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Book or Pamphlet

Cover of German McCormick Catalog

Date: 1915
Description: Drawing on front cover of German McCormick catalog depicting a farmer on a horse-drawn binder in a field next to rolling hills with trees.
Book or Pamphlet

Two-Speed Kerosene-Gasoline Tractor Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International Type A and Type B two-speed kerosene and gasoline tractors. Features a color illustration of a man drivi...
Photograph

Snow-Covered Road

Date: 1911
Description: Winter scene with a snow-covered road and trees near Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, with a farmhouse in the distance. Taliesin is located in the...
Photograph

Taliesin from the South

Date: 1911
Description: Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, from the south. The exterior of the bedroom wing and the living room can be seen in the distance at the right. Th...
Photograph

Taliesin from the South

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of the bedroom wing and terrace of Taliesin, as viewed from the south. Taliesin was the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. The entrance road is in t...
Photograph

Landscape, Milk Room, Water Tower, and Garage at Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Landscape and construction of the milk room, water tower, and garage at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, from the west. Ladders are propped agains...
Photograph

Camp Williams Town

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Camp Williams Town, with many houses. In the background are bluffs.
Photograph

Cochrane from a Field

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of Cochrane from a field. A road or highway stands between the field and Cochrane. Caption reads: "Birds [sic] Eye View Looki...
Book or Pamphlet

Low Lift Manure Spreaders Catalog Cover

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester Low Lift manure spreaders. Features an illustration of a rural road in autumn with the Internat...
Photograph

International Model F Truck on Pike's Peak

Date: 1916
Description: Four men sitting in an International "Model F" truck after the first climb to the top of Pike's Peak in 1916. The truck is in the middle distance, with a v...
Photograph

Elevated View of Wausau in Summer

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of Wausau from the edge of town looking toward residences and businesses. Hills are in the far background.
Photograph

Elevated View of Wausau in Winter

Date: 1912
Description: Winter view over fields of town with hills in the far background.
Photograph

Entrance Gate at Taliesin

Date: 1914
Description: Entrance gate at Taliesin, and the landscape around the gate. Taliesin was the summer residence of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin is located in the...
Postcard

Home Store, Prairie Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Home store, Prairie Farm. Includes additional buildings. Caption reads: "Home Store Prairie Farm Wis."
Photograph

Panoramic View of Burlington

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic photographic view of Burlington, taken with a local Al-vista panoramic camera.
Photograph

Automobile on Country Road

Date: 08 23 1917
Description: Man, possibly Joseph Brown, attending to an automobile on the road between Waukesha and Ionsman. Rural landscape and farm in the background.
Photograph

Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" Airplane in Flight

Date: 09 03 1918
Description: A Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" airplane / biplane in flight over the Weber Farm south of Lake Monona. Titled in the album "The First Aeroplane in Madison". "The f...
Postcard

C. & N. W. Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Chicago & Northwestern Railway Depot, with train shed and clock tower. In the foreground is a landscaped area with flowers. In the background is Lake Mich...
Photograph

Pathfinder on Rural Road

Date: 1911
Description: The Milwaukee Journal car on the side of the road in the countryside. Two women are sitting in the car, and two men are sitting on the side and front of th...
Photograph

Bascom Hall

Date: 10 10 1916
Description: View from distance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) dome burning on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Smoke is billowing out from the building...

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