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Zalmon G. Simmons

Date: 07 13 1915
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Zalmon G. Simmons, Kenosha manufacturer.
Photograph

Walter Stern

Date: 12 02 1936
Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait of Walter Stern, Milwaukee company president.
Photograph

Edgar A. Ulbricht

Date: 07 15 1921
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edgar A. Ulbricht, Milwaukee company president. He is holding a cigar.
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International Truck with Filmmakers

Date: 08 15 1937
Description: Two men use a platform on the back of an International truck parked in a cornfield to operate a motion film camera. The original caption reads: "Suggested ...
Photograph

Copy Photograph of John Buffalo Head

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Description: Copy photograph of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting outside a tent, smoking a calumet pipe, holding a metal tomahawk, and wearing a Sioux headdress, several n...
Photograph

Copy Photograph of John Buffalo Head

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Description: Copy photograph of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting outside a tent smoking a calumet pipe, holding a metal tomahawk, and wearing a Sioux headdress, several ne...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of John Hazen Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man with a beard posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is smoking a pipe and holding a cane in his left ...
Poster

"Miffland Deed"

Date: 07 17 1970
Description: A deed solidifying an agreement between J. Wesley Miller and the Miffland Cooperative. Features a photograph of "Jes' Folks," portraits of a young child, a...
Photograph

Cy Young

Date: 1948
Description: Cy Young was widely regarded as the greatest baseball pitcher of all times. Cy Young, 80 years old, who resided in Newcomerstown, Ohio was invited to speak...
Poster

Sock Hop

Date: 03 26 1971
Description: Poster promoting a sock hop held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus at Gordon Commons. Features a man and woman on a motorcycle.
Photograph

Marines with International M-3-4 Trucks

Date: 1941
Description: Two uniformed Marines stand in front of International trucks parked in a row. One man holds a cigarette in his hands. The original caption reads: "Captain ...
Photograph

Liberty Fleet

Date: 1942
Description: Four men, including Fowler McCormick (third from left), stand in front of the "Liberty Fleet" of International trucks decorated with United States flags. F...
Photograph

Henry Wallace Talking with Two Men

Date: 06 17 1939
Description: Henry Wallace, between two men, talking outdoors near an automobile. Henry Wallace, then the United States Secretary of Agriculture, visited and toured Gre...
Poster

"Smoke-In Day"

Date: 09 05 1971
Description: Poster promoting the Washington, D.C. July 4, 1971 smoke-in. Features an image of a man holding a burning American flag and a lyric from a Chubby Checker s...
Photograph

Men Presenting Boy Wearing Crown with Portrait

Date: 1941
Description: A young boy wearing a crown is presented with a framed portrait of himself by two men, one of whom is smoking a cigarette. The man on the right is holding ...
Photograph

Man with Two Women Wearing Bonnets

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A man smoking a cigar and wearing a hat stands between two women wearing bonnets and matching dresses with signs around their necks that read "My Heart Bee...
Photograph

Man Juggling Tin Cans

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A man smoking a cigarette and wearing a hat is juggling tin cans in front of the "Prize Cakes and Coffee" booth at a Civilian Defense Rally.
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Three Men Wearing Ties

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Three men standing next to each other wearing ties on a raised platform at a Civilian Defense Rally. They each have a ribbon on their ties that says: "Comm...
Photograph

Man Wearing Hat Smoking Cigar

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A man near a booth wearing a hat with a feather smokes a cigar while setting up for a Civilian Defense Rally. The announcers platform is in the background.
Photograph

Portrait of Four Ho-Chunk Men from the Greencrow Family

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Description: Studio portrait of four Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. They are sitting around a table on which is sitting two packages wrappe...

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