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Nakoma Real Estate Sign

Date: 1927
Description: Nakoma real estate sign at the corner of Breese Terrace and University Avenue.
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Scene Still from The Jazz Singer

Date: 1927
Description: A still from the film The Jazz Singer showing Eugenie Besserer, Al Jolson, and Warner Oland (Warner 1927).
Poster

McCormick-Deering Engines Advertising Poster

Date: 1927
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering engines showing an arm extending from the top of a color illustration of a Type M stationary engine. The arm is su...
Poster

P&O Plows Advertising Poster

Date: 1927
Description: South African advertising poster for P&O plows, "made especially for South African conditions" and "sold by Champions Limited, Durban, Bloemfontein, East L...
Poster

Cream Separator Advertising Poster

Date: 1927
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Primrose ball-bearing cream separators featuring color illustration of a woman and two children operating a cream ...
Poster

Farmall Regular and 10-20 Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1927
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering tractors showing a Farmall Regular and a 10-20 tractor with descriptive text. Includes the text: "Power Farming is...
Poster

Deering Harvester-Thresher Advertising Poster (Argentina)

Date: 1927
Description: South American advertising poster for Deering harvester-threshers (combines). Imprinted with "International Harvester Company Argentina; Bahia Blanca, Buen...
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Charles Lindbergh

Date: 1927
Description: Colonel Charles Lindbergh walking along steps at the Memorial Union, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Carl Johnson (left) of the Union Committee...
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Charles Lindbergh

Date: 1927
Description: Charles Lindbergh arriving in Madison to receive an honorary degree from University of Wisconsin. 1927
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Canning Corn

Date: 1927
Description: Husband and wife canning corn in kitchen using Burpee Can Sealer.
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Workman Filling International Model "63" Coal and Ice Truck

Date: 1927
Description: African American workman filling an International Model "63" coal and ice truck. The truck was owned by George Jaekel & Son Coal and Ice Company based in ...
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Beauty Class

Date: 1927
Description: A beauty culture class in session.
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Farm Hazard: Playing with Firecrackers

Date: 1927
Description: Staged scene of young boy about to light large firecracker. He is sitting on steps, and a push scooter is lying on its side on the sidewalk. This photograp...
Photograph

Mussolini and Bust

Date: 1927
Description: Sculptor Jo Davidson stands with Benito Mussolini and his bust-in-progress of Mussolini.
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Agriculture Hall and Henry Mall in Madison

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of the College Of Agriculture building on Henry Mall at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Photograph

Lindbergh before Flight

Date: 1927
Description: Publicist Harry Bruno; B.F. Mahoney, designer of "The Spirit of St. Louis"; an Earl Carroll chorus girl; Charles Lindbergh; and Bruno's partner, Richard Bl...
Poster

McCormick Harvester-Thresher Advertising Poster

Date: 1927
Description: South American advertising poster for the McCormick harvester-thresher (combine) featuring color illustration of farmers operating a horse-drawn harvester-...
Poster

The "Big Ball" Twine Poster

Date: 1927
Description: Advertising poster for the "Big Ball" of binder twine produced by the International Harvester Company. Features an illustration of a big ball of twine.
Poster

Advertising Poster for P&O Light-Draft Listers

Date: 1927
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering P&O Light-Draft listers, lister cultivators, and ridge busters. Includes color illustrations and the text: "the li...
Poster

Harvester-Thresher Advertising Poster

Date: 1927
Description: Advertising sign for the McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thresher (Combine). The poster includes the text "Once Over and It's All Over."

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