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| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc... |
| Date: | 11 22 1937 |
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| Description: | McCormick-Deering dealer Edward Gumienick smoking a cigar as he is loading dairy equipment into his International truck for a sales "canvassing" trip. His ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of five children walking in a field behind what appears to be tenement housing. Wooden fire escapes are attached to the rear of the buildings... |
| Date: | 03 1949 |
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| Description: | Pauline Frederick (center in the fur coat), then the only woman news broadcaster at ABC, was one of many prominent women who addressed the Advertising Wome... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising brochure with testimonial letters from International Harvester customers. Features a drawing of a man looking over the shoulder of ... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "German Style Beer, Peter Bub Brewery." Pictured on the label are a group of gnomes d... |
| Date: | 02 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Gilbert Stahl, camera man for Brock Engraving Company, adjusts art in the copy holder. Shown is the camera which will shoot the art; negatives are develope... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A page from the pressbook for the movie "Black Like Me" depicting a one-sheet poster that could be ordered to publicize the film. The poster reads: "I chan... |
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| Description: | A color program for the film "Riot in Cell Block 11" in Italian (Rivolta al Blocco 11). The cover shows two men attacking another man. An oversized image o... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Front and back of advertising card for the New Gale Chilled Plow. On the front is a color illustration of a man sitting at the base of a tree pulling the t... |
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| Description: | Poster for the Ohio Tavern. In the center is a caricature of an Irish leprechaun, smoking a pipe and dancing with a glass in his hand. In the upper left mu... |
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| Description: | Black letters on white, text reads: "The Wisconsin legislature should pass a bill raising their drinking age above 50 years of age." |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Colored drawing of an injured bird with bandages on its cheek, neck, and wing. Supported by a crutch, it is leaning against a bar by a drink with an ice cu... |
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| Description: | Drawing of red-bearded leprechaun with a pipe in his mouth. He is holding up a curved bat (perhaps a shillelagh) in one hand and an oversized three-leafed ... |
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| Description: | British quad poster for the 1961 film The Connection by Shirley Clarke. Black and white woodcut of four musicians playing the piano, drums, saxophone and s... |
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| Description: | Photograph of a newspaper or magazine advertisement for the Ziv-TV show "I Led 3 Lives" which was based on the career of FBI undercover agent Herbert Philb... |
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| Description: | Brown felt pennant featuring a photograph of silent film actor Harry Morey. The small photograph shows Morey wearing a hat and holding a cigar in his hand ... |
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