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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Print

McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1890
Description: Lithograph illustration for the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a gentleman sitting in a Victorian parlor pointing to...
Poster

International D-1 Trucks Advertising Poster

Date: 1933
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks. Features a color illustration of an elevated view of an International D-1 truck with people gathering around t...
Postcard

Kansas Equal Suffrage

Date: 1912
Description: Depiction of a man and a woman each putting their votes into a ballot box, touting equal suffrage: "For a better government of the people, by the people, a...
Print

General Ulysses S. Grant and Family

Date: 
Description: Engraving from a photograph of Ulysses S. Grant with his family.
Poster

Democratic Candidates poster

Date: 1922
Description: Poster for "Democratic Candidates Kept Off the Ticket" for "Election Tuesday Nov. 7, 1922." Candidates and their photos include: Joseph R. Pfiffner, Emil T...
Book or Pamphlet

Minneapolis Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1885
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Minneapolis Harvester Works, manufacturers of twine binders and other agricultural implements, featuring a chromol...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Catalog

Date: 1891
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a farmer working in a field with a grain binder. A young man holds a par...
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller and Company Catalog

Date: 1901
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Aultman, Miller and Company, Buckeye brand. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of children dresse...
Book or Pamphlet

International Pickups "The Year's Smartest Numbers"

Date: 1967
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for the 1967 line of International pickups showing color illustration of three young women and a young man with an I...
Postcard

Stephen and Clara Medhurst Willingham Chilton

Date: 12 25 1934
Description: Holiday postcard featuring a photograph of Stephen Chilton and Clara Medhurst Willingham Chilton, grandparents of Aunt Clara Bewick Colby.
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Refrigerator Brochure

Date: 1949
Description: Cover of a brochure for International Harvester refrigerators with an image of a man and woman admiring a refrigerator stocked with food and drink.
Poster

Champion Harvesting Machines Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising poster for Champion brand agricultural machines, manufactured by Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company. The main illustration depicts a salesma...
Postcard

Education Building at the Fair

Date: 
Description: Crowd of people in front of the Education Building at the State Fair. Caption reads: "Education Building, Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee."
Book or Pamphlet

International Scout II Brochure

Date: 1971
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising the International Scout II truck. Features a color photograph of people lining up to examine a Scout II. The text r...
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior of the Post Office. Two people are standing at the entrance on the left. Caption reads: "Post Office, Middleton, Wis."
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 11 1954
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features a photograph of Ronald Colman and Benita Hume with the tex...
Magazine or Periodical

The Democratic Convention at Cincinnati

Date: 07 10 1880
Description: Large crowd of people in ter hall for the Democratic Convention at Cincinnati.
Print

Sincere Affection

Date: 1906
Description: Valentine's Day card with three hearts attached by ribbons. The top heart contains two cherubs with a cornucopia full of hearts. It has a gold, blue and wh...
Print

Wishing You a Merry Christmas

Date: 1889
Description: Holiday card depicting a family; mother, father, daughter, son and their dog. The mother is standing and holding a tea tray, the father is sitting, and the...

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