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Map or Atlas

Panoramic View of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee with prominent streets and buildings identified. Taken from City Hall Tower.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Chilton, Wisconsin

Date: 1878
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chilton with insets of points of interest, including P.H. Becker's Brewery, Chilton House, and Gutheil's Block.
Book or Pamphlet

Advertisement for International D-2 Trucks

Date: 1939
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for the 1939 line of International Model D-2 trucks. Includes an image of a bakery delivery man returning to a truck...
Book or Pamphlet

International Trucks with Metroette Dari-Van Bodies

Date: 1960
Description: Advertising brochure for International AB-series trucks with Metroette Dari-Van bodies. Models covered include the AB-120 and AB-140 drop-frame chassis mil...
Print

Christ Feed Mill

Date: 1963
Description: H.P. Christ Feed Mill. The first building across the street is the Atlas Hotel which was located at the site of the present Milo Howarth senior home. Other...
Photograph

Melchoir House

Date: 1931
Description: Drawing of the Melchoir House, which was a popular hostelry and brewery operated by Jacob Melchoir. It later became an Indian boarding house.
Postcard

Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: Hand-colored postcard of the interior of the Schlitz Palm Garden. Located on N. 3rd Street, south of W. Wisconsin Avenue, the Schlitz Palm Garden opened on...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Musk Melons

Date: 1911
Description: A man and a boy use dollies to haul giant musk melons near a train. In red text on the upper center portion is the inscription, "How we do things at Bald K...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Loading Cabbage

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: A group of male laborers load a giant cabbage up a ramp and onto a train car. The side of the train says "Wisconsin and Michigan." A pile of other giant ca...
Poster

International Harvester Bakeries Poster

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester trucks as used by the bakery industry. The poster features a color illustration of a uniformed man holding a...
Poster

International Harvester Bottling Truck Poster

Date: 1932
Description: Poster advertising International trucks as used by the bottling industry. The poster features a color illustration of two children drinking bottled beverag...
Print

America's Dairyland

Date: 
Description: Wisconsin promotional decal with a map of the state, with many cities marked and drawings of some Wisconsin icons: cheese, cows, deer, beer, Wisconsin Dell...
Book or Pamphlet

International M-2 Truck Brochure

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the International Model M-2 truck. Features a photograph of a man carrying bottles back to a milk truck in a residenti...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: The Milky Way

Date: 1910
Description: A convertible automobile with its top down has crashed into the back of a horse-drawn wagon carrying three enormous, full milk cans. The cans have spilled ...
Print

International C-1 Truck Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the International C-1 truck. Includes the International Triple Diamond logo, and an illustration of a C-1 truck operat...
Print

International Dairy Trucks Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International milk trucks. Features a photograph of a milk delivery truck in a residential neighborhood and the text: ...
Print

Beer Is Back

Date: 1933
Description: Card advertising the return of beer for sale at the end of Prohibition. The card offered free delivery of Blatz Old Heidelberg brew to all parts of Madison...
Print

Brewmaster's Pub Napkin

Date: 
Description: Napkin from Brewmaster's Pub in Kenosha advertising itself as the Midwest's first brew pub. The graphic on the napkin includes a beer stein and a stalk of ...
Print

International D-20 Truck Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the International D-2 truck, featuring a photograph of a delivery man in a residential neighborhood with a D-2 Holsum b...
Print

Louis Koenig Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of Louis Koenig, dealer in "Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars" from Scott, Wisconsin, with a drawing of two men wearing long-sleeved shirts, vests,...

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