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Edna Ferber with Pearls

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edna Ferber looking to her right, wearing a string of pearls.
Photograph

Catalog Shopper

Date: 11 20 1988
Description: Mail-order shopper with too many choices ponders her next purchase.
Photograph

John Alexander, Time/NADA Truck Dealer of the Year

Date: 05 22 1968
Description: John M. Alexander holding plaque recognizing him as the Time/North American Dealer Association (NADA) truck dealer of the year.
Print

Air Race Program

Date: 1925
Description: Official program for the National Air Races, one of the early airplane races publicized by Harry Bruno and his partner, Richard Blythe. The Bruno Papers a...
Photograph

Magazines Displayed in Window

Date: 03 24 1931
Description: Magazines in the Capitol Times window. The "Woman's Home Companion" and "American Magazine" are displayed.
Photograph

Changing Calendar

Date: 05 05 1927
Description: Man turning calendar page of a National Guardian Life Insurance calendar.
Photograph

Marine Captain Joseph McCarthy

Date: 1944
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy in his Marine Corps uniform at the time of his first campaign for the United States Senate. He is holding a piece of his campaign litera...
Book or Pamphlet

International Fire Truck Brochure

Date: 1959
Description: Front cover color illustration of an advertising brochure for International B-line, R-line, V-line and CO-line fire truck chassis.
Print

McCormick Harvesting Machinery Catalog Cover

Date: 1904
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for McCormick harvesting machines. The cover features an illustration of an old man wearing a hat, smoking a pipe and readi...
Photograph

Agricultural Extension Publications

Date: 1946
Description: An array of publications produced and distributed by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. Includes booklets relating to plowing, ho...
Book or Pamphlet

Drain the Wet Land

Date: 04 15 1930
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The cover shows a man standing near a drainage ditch. The bookl...
Book or Pamphlet

Land of Plenty

Date: 1950
Description: Cover a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The cover includes an illustration of a farm with cows in the fore...
Book or Pamphlet

Grow a Garden

Date: 1915
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to promote family gardens. Includes an image of a young woman st...
Book or Pamphlet

More and Better Potatoes to the Acre

Date: 06 15 1932
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to help farmers improve their potato crops. Includes an illustra...
Book or Pamphlet

Tuberculosis Must Go

Date: 05 25 1928
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to help prevent the spread of tuberculosis. Includes the text: ...
Book or Pamphlet

International Fire Truck Brochure

Date: 1973
Description: Back cover of a brochure for International's Fire Fighting and Emergency Equipment. Features a color photograph of seven fire trucks of various sizes. The ...
Document

Highlander Reports 25th Annual Report Cover

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Description: Front cover of the Highlander Reports, October 1, 1956-September 30, 1957, with an image of Septima Clark, who was Director of Education at Highlander Scho...
Document

Highlander Reports 27th Annual Report Cover

Date: 
Description: Front cover of the Highlander Reports, October 1, 1958-September 30, 1959, with an image of Esau Jenkins and Myles Horton.
Document

Highlander Reports 29th Annual Report Cover

Date: 
Description: Front cover of the Highlander Reports, October 1, 1960-September 30, 1961. There is an image on the cover of a meeting attended by Myles Horton at Highland...
Photograph

Striking Sugar Workers

Date: 1955
Description: Striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers employed by the Colonial Sugar Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, distribute literature to passers-by u...

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