deering No. 9 and No. 10 Cultivator Advertising Poster

Date: 1923
Description: Advertising poster for Deering No. 9 and No. 10 cultivators featuring color illustration of a farmer in a field with a horse-drawn cultivator. The poster ...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Corn Pickers Advertising Poster

Date: 1924
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick-Deering corn picker featuring color illustration. Includes the text: "Stop husking by hand" and "Do a week's work in a...
Poster

Weber Wagons Advertising Poster

Date: 1924
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester's Weber Southern States Farm Wagon. Includes a color illustration of a man hauling sacks with a horse-drawn ...
Photograph

Capitol Theatre Marquee

Date: 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view from street towards ushers posing in front of the Capitol Theatre. The marquee reads: "Maurice Chevalier in 'The Love Parade.'"
Photograph

Theater Ushers

Date: 02 01 1931
Description: Orpheum and Capitol theatre ushers listening to a talk about fire prevention as they are standing beneath a marquee that advertises the epic "Cimarron."
Poster

International Paraffin Engines Advertising Poster

Date: 1924
Description: Advertising poster for International paraffin engines. Includes photographic illustrations of the engine's agricultural uses as well as color illustration ...
Poster

International Harvester Agricultural Machine Advertising Poster

Date: 1924
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering International agricultural machines. Includes illustrations of tractors, plows, mowers, and other equipment.
Poster

Chinese International Harvester Advertising Poster

Date: 1924
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering International agricultural machines. Includes black and white as well as color illustrations of engines, tractors,...
Photograph

Model Airplane Company

Date: 1940
Description: Assembly line packing by the Supreme Model Supply Co., a model airplane company started by Waukesha teenagers in 1940.
Poster

International Engine Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising poster for International engines. Includes illustrations of the engines' farm uses, including pumping water, washing clothes, and operating a c...
Photograph

Walter's Airline

Date: 1925
Description: Walter Liskowitz of Waukesha in his two-place Standard. This photograph was taken shortly after he organized Walter's Airline to provide service to Chicago...
Photograph

Aerial Photography Business Card

Date: 1925
Description: The business card of Waukesha photographer Warren O'Brien, a pioneer in aerial photography in Wisconsin. The illustration shows him sitting on the wing of ...
Photograph

Flying Tea Party

Date: 
Description: A tea party on an airplane, a publicity stunt conceived by Harry Bruno to promote his Cleveland-area airline, Aeromarine Airlines. By taking local reporter...

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