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Woman on Motor Scooter

Date: 1958
Description: A motor scooter in an advertisement with female model sitting on a Cushman Road King motor scooter.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Back cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of young boys racing hom...
Photograph

Dobby's Transfer Truck

Date: 09 14 1929
Description: Men are sitting in the cab of a truck owned by Dobby's Transfer, a local and long distance moving company. A sign on the truck advertises General Electric ...
Photograph

International D-35 Moving Truck

Date: 09 22 1937
Description: International D-35 moving truck owned by Feuer Movers on an urban street.
Photograph

William Sachtjen

Date: 1940
Description: Future District Court Judge William Sachtjen, wearing an apron and holding a broom. He is standing behind a 7-Up sign. Sachtjen worked at Droster's Grocery...
Book or Pamphlet

The Eclipse Wind Engine

Date: 
Description: Engraving of a farm with an Eclipse windmill. There is a cutaway view of the building beneath showing a man inside working at a saw. Another man is working...
Photograph

Filling Station at Old Newport Resort on Lower Dells

Date: 1929
Description: Filling station with attendant standing outside near two pumps. There is a stand with signs advertising Old Gold cigarettes, 5 cent vegetable sandwiches, P...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: View down road towards three workers standing on the porch of an auto repair shop. The shop offers Red Crown Gasoline, Peerless Motor Oil, and Firestone ti...
Print

DYRR Spring Tooth Harrows and Spike Tooth Harrows Catalog

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of a brochure for Dyrr spring tooth and spike tooth harrows. Cover features an illustration of a field scene with a man operating a tractor and harro...
Print

DYRR Offset Disk Harrows Catalog

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of a brochure featuring an illustration of an offset disk harrow pulled by a TracTractor (crawler tractor). In the background is a farm.
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the 5-10 horsepower Avery tractor featuring an illustration of a man using the tractor on a farmstead. An inset illust...
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Avery tractors. A color illustration depicts a man using the tractor in a farm field. The caption at top reads: "The T...
Book or Pamphlet

Eagle Farm Tractors

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Eagle farm tractors featuring a color illustration of a man using a tractor to plow a field in front of a farmhouse.
Book or Pamphlet

Fageol Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Fageol tractors featuring an illustration of a man using a tractor in a field at top and the company logo at bottom ri...
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar in the Woods

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising: "The Caterpillar in the Woods." The illustration depicts two men using a Caterpillar tractor to haul logs through a ...
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar on the Farm

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising: "The Caterpillar on the Farm." The illustration depicts a Caterpillar crawler tractor used to power what appears to ...
Photograph

"We Are Power Farmers"

Date: 1924
Description: A smiling man dressed in coveralls and a hat stands on a lawn next to a sign that reads: "We Are Power Farmers Using Fordson Tractor Purchased from Schoelk...
Print

A Holiday Message To The Drivers of Trucks

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising proof. The illustration is of a truck driver in a yellow truck for Kingan's Reliable Hams and Bacon. Text on bottom right reads: "This is Kinga...

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