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Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1886
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a farmer in a field operating a hor...
Book or Pamphlet

Younglove, Massey & Co. Catalog

Date: 1869
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Younglove, Massey & Co., manufacturers of agricultural equipment. The cover features an engraved illustration of a hors...
Book or Pamphlet

International Model D-15 Trucks

Date: 1940
Description: Advertising brochure for International Model D-15 delivery trucks. Features an image of a driver unloading linen from a delivery truck owned by Atlas Linen...
Poster

International Trucks Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks. Features an illustration of men using an International heavy-duty truck at a subway construction site, a list ...
Print

Cottage Inn

Date: 1835
Description: Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a...
Photograph

Horlick's Stone Quarry

Date: 1888
Description: Men working in Horlick's stone quarry. Teams of horses pull wagons. There is a steam pump at right. A man in a hat and coat, possibly William Horlick, stan...
Print

International Trucks for Construction Industry

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising proof encouraging the purchase of International Harvester trucks by individuals in the construction business. The poster features a two-color i...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering I-12 Industrial Tractor Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the McCormick-Deering I-12 industrial tractor. Includes a photograph of an I-12 tractor on display before a group of m...
Postcard

12800 Ft. of Lumber

Date: 1909
Description: Team of horses driving through Antigo hauling 12800 Ft. of lumber. Three men and one driver are sitting on top of the large pile of wood as a crowd of peop...
Print

International D-15 Truck Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International D-15 trucks, featuring the International Triple Diamond logo, and a photograph of a man loading a truck ...
Print

John J. Sherman Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of John J. Sherman, a real estate broker and tax, title, collection, and passenger agent in Wausau, Wisconsin, with images of men felling trees ...
Photograph

Civilian Conservation Corps Employees

Date: 1937
Description: A group portrait of the Motor Transportation and Utilities Department of the Sparta District CCC. Jacob Spreuer, junior dispatcher, is in the second row.
Postcard

Effinger Park

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard view of Effinger Park, including trees, gardens and a fountain. A man wearing overalls stands in the background. Caption reads: "Effinge...
Postcard

New Foundry Building

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view of a foundry. There are workmen standing near the entrance. Caption reads: "New Foundry Building - Beaver Dam - Wis."
Book or Pamphlet

D.S. Morgan & Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1882
Description: Back cover of catalog with an illustration of two men using horse-drawn agricultural machinery in fields, while a group of Native American Indians look on....
Postcard

The "Drummond District," Rust-Owen Lumber Co.

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of an open hay field with stacks of hay. The farmer in the right foreground is working on a haystack. Caption reads: "The 'Drumm...
Book or Pamphlet

"The Story of the Typewriter"

Date: 1923
Description: Illustration on cover of a book written about the history of the typewriter covering 1873-1923.
Postcard

Filling an Ice House

Date: 
Description: Caption reads: "Filling an ice house on Lake Wingra--Wisconsin." A large scaffold holds up the conveyor into the ice house, and a group of men are standing...
Poster

Vous aussi faites votre devoir

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration depicting a woman standing and holding a baby and a rifle. She is looking at a man plowing a field. A town is in the background...
Photograph

International Super A — Municipalities

Date: 1950
Description: View across streeet towards a man using a Super A tractor with sweeper to clean streets. Subject: "Int. Super A — Municipalities." Where Taken: "MW." Infor...

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