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Three Pond Brothers

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the three Pond brothers, George F., James B., and Homer. They all have beards and moustaches. Two of the ...
Painting

Joshua E. Dodge

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Description: Joshua E. Dodge.
Painting

Governor Nelson Dewey

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Governor Nelson Dewey.
Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Painting

Solomon Levitan

Date: 1926
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Solomon Levitan.
Painting

Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1867
Description: Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick.
Painting

Edward Salomon

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Edward Salomon.
Painting

Moses M. Strong

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Description: Painted portrait of Moses Strong.
Print

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...
Photograph

Martha and Notley Henderson

Date: 1885
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Martha and Notley Henderson with their three children. Their son Allen is standing. The Hendersons were e...
Print

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 ...
Print

Colonel Theodor C. Rodolf

Date: 1881
Description: Quarter-length engraving of Colonel Theodor C. Rodolf.
Photograph

Karl Bitter

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Description: Portrait of Karl Bitter, sculptor of "Wealth" and other statuary for the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Poster

The Ringling Brothers Poster

Date: 1905
Description: A Ringling Brothers poster of "Kings of the Circus World", depicting Alf. T., Al., Chas., John and Otto Ringling.
Print

Joshua Glover

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Joshua Glover.
Photograph

Clippers Baseball Team

Date: 1886
Description: The Neillsville "Clippers" baseball team pose for portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
Photograph

H.H. Bennett Wedding Portrait

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Description: H.H. Bennett wedding portrait. Full-length portrait of Bennett standing in a studio.
Photograph

H.H. Bennett on "Dell Queen" Steamboat

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Description: H.H. Bennett and group of men posing on bow of "Dell Queen" steamboat. There are two men with violins, one with a harp.
Print

Cyrus Hall McCormick

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Description: Engraved portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reap...
Print

Cyrus Hall McCormick

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Description: Engraved portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). The engraving was made by H. Ritchie and was based on a painting by Cabanel. McCormick was a Chicago...

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