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Photograph

Werner Clothing Store

Date: 1900
Description: Families gathered outside of Werner's Drugstore on annuity pay day. A sign reads "Medicine sold here" in Ho-Chunk, German, and Norwegian. The Ho-Chunk syll...
Book or Pamphlet

Samson Tractor Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a brochure produced by Samson Tractor Company, a division of General Motors Corporation, to advertise the Samson "Iron Horse." The cover fea...
Print

Townsend Oil Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Townsend Oil Tractor featuring an illustration of a man using a telescope to watch another man rake in a pile of money. The headline ...
Print

Elgin Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Advertising mailer for the Elgin tractor, featuring an illustration of a man using a tractor and disc harrow to plant coins marked with a dollar sign.
Book or Pamphlet

Frost and Wood Foldout Card — Inside

Date: 1898
Description: Inside of foldout card, featuring four color scenes. The top is for steel plows, corn cultivators, disk harrows and spring tooth cultivators with an illust...
Photograph

International Harvester Scout: Saving Pennies While it Carries Millions

Date: 06 02 1965
Description: International Harvester Scout. Original caption reads: "Saving Pennies while It Caries Millions. Photograph No. MX-10029-- A David doing work normally rese...
Poster

"It's Too Bad That the Taxpayer . . ."

Date: 
Description: Cartoon of an overweight man wearing a suit and tie. Text reads: "It's too bad that the taxpayer can't vote for a job and raise his own salary! As his poli...
Poster

"4 More Years of What?"

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Description: Black on white caricature of President Jimmy Carter with wide grin, and the word "WHAT" in red letters. Question marks surround his head. The text reads: "...

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