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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 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 ...
Poster

Map of the United States in 1831

Date: 1933
Description: Map created by International Harvester entitled: "The United States as it appeared in 1831 when Cyrus Hall McCormick invented the Reaper." The map pinpoint...
Photograph

Junior Achievement Award

Date: 12 09 1959
Description: Five members of a Junior Achievement group made up of representatives of the four Madison High Schools accept a plaque for best research in developing new ...
Manuscript

I.M. Singer's Will

Date: 07 16 1870
Description: The front page of the last will and testament of Isaac Merritt Singer, founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
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Fortieth Anniversary of the First Flights of the Wright Brothers Menu

Date: 12 17 1943
Description: Front cover and menu from a dinner honoring Orville Wright, on the fortieth anniversary of the first flights of Wilbur and Orville Wright from Kitty Hawk, ...
Magazine or Periodical

Edison's Electric Generator in Scientific American

Date: 10 18 1879
Description: Depiction of Edison's Electric Generator in the weekly journal of practical information, art, science, chemistry and manufactures. It is an electrical gene...
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Zerk Museum Exhibits

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Description: An exhibit of petrified wood sections and other objects on tables and display cases in the Zerk Museum. Paintings, photographs, jewelry and other objects a...

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