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| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Front cover of "McCormick Line" farm implement catalog, showing a piece of rope with the title written on it in red and green, against a blue, cloudy sky. |
| Date: | 12 01 1955 |
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| Description: | Neon lights up Wisconsin Avenue on a winter night in Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Color advertising photograph of a man operating a 1450 Cub Cadet lawn tractor with snowblower attachment in a studio with fake snow. |
| Date: | 12 1947 |
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| Description: | Railway Express Agency truck in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway station. Seated or standing on the truck are five people (Frost family?). The... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Building at corner of Lisbon Avenue and North Avenue. A manuscript note on the reverse of the photograph calls this Neumueller's Park, which may have been... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Avenue at Sixth Street, looking east from near the front of the Milwaukee Public Library (left foreground). Taken at night; lighted clocks read 9... |
| Date: | 01 16 1979 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a person entering Mickie's Dairy Bar in winter. The restaurant facade has signs advertising Coca-Cola, 7-Up, Royal Crown cola, a... |
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| Description: | An image of a farmer in a barnyard shoveling snow wearing boots from La Crosse Rubber Mills. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | International Model F, or 31 truck owned by the American Express Company parked near a snowy curb outside the company office. A man wearing a hat is in the... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | International Model F (or 31) truck owned by the American Express Company. The truck is parked in the snow outside the company office. A man wearing a hat ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Rusty Brda, a "Cameo Girl" saleswoman with Bestline Incorporated, holding a bottle of Zip All-Purpose Cleaner while standing by the opened door of a pink-c... |
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| Description: | Woman posing outdoors standing next to an advertisement for the A.F. Werner Store, which is attached to a sleigh on a snow-covered street. The large poster... |
| Date: | 07 29 1935 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Frigid Frozen Custard." Features two men, each driving a dog sled with teams of dogs... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Farmers' Alliance Store. On the side of the building are two signs that say: "Horseshoe Tobacco." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Six people standing on the porch of L.J. Ryan Dry Goods and Groceries. A sign above the door says: Post Office North Andover." A team of two horses are pul... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a pamphlet advertising: "The Caterpillar in the Woods." The illustration depicts two men using a Caterpillar tractor to haul logs through a ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Caterpillar tractor used in transportation. The cover features an illustration of two men using the Caterpillar t... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Catalog cover with the headline: "Light Draft Ideals." Two eagles flying in the sky, and a border of wheat and flowers, are illustrated to look like a carv... |
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| Description: | An advertisement for Norwegian cough syrup painted on the side of a barn near Stoughton on Highway N. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk towards people standing in a line outside a movie theater showing the film The Long Voyage Home. Many people are holding umbrella... |
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