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| Date: | 01 1901 |
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| Description: | Lithograph cover illustration in a mosaic styled design for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog of a woman holding a miniature McCormick grain... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Alfred C. Clas (1859-1942), Milwaukee architect whose firm designed the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters building. The architectural f... |
| Date: | 07 25 1932 |
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| Description: | Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum theater trying Cinderella cosmetics in her dressing room with Mr... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | The components of a necklace come together under the skilled hands of a jewelry maker. |
| Date: | 02 10 1913 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton type "M" auxiliary hoist at the Belmont Iron Works. A man wearing a hat is in the cab. The monorail hoist crane, used in stee... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | View of a man crouching in front of a McCormick Farmall Super C tractor with a C-254 cultivator to measure a stalk of corn in a field. |
| Date: | 04 24 1970 |
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| Description: | Chicago R&B act Baby Huey mid-performance viewed from the audience. The band was made up of a three man horn section, electric guitar, drums, congas, elect... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A seated studio portrait of the photographer and his wife, Alice Kent Trimpey. |
| Date: | 05 02 1925 |
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| Description: | Man using walking planter pulled by a mule in a field. |
| Date: | 08 1919 |
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| Description: | A woman, probably a teacher, is standing at a work bench outdoors nailing together a nail box. Her instructor, identified by original caption as Mr. Shephe... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | During a visit to Japan, Danny Kaye, then one of the best known comedians and actors, prompted a typical response from Martha Brown, the wife of Cecil Brow... |
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| Description: | Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, a nationally prominent journalist, whose papers are part of the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society, chatting with Pr... |
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| Description: | The Honorable John D. Brown, Director of Public Celebrations for the City of Boston, presents Daisy Bates with a replica of the famed "Paul Revere Bowl" at... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Jodie "Butterbeans" Edwards and his wife "Suzy," a vaudeville comedy act. After Suzy died in 1962, Edwards continued to tour until the time of his death in... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Harry and Bess (Beatrice) Houdini in formal attire, the year of his death from acute appendicitis. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Escape artist Harry Houdini being tortured by cannibals in the silent film "Terror Island." Like the other films in which Houdini stared, the plot was desi... |
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| Description: | Two-sided playing card used for advertising by magician Howard Thurston (d. 1936), arguably the greatest magician of his day. The reverse side of the card ... |
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| Description: | Advertising brochure for Dell O'Dell, one of a few professional female magicians. |
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| Description: | Irene Norman, film editor of the "Milwaukee Sentinel," interviewing the film star Bebe Daniels. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Men from the Air Force's Red Horse heavy repair squadrons use International equipment to clear land in Vietnam, possibly for construction of barracks or a ... |
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