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McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1889
Description: Color lithograph illustration on the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a buffalo gazing down upon men with harvesting m...
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Herds of Bison and Elk on the Upper Missouri

Date: 1832
Description: Herds of bison and elk on the Upper Missouri River.
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Buffalo Hunt, Surround

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on horseback hunting buffaloes (Plate 9).

"Some sixty or seventy young men, all mounted on their wild horses, and armed with bows and lances only...

Book or Pamphlet

Buffalo Pitts Threshers Catalog Cover

Date: 1906
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Buffalo Pitts threshers sold by International Harvester. The cover features an illustration of four buffalo standing ne...
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1893 World's Fair Award, Appleton Woolen Mills

Date: 1893
Description: Award certificate presented to the Appleton Woolen Mills at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The company won a bronze medal at the Fair for its paper makers...
Poster

The Buffalo Shoppe Poster

Date: 08 1972
Description: Poster advertising The Buffalo Shoppe at 1348 Williamson Street, in Madison, Wisconsin. Featured antiques, and an old time photo studio, with photos taken ...
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DDT: Its Effect on Fish and Wildlife

Date: 1946
Description: Cover of United States Department of the Interior Circular 11 entitled DDT: Its Effect on Fish and Wildlife by Clarence Cottam and Elmer Higgins. Th...
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Illustration of a Buffalo

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Description: A wildlife scene featuring a buffalo.
Postcard

Bison at Irvine Park

Date: 1910
Description: View of two bison grazing on weeds behind a tall wire fence in Irvine Park. Caption reads: "Bison at Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Old Oregon Trail

Date: 1948
Description: This illustrated map shows major westward trails from 1785 to 1866: Old Oregon Trail and its deviations, Old Spanish Trail, Lewis and Clark route, Santa Fe...
Drawing

African Buffalo Wearing Stocking Hat

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Description: Ink drawing of a bearded, African buffalo standing in the snow and wearing a stocking hat. In the background are two evergreen trees that are emblematic of...
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Seal of Indiana Letterhead

Date: 12 22 1861
Description: Letterhead with the seal of Indiana. The seal has a star spangled border with red stripes. Inside the seal is a circular landscape scene of a man chopping ...
Postcard

Street Scene of Circus Animals

Date: 11 06 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Street Scene, Baraboo, Wis." Circus animals walking down a city street. Zebras, Water Buffalo, Cattle and Camels are led by handlers....

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