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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 ...
Photograph

Obed Hussey

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter-length portrait of inventor Obed Hussey (1782?-1860) as it appeared in W.T. Hutchinson's biography of Cyrus Hall McCormick. He is wearing an eye pa...
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James Oliver, Inventor of the Chilled Plow

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Description: Color portrait of James Oliver pasted onto a card. "When I sell a plow, I make a friend."
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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, ...
Book or Pamphlet

The Buckeye Catalog with Calendar — February & March

Date: 1895
Description: Catalog featuring calendar pages. February features Lewis Miller, the father of the mowing machine, with text and a portrait. March has an illustration of ...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Front cover of catalog featuring a framed portrait of Cyrus H. McCormick surrounded by foliage. A putto is pulling away a drape from the portrait with one ...
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Engraving "Men of Progress, American Inventors"

Date: 05 22 1935
Description: Engraving of "Men of Progress, American Inventors."
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Portrait of George S. Parker

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length, formal studio portrait of George S. Parker of Janesville, Wisconsin.
Poster

Practical Aeronautics

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for Alfred Lawson, declaring that he is "Designer and Navigator of the First Airliner." Background image shows the Lawson Air Liner flying. I...
Photograph

Edward J. Carlier

Date: 1932
Description: Standing, three-quarter length portrait of Edward J. Carlier (1893-1954) posing with an elbow resting on tires and a pencil and papers in his hands. Establ...
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Oscar Zerk at a Desk

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Description: Oscar Zerk is sitting at a desk holding a paper in his hand. The room is decorated with two taxidermied birds, and a large picture window is behind the des...

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