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Poster

McCormick "Back from the War" Advertising Poster

Date: 1899
Description: Chromolithograph advertising poster for the McCormick grain binder showing a father, young girl, and a dog welcoming a returning Spanish-American War soldi...
Book or Pamphlet

Osborne Tillage Implement Catalog

Date: 1915
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Osborne line of tillage implements showing a farmer and son in a field with a horse-drawn dis...
Drawing

Abraham Lincoln Traveled This Way

Date: 
Description: Color illustration of Abraham Lincoln riding a horse behind a wagon as children look on. There is a locomotive in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvesting Machinery Catalog Cover

Date: 1889
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company, manufacturers of harvesting machinery. The cover features a framed inset of a scene of...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Advertising Catalog

Date: 1889
Description: Advertising catalog for grain cutting (harvesting) machinery manufactured by William Deering and Company. Features an illustration of children sitting with...
Print

Notre Dame Convent

Date: 1871
Description: The building has a fence around it and the yard is filled with trees. Pedestrians are in the road, as well as a man riding a horse.
Print

Railroad Mail Delivery

Date: 1876
Description: Railroad advertising card showing a mail carrier on horseback on a plank road in 1776, and mail being delivered by train in 1876. A woman with two children...
Print

Geneva Lake Flouring Custom Mills

Date: 1873
Description: A print depicts activity around the three-story, wood frame Geneva Flouring Mills. Horse-drawn wagons, pedestrians, and a boy rolling a hoop create a busy ...
Postcard

Otter Creek Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: A colored photographic view from shoreline towards a truss bridge over the Otter Creek bridge. A horse and buggy are traveling on the bridge, and a woman a...
Postcard

Galloway Hotel

Date: 1908
Description: View from intersection towards the Galloway Hotel, a large three story building with wrought iron fencing along the second story. People are sitting in fro...
Postcard

West Lake Street

Date: 1910
Description: View across intersection towards a central business district, with a printer, a meat market, and a livery stable. A small crowd is gathered on the sidewalk...
Postcard

Spring Green Fair

Date: 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Spring Green Fair." A parade through a town on an unpaved road. A horse-drawn buggy is decorated with "Erin Go Bragh" flags and folia...

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