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McCormick Reaper Directions
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Handbill containing directions for putting together and operating McCormick's reaper, manufactured by C.H. McCormick & Co. Headline over illustration of the machine reads "Read and attend to this carefully if you would preserve your reaper."
1850
Cyrus H. McCormick & Co.
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Governor Blacksnake Manuscript Page
Page from the Lyman Draper manuscript regarding Governor Blacksnake.
Soren Sorenson
1869 - 1929
Newspaper clipping on the death of Soren Sorenson, who practed medicine in Racine.
$30 Reward
February 1, 1864
List of Civil War draft-dodgers issued by the Provost Marshal's office, Fifth District of Wisconsin.
Emilie Quiner Diary Page
July 8, 1863
Diary entries for July 7 and 8, 1863 written by Emilie Quiner while caring for Union soldiers in Memphis, Tennessee.
German McCormick Self-Rake Reaper Advertisement
1870
German-language circular advertising McCormick's Self-Rake Reaper.
News Article, How Nonviolent Warrior Feels on Firing Line in Rural Dixie, May 20, 1963
circa 1964
Materials from the civil rights era, particularly around the 1960s.
