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| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery. |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the five-story tall mill erected at the outlet of the Yahara Creek by Leonard J. Farwell. This engraving appears in Statistics of Dane County,... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Two International model "F" or "31" trucks with male drivers, which are operated by the Royal Carbonating Company of Providence, Rhode Island. The trucks a... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Tanks at the Heileman Brewing Company decorated to look like a six-pack of beer cans. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A McCormick-Deering ten can cooler sits underneath a counter next to the soda faucets at Clyde Cockershaw's Bar. In the background are advertisements for a... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Workers standing near bottling equipment at the Royal Crown Cola Company. Advertising signs for Royal Crown and Nehi soda are in the background. |
| Date: | 02 01 1939 |
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| Description: | A man loads a wooden crate onto the back of an International D-7 truck used by Coast Fisheries. The truck is parked on the street near the storefront. A m... |
| Date: | 01 18 1935 |
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| Description: | International Model C-30 truck owned by the Manchester Biscuit Company parked along the curb in front of the company's building. A display of biscuit boxes... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An International L-182 truck owned by the Arizona Distributing Company parked near an opened garage door of a warehouse. The truck advertises Miller High L... |
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| Description: | A copy of a promotional postcard showing the Jacob E. Decker & Sons packing plant, factories, railroad, and grazing animals. All contribute to the producti... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Men with horses and wagons gathered outside the Faville Grove Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory. A poster advertising the State Fair is pasted to the wa... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | International Truck advertisement featuring a color illustration of several International trucks, and the International Triple Diamond logo. Includes the t... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Four young men sitting in front of a grocery store. The young man on the left is sitting beside a crate of corn, wearing sunglasses and holding a bag of gr... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the two-story Loyd Cheese Factory. A barn on the left of the factory features an advertisement for Star Tobacco. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Banjo-ukulele used by jingle composer Richard Trentlage in the first recording of the Oscar Mayer Wiener Song, 1962. (Museum object #2009.59.1) |
| Promotions on Paper, 1850s-1975 |
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| Custom-designed letterheads were a universal way of proclaiming who you were. Historical letterheads are prime examples of early branding. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Advertisement from catalog featuring an illustration of the Jones Chain Mower, and a man using it in a field with a team of horses. Around the border are i... |
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