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| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Farmall tractors showing a map of the United States with trains speeding in all directions from Illinois. Bears th... |
| Date: | 02 15 1932 |
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| Description: | A Milwaukee-Detroit schedule of the Kohler Aviation Corporation. This Kohler company was based in Grand Rapids, Michigan and was unrelated to the Wisconsi... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Senator Elihu Root addressing Russian soldiers at Perm. Root is standing near the Imperial train that carried members of the Root Commission. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Senator Elihu Root addressing Russian soldiers at Perm. Root is standing near the Imperial train that carried members of the Root Commission. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Bird-eye view of factory buildings at International Harvester's Akron Works. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Group of youth gathered near a passenger car listening to a man identified as "Governor Howard." The man is most likely Edgar Howard, Lieutenant Governor o... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of a hobo in a jacket and hat seated in front of a campfire, warming his hands. His bundle of belongings is on a stick by his side. His footpr... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of the history of the State of Wisconsin, 1848-1948. Shows a map of Wisconsin with many historical and themed elements. Image was created by w... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Aerial view, taken from an airplane, overlooking the streets, houses, stores, trees and railroad cars. |
| Date: | 03 26 1944 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu listing from the Villa Ferrovieri in Italy with the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific (CMSP&P) logo printed in red ink on the cover... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Railroad pass for the Hillsboro and North Eastern Railroad. A short track spanning from Hillsboro to Union Center, the Railroad was in operation from 1903 ... |
| Date: | 11 05 1932 |
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| Description: | Menu for President Hoover and his party aboard the Chicago & North Western Line, with two crossed flags in raised printing: the flag of the United States a... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the dinner menu for The Columbine, a Union Pacific passenger train that traveled between Chicago and Denver, with columbine flowers and the sea... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Interior of the dinner menu for The Columbine, a Union Pacific passenger train that traveled between Chicago and Denver, with columbine flower borders and ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Catalog cover featuring an illustration of an Empire Drill on a map of the northeast United States. A railroad train is traveling east to west from Albany ... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Catalog cover with the title: "The Three Greatest Empires," features an illustration of an Empire Drill in the foreground, and in the background a train tr... |
| Date: | 02 17 1913 |
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| Description: | Cyanotype menu for a Railroad Commission Dinner Dance, with a train steaming down the tracks, the seal of the state of Wisconsin, and two presentations of ... |
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