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McCormick Grain Binder Advertising Poster

Date: 1882
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company featuring a color illustration of a well-dressed farmer riding a binder pulled by two horse...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Trolley

Date: 1890
Description: Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising...
Photograph

Scout II Pickup in Resort Area

Date: 1972
Description: Color advertising photograph of a driver talking with a man in front of a resort building with a number of wagons and canoes in background. A 1972 Internat...
Photograph

"McCormick Day" in Small Rural Town

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of farmers lined up in horse-drawn wagons loaded with their new McCormick farm machines. Their wagons are adorned with "McCormick" signs and ...
Photograph

Angle Worm Station

Date: 1873
Description: View from the foot of Carroll Street with the Angle Worm Station at Barnes boat landing on Lake Monona. Shows the Scutt II taken from the first succ...
Book or Pamphlet

Younglove, Massey & Co. Catalog

Date: 1869
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Younglove, Massey & Co., manufacturers of agricultural equipment. The cover features an engraved illustration of a hors...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Cart Advertising Movie

Date: 09 24 1932
Description: Horse-drawn cart advertising "Horsefeathers," a Marx Brothers movie, for the RKO Orpheum Theatre. "Mad Mirth takes a chariot ride among the wild oats."
Book or Pamphlet

Old Dominion Farm Wagons Catalog Cover

Date: 1911
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for farm wagons from International Harvester of Canada. Features a color illustration of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon ...
Print

Buckeye Farm Wagons Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Buckeye farm wagons sold by International Harvester. The cover features an image of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon o...
Photograph

Young Woman in Clearing

Date: 
Description: A portrait of a young woman wearing a hat and dress, and holding a bouquet of flowers, standing in a clearing. In the background is the darkroom horse-draw...
Photograph

Photographer and Wisconsin State Capitol Building

Date: 07 04 1876
Description: Two men stand by a wagon on which is written "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." The photographer stands on the left side of the view. The flag on the side...
Poster

Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Threshers

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering stationary threshers featuring a color illustration of an all-steel thresher at work in a field and illustrations ...
Photograph

Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory

Date: 1909
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...
Photograph

Photographer and Wisconsin State Capitol Building - Anaglyph

Date: 07 04 1876
Description: Two men stand by a wagon on which is written "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." The photographer stands on the left side of the view. The flag on the side...
Print

International Harvester Farm Gears

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an International Harvester "Farm Gears" brochure. Features an illustration of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon, with a barn and farmhouse in the ...
Print

O.L. Oleson, Agent

Date: 
Description: Advertising card for O.L. Oleson of Ramona, Wisconsin who sold patent medicines. The card features a photograph of Oleson seated in a wagon advertising Wil...
Photograph

Stock Day

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the street on Stock Day. Horses and wagons are traveling down the street. The Bridgeport Hotel and the post office are on the right side. ...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1917
Description: View down middle of a retail street. Horses and buggies are parked on either side of the street at the curb. The visible shops signs are: Millinery, WallPa...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Horse and wagons along the street. There is a small child walking in the lower-left corner. There are advertisements for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and ...

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