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Willie Harradon

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Description: Cigarette Advertising Cards produced by Allen and Ginter. Depicted is Willie Harradon, a cyclist also known as "The Youthful Phenomenon."
Photograph

Olsen & Johnson Promoting their Show

Date: 04 16 1932
Description: Surrounded by onlookers, Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are riding in a wire cage on the back of a "Federal" brand truck. The truck is on the bed of another "F...
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller and Company Advertising Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for Aultman, Miller and Company, manufacturers of agricultural equipment. Features a chromolithograph of a woman sit...
Poster

"Madison Kaleidoscope Needs Hawkers"

Date: 1970
Description: The Madison Kaleidoscope, an Underground newspaper, calls for hawkers. Those interested were directed to call "and ask the Pretty Lady for further S...
Photograph

Postwar Berlin

Date: 1951
Description: A street scene in Berlin that shows the damage caused by wartime bombing. A banner or billboard on the damaged building on the right is advertising a film ...
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof with Truck Driver and Boy

Date: 09 30 1950
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring a color photograph of a boy on a bicycle talking to a man with a truck behind them. Includes the text...
Postcard

International A-110 Truck Postcard

Date: 1957
Description: Advertising postcard featuring a color illustration of a man driving an International A-110 truck for "B&H Florist."
Photograph

Milwaukee Grape Boycott Picketers

Date: 1969
Description: Picketers in front of Kroger supermarket in Milwaukee carrying United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO signs that read, "Boycott Grapes" to support the grape boyc...
Book or Pamphlet

International Scout 800 Brochure

Date: 1965
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the International Scout 800, featuring a color photograph of a woman behind the wheel of a Scout truck. There is a you...
Drawing

Andrae Cycles Advertisement

Date: 09 1895
Description: Full page, engraved advertisement for Andrae Cycles. Depicts men and women bicycling on a path in a bucolic setting, in addition to text promoting bicycles...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

American Velocipede Advertisement

Date: 03 1869
Description: Engraved image of a man riding an American Improved Velocipede.
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Catalog Cover

Date: 1897
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a man fixing a bicycle while a woman and two children look on. The woman's outfit sports "leg o' mutton" (or gig...
Book or Pamphlet

Massey-Harris Company Pamphlet

Date: 1897
Description: Front and back cover, and two inside pages of a small pamphlet with text and illustrations in blue ink. The front has a small illustration of a man wearing...
Postcard

Lunch Stand at Durand

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of a lunch stand advertising buttered popcorn, ice cream cones and cigars. Groups of men, women and children are...
Map or Atlas

Map of Waupun, Wisconsin, City of Sculpture

Date: 2008
Description: This double sided map shows roads, railroads, biking trails, civil townships, parks, wildlife refuges, town halls, and hospitals. The region map covers par...

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