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Poster

World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1943
Description: Poster for International Harvester dealerships promoting the collection of scrap metal for use in war production. Features an illustration of a smiling sol...
Print

Brochure Image for Invincible Cabin Monoplane

Date: 1929
Description: An advertising brochure for the Invincible Cabin Monoplane, an airplane briefly manufactured by the Invincible Metal Furniture Company of Manitowoc. Text o...
Poster

World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Advertising poster encouraging citizens to salvage their scrap metals for the war. Features an illustration of a scrap metal "man" hitch-hiking a ride from...
Poster

World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Poster promoting the use of scrap metal for war materials. Features illustrations of guns, tanks, ships and other armaments that could be produced using sc...
Poster

World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Poster promoting the collection of scrap metal for use in war production. Includes an illustration of a farmer and International Harvester dealer dumping a...
Poster

Governor Heil's MacArthur Week Poster

Date: 1942
Description: Poster advertising a World War II scrap drive effort sponsored by Wisconsin Governor Julius Heil. The effort was known as "MacArthur Week" and took place b...
Photograph

Falk Logo

Date: 04 10 1991
Description: Falk logo that reads, "Gearing for Tomorrow / Falk".
Photograph

Farmall Tractor

Date: 04 09 1948
Description: Farmall Tractor outside the Kupfer Foundry and Iron Works, 101 Waubesa Street. Photograph taken for R.L. Kulzick advertising agency.
Print

Gueder, Paeschke & Frey Co.

Date: 1930
Description: Panoramic print of factory. Six large smokestacks, several small ones, a flag, and a water tower decorate the rooftops. Horse-drawn vehicles are on the roa...
Photograph

Display Background

Date: 1938
Description: Display background for the Wisconsin Steel Company exhibit at the American Foundrymen's Convention.
Photograph

Ornamental Iron Works

Date: 1935
Description: An International P-12 power unit provides power to machinery in a factory workroom at the Ornamental Iron Works. A small refrigerator labeled "Drink Coca-C...
Manuscript

Earth Metal Advertisement

Date: 1981
Description: Back of a "Get The Red Edge" advertisement mailer for IH patented Earth Metal disk blades. Text highlights the "super hard and super tough" disk blades tha...
Photograph

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 
Description: Professional illustration art of a hydraulic automatic lathe. The close-up view shows a machining tool with angled bits, presumably at Gisholt Machine Comp...
Painting

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 
Description: Illustration art of a hand using a control arm with a ball-end on Hydraulic Automatic Lathe manufactured by Gisholt Machine Company. White line over-image ...
Photograph

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Professional illustration art of the No. 12 Automatic Production Lathe by Gisholt Machine Company with a close=up of the product plate and trademark. The b...

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