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Postcard

Singer Sewing Machine in Java

Date: 
Description: Illustration of a Javanese woman sewing at a Singer Sewing machine while a Javanese man looks on.
Photograph

Menomonee Drug Company Wagon

Date: 1913
Description: Rial Herreman stands beside a horse-drawn wagon/float, decorated with fresh flowers, advertising the Menomonee Drug Company. This may have been part of a l...
Print

Merchant's Gargling Oil

Date: 1881
Description: Two advertising cards featuring a color illustration of a caricature of a baseball player. The card on the left is titled: "A close Affair. Hugging the Bat...
Book or Pamphlet

Meriam & Morgan Paraffine Co.

Date: 1880
Description: Front and back of 4-panel brochure. Features an illustration of the factory on the front cover. On the inside a 2-page spread features a color illustration...
Print

James Oliver, Inventor of the Chilled Plow

Date: 
Description: Color portrait of James Oliver pasted onto a card. "When I sell a plow, I make a friend."

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