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Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 01 1901
Description: Lithograph cover illustration in a mosaic styled design for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog of a woman holding a miniature McCormick grain...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op...
Photograph

Children Near Tenements

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of five children walking in a field behind what appears to be tenement housing. Wooden fire escapes are attached to the rear of the buildings...
Photograph

Filling Station at Old Newport Resort on Lower Dells

Date: 1929
Description: Filling station with attendant standing outside near two pumps. There is a stand with signs advertising Old Gold cigarettes, 5 cent vegetable sandwiches, P...
Photograph

Scene at Black Hawk

Date: 1922
Description: View from road of the Black Hawk State Bank, an automotive repair station, and a house. The Bank has striped awnings and a La Follette poster in the window...
Print

Pioneer Tractors Advertisement

Date: 1926
Description: Advertisement for Pioneer tractors featuring an illustration of a pillared stone structure inset with a scene of a farmer using a tractor in a field.
Photograph

Farmers' Alliance Store

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior of the Farmers' Alliance Store. On the side of the building are two signs that say: "Horseshoe Tobacco."
Photograph

General Merchandise Store and Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Six people standing on the porch of L.J. Ryan Dry Goods and Groceries. A sign above the door says: Post Office North Andover." A team of two horses are pul...
Photograph

"We Are Power Farmers"

Date: 1923
Description: Two men and a boy in front of a barn are posed with a Fordson tractor. The two men are wearing straw hats. A sign on the tractor reads: "We Are Power Farme...
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Push Binder

Date: 1907
Description: Side view of a man using a horse-drawn push binder in a field. The man is standing on a platform under an umbrella which has an advertisement for hardware ...
Photograph

Three Tractors Pulling 36 Feet of Plows

Date: 1915
Description: View of partially plowed field, with two men in suits standing posing on the left with 36 feet of plows, pulled by three tractors. The tractors each have a...

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