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St. Paul Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1882
Description: Cover of a catalog for the Saint Paul harvester and cord binder, "The Pioneer Cord Binder of the World," manufactured by the Saint Paul Harvester Works. Th...
Photograph

Precise Cuts

Date: 1950
Description: A jigsaw in the hands of Harry Westphal makes smooth curves on the end of a piece of wood.
Print

John Quincy Adams

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Description: A portrait engraving of John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. president, with an inset of "Treaty With the Osages" at the bottom.
Book or Pamphlet

Feed Your Hungry Crops

Date: 1918
Description: Cover of an "educational" pamphlet published by International Harvester to promote the use of manure spreaders, fertilizers and lime spreaders. Features an...
Photograph

Miles Orton Circus Personnel

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Description: Personnel of the old Miles Orton Circus outside a tent in their 1891-92 New Orleans' quarters.
Print

James Madison

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Description: Portrait engraving of a mature James Madison, from a painting by Durand.
Photograph

William Howard Taft

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Description: Studio portrait of William Howard Taft.
Photograph

Construction of Eagle Heights

Date: 1948
Description: Construction of the faculty housing project at Eagle Heights for the University of Wisconsin Madison.
Photograph

Pastor Claus Clausen

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Pastor Clause L. Clausen, a chaplain in Companies F and S, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained f...
Print

William Henry Harrison

Date: 1841
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States, 1841. Born in Virginia on February 9, 1773, he was the first ...
Print

Wa-Pel-La

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Description: Wa-Pel-La, a Musquakee Chief.
Print

Wa-Na-Ta

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Description: Wa-Na-Ta, Grand Chief of the Sioux. See also Image 1867.
Book or Pamphlet

Osborne Harvesting Machines Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for D.M. Osborne & Co. harvesting machines showing three old men. Two of the men appear to be listening to the third man. I...
Photograph

Kaptein John Ingmundson

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Description: A three-quarter length studio portrait of John Ingmundson, a captain in Company E, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform with sword at his side. The followi...
Book or Pamphlet

Drain the Wet Land

Date: 04 15 1930
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The cover shows a man standing near a drainage ditch. The bookl...
Book or Pamphlet

More and Better Potatoes to the Acre

Date: 06 15 1932
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to help farmers improve their potato crops. Includes an illustra...
Book or Pamphlet

Tuberculosis Must Go

Date: 05 25 1928
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to help prevent the spread of tuberculosis. Includes the text: ...
Book or Pamphlet

Chattanooga Plow Company Catalog

Date: 1918
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Chattanooga Plow Company of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Includes an illustration of a man with a horse-drawn walking pl...
Photograph

Winfred Zabel Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait of Winfred C. Zabel,longtime, on-and-off law partner of William Benjamin Rubin(and also Milwaukee County District Attorney for two stints).
Photograph

Es-ki-ben-de

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Description: Es-ki-ben-de, an Indian scout for the Expeditionary Forces hunting Geronimo. He was the only Indian soldier willing to give up wearing his feathers on his ...

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