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American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
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McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1890
Description: Lithograph illustration for the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a gentleman sitting in a Victorian parlor pointing to...
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McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
Book or Pamphlet

Osborne Harvesting Machines Catalog Cover

Date: 1902
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for D.M. Osborne & Co. harvesting machines showing three old men. Two of the men appear to be listening to the third man. I...
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Flower Fields

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Description: A group of men posing in a flower field owned by the Camusat Brothers company. Some of the men are holding bouquets of flowers. Caption reads: "Flower Fiel...
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People Posing Around Farm Machinery

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Description: People posing in field, with a barn in the background among trees. In the center a man, three women and a boy are standing in front of a wire fence. Behind...
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Group Portrait with Vojta Masek and Charles Jonas

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Description: Studio portrait of four men sitting in front of a painted backdrop. From the left are Vojta Masek and Charles Jonas sitting on a bench. The men sitting on ...
Postcard

"Buckwheat Cakes and Honey" Music Postcard

Date: 1907
Description: Music and lyrics to "Buckwheat Cakes and Honey." Portraits of Eugene Secor and George W. Work are at left and right at the top. In the center is an illustr...
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Wisconsin Beekeepers Association

Date: 1921
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association at the Wisconsin Markets Expo.
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Portrait of Harry E. Hill

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Description: Oval quarter-length portrait of Harry E. Hill, with writing on the back: "To A.C. Miller with treasured memories of years agone. Sincerely H. Hill."
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Apiary Tent Display

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Description: Three men and a boy standing outside a tent with a sign reading "Apiary." Beekeeping supplies, including hives and frames are displayed inside and outside ...
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Wisconsin State Bee Keepers Association Membership Certificate

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Description: Wisconsin State Bee Keepers Association membership certificate, signed by N.E. France Association President. No. 148. Illustrations of clover flowers and b...
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S.M. Babcock with a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Dr. Stephen M. Babcock posed with a cow in a University of Wisconsin pasture.
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Artwork of Insects with Human Faces

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Description: Print of seven insects and one mammal with human faces. Scientific names printed beneath each image. "Melanoplus differentialis" grasshopper, "Eurypelma he...
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Henry, Chamberlin and Babcock with Butterfat Tester

Date: 1917
Description: Dean W.A. Henry, University President Thomas C. Chamberlin, and Stephen M. Babcock with Babcock's butterfat testing device.
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Orchard Toast

Date: 1910
Description: Posed line of alternating men and women in an orchard standing drinking cider of beer drawn from a keg in the center. Three young children are sitting on t...
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Some of Our Friends Who Love the Honey Bees

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Description: Photographic collage of various beekeepers in the 1870s. Includes photographs of men, women, and children, with their names printed underneath their portra...
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Planet Jr. Implement Catalogue Cover

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of the Planet Jr. catalog. Features an illustration of a man and young girl (about 5 or 6 years old) in a garden pushing a Planet Jr. Garden Drill to...
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Plano Manufacturing Company Advertising Card

Date: 1882
Description: Front of advertising card featuring a color illustration of a group of men looking at a man sitting on a Plano harvester and twine binder in front of an Ag...
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Krueger Family Outside a Barn

Date: 05 07 1903
Description: Edgar, Alexander, and Jennie Krueger standing outside a barn. A young colt named "Frank" is standing in front of Alexander. The colt's mother, "Flora," is ...

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