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Office and Company Store

Date: 01 13 1919
Description: Office and company store. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisconsin Steel Company. Wisconsin Steel wa...
Photograph

Fauerbach Brewing Co. Buildings

Date: 04 01 1938
Description: Two men standing against a wall, behind the Fauerbach Brewing Co. Railroad tracks are in the foreground, and Lake Monona is in the background.
Photograph

A.L. Dahl's Photography Studio

Date: 1877
Description: A view from the roof across an unpaved road towards a building across the street from A.L. Dahl's photography studio. The two-story storefront is a general...
Print

McCormick's Reaper and Mower Flyer

Date: 1859
Description: Flyer and order form advertising McCormick's Reaper and Mower. Features the headline "15,000 sold in the last 4 years" under an illustration of the reaper...
Photograph

Swedish Branch Office

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester branch office operated by A.B. International Harvester Company, and located in Malmo, Sweden.
Photograph

V.T. Shaw Store & Post Office

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of V.T. Shaw's store and post office. A weather vane is visible on the roof of the building. Caption reads: "V.T. Shaw Store & Post Office, P...
Photograph

Men with McCormick Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Men are sitting and standing around a McCormick mower, while a man wearing a suit and hat is standing to the left writing on a slip of paper, possibly a re...
Photograph

Panoramic Resort — Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1930
Description: View of the entrance to Devil's Lake State Park. There is an information center offering gas, food, and Blatz beer. Two storekeepers and a boy sit on the p...
Photograph

General Store

Date: 
Description: Four men, a dog and a boy sitting on the porch of the general store. Signs in the windows read, "Ferry & Co. Seeds" and "Rape seed for sale." A barn and wi...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1921
Description: Main Street, where two young girls walk on the sidewalk, and a horse and carriage and two cars are parked in the street. There is a townhouse complex on th...
Photograph

Post Office and Johnson's Store

Date: 
Description: View of the post office and Johnson's Store, located in a rural setting. A man carries goods in a horse-drawn wagon. Published by E. Vosseller Stationer.
Photograph

Pronto-Dog Stand

Date: 08 1948
Description: Exterior view of a "Pronto-Dog" stand at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition staffed by three people. Behind the stand is an amusement park ride.
Book or Pamphlet

Wichita Tractors

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet produced by the Wichita Falls Motor Company to advertise their line of Wichita tractors. The cover features a three-quarter illust...
Book or Pamphlet

Moline Universal Tractor Two-Row Cultivator Pamphlet

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Moline Universal tractor two-row cultivator. The pamphlet features a photograph of a farmer using the equipment i...
Book or Pamphlet

Lauson 15-30 Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Lauson 15-30 special road-building tractor. The cover features a partial color illustration of two men using a La...
Print

Parrett Motor Cultivator

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Parrett motor cultivator, featuring an illustration of the machine at center flanked by illustrations of a farmstead, and a man using...
Print

Parrett Motor Cultivator

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement for the Parrett motor cultivator, featuring an illustration of the machine at center flanked by illustrations of a farmstead, and a man using...
Print

Auto-Tiller Advertisement

Date: 1918
Description: Internal page of a pamphlet advertising the World Harvester Corporation auto-tiller. The photograph at top depicts "a seven-year-old boy guiding the AUTO-T...
Print

Woman Using Auto-Tiller

Date: 1918
Description: Advertisement for the World Harvester Corporation's auto-tiller featuring a photograph of a woman using the machine in a field. The caption reads: "The fir...
Print

World Harvester Corporation Auto-Tiller

Date: 1918
Description: Advertisement for the World Harvester Corporation's auto-tiller, featuring two photographs of the machine's work in the field. The caption at top reads: "T...

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