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La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor with Captions

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Description: Front three-quarter view wash drawing of La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor with captions pointing out features of the tractor.
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Cartoon "Cutting out the Axis"

Date: 08 1943
Description: A cartoon originally published in the August issue of the "HARVESTER NEWS-LETTER" showing a International Harvester employee working on a lathe cutting out...
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Young America, North and South

Date: 1860
Description: Envelope compares a young man of the North, on the left, to a young man of the South, on the right. The young Northern man is working with an older man on ...
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Old Abe Agricultural Advertising Cards

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Description: The eagle "Old Abe" was used for many years by J.I. Case Company, of Racine, Wisconsin, as the firm's trademark, and is shown on these advertising cards is...
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Let Me "Register" In Your Heart!

Date: 1955
Description: Child's Valentine's Day card. A puppy wearing a blue bow sits with his front paws on an old fashioned cash register. On the keys is the text: "I LOVE U." A...
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Power Units for Cotton Gins

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for power units suitable for use with cotton gins. Features photographic illustrations of cotton gins and International po...
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La Valle Roller Mills Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the La Valle Roller Mills, a miller of wheat, rye, and buckwheat flours and cornmeal. Includes illustrations of Plansifter System machinery, ...
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Exhibit Room

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of the exhibit room in the Milwaukee School of Trades.
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Machinist and Tool Making Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of men working in the machinist and tool making shop at the Milwaukee School of Trades.
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Carpentry and Wood Working Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Students at work in the carpentry and woodworking shop at the Milwaukee School of Trades.
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E.P. Allis & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the E.P. Allis & Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the Corliss steam engine it manufactured. Printed in red and b...
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Schwaab Stamp & Seal Co. Billhead

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Description: Billhead of the Schwaab Stamp & Seal Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, an engraver and manufacturer of seals, stamps, and checks. In the center is a circula...
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James Sheriffs Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of James Sheriffs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturer of "Propeller Wheels, Steam Engines, Boilers, Mill Machinery, Iron and Brass Castings," ...
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Krebs Lithographing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Krebs Lithographing Company, a steam lithographic printing house in Cincinnati, Ohio, with two workmen and a boy operating a printing press...
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Power-Plus Parrett Motor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for Parrett agricultural machinery, featuring the "power-plus" Parrett kerosene motor. An illustration of the motor is surrounded by text det...
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Wolverine Kerosene Tractor

Date: 1917
Description: Advertisement for the Wolverine kerosene tractor with a headline reading: "Built to do Your Work at Lowest Fuel Cost and Least Repair Expense. Guaranteed t...
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Boiling the Beer

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved image of a man adding ingredients from a barrel to a boiling vat of beer.
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Cleveland All-Purpose Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: A man uses the power take-off on the Cleveland All-Purpose crawler tractor. A belt is running off of the tractor into a barn. The caption reads: "The Cleve...
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J. Vandervort Letterhead

Date: 1884
Description: Letterhead from the office of J. Vandervort, Practicle Apiarist and Manufacturer of Comb Foundation Machines. Laceyville, PA., July 28 1884.
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Miracle Pressed Stone Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Miracle Pressed Stone Company, with a three-quarter view of a cement building block, nestled in the curve of the decorative capital "M" o...

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