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Baking Bread for Communion

Date: 09 25 1963
Description: Elevated view of two women, one pulling loaves of bread from the oven and the other glazing crusts in the church kitchen.
Photograph

Richmond McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view from across street of men posing with farm and lawn equipment along the storefront of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. Thre...
Photograph

Print Shop

Date: 1874
Description: Lithograph from Plate 12 in "Prang's Aids for Object Teaching-Trades & Occupations."
Photograph

Girls with Braids

Date: 
Description: A line of girls, all with their hair in braids, stand with their backs to the camera.
Photograph

Bridge and Downtown Buildings

Date: 1925
Description: View of bridge over Black River Falls, looking at downtown buildings.
Drawing

Mrs. Major Belle Reynolds

Date: 
Description: A sketch drawn from a formal photographic portrait of Mrs. Major Belle Reynolds. During the Civil War many women enlisted in armies or traveled with their ...
Photograph

California Bee Aviary

Date: 
Description: Bee aviary in the hills of California.
Photograph

Frances Willard

Date: 01 08 1898
Description: The last photograph taken of Frances Willard, a leader in the temperance movement and women's activist in the Methodist church.
Photograph

Strang Cottage

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Description: Strang cottage in what was the town of Voree.
Photograph

Daniel Steele Durrie, Librarian

Date: 1892
Description: Portrait of Daniel Steele Durrie (1819-1892), American librarian. Durrie served as the librarian for the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (now the Wi...
Print

Trade Room in the Hudson Bay Company's Fort

Date: 
Description: View through a window of Indians conversing with traders. Caption reads: "Trade-Room [sic], Hudson Bay Company's Fort, In The Plain Country".
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Thermometer

Date: 05 17 1934
Description: A thermometer advertising an International Harvester dealership. The text on the thermometer reads: "South Arkansas Implement Company" and "McCormick-Deeri...
Photograph

Yeomen International Truck

Date: 06 15 1926
Description: A man loading milk pails into an International truck used by the Yeomen City of Childhood. A large barn with a weathervane on the roof, a silo, and a small...
Print

Sign Language Alphabet

Date: 1893
Description: Diagram depicting the alphabet in sign language.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Margaret Mead Newspaper Article

Date: 
Description: A newspaper photograph of Margaret Mead with an article about her appearance and speech at a Civics Club event.
Print

Schlitz Ginger Ale, Label

Date: 1927
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Schlitz, Pale Dry, Ginger Ale 'Will make your hospitality famous.'" The advertisemen...
Book or Pamphlet

Power Machinery Farming

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Aultman & Taylor Machinery Company's line of power farming machinery. The text on the cover reads: "Builders of th...
Print

World's Columbian Exposition Tea Room Menu

Date: 1893
Description: One-page tea room menu from the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition. At the top is an illustration of a gondolier steering a couple in a c...
Map or Atlas

Map to Little Bohemia

Date: 
Description: Map showing the location of the Little Bohemia lodge and restaurant, with major routes from Chicago and eastern and central Wisconsin.
Print

Mrs. John Adams (Abigail Smith)

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Description: Lithographic portrait of Abigail Smith, future wife of President John Adams. Smith is depicted as a young woman, seated in a chair and holding a sprig of a...

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