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Railroad Men

Date: 1897
Description: Group of railroad employees standing in the doorway of a store.
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Ferdinand Hotz in Office

Date: 1895
Description: A young Ferdinand Hotz sits behind a large desk in his Chicago office. There is an art print and a framed collection of moths and butterflies on the wall b...
Photograph

Rex Magnus Club Entertainment

Date: 10 09 1887
Description: Posed group portrait outdoors of members of the Rex Magnus Club and representatives of the “Press of the United States” whom they are entertaining.
Photograph

Philip L. Spooner and Associates

Date: 1886
Description: Philip L. Spooner, Wisconsin State Insurance Commissioner, in his office with associates.
Photograph

Portrait of Captain Boyd

Date: 1895
Description: Informal portrait of “Captain Boyd” seated in what appears to be an office.
Photograph

La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman Law Office

Date: 1899
Description: Two views of the interior of the La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman law office. Mr. Zimmerman is sitting in his inner office; the lady in the foreground ...
Book or Pamphlet

Back Cover of Excelsior Harvesting Machines Catalog

Date: 1887
Description: Back cover with the title: "A Group of Folding Binders" and four color illustrations. The top left illustration shows a man driving "The No. 7 Light Excels...
Photograph

S.M. Babcock

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of group of nine men, identified on the reverse as associates of the Geneva, New York Experiment Station. St...
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Harvesting Machinery

Date: 1883
Description: Inside spread of 4-page brochure featuring illustrations accompanying blocks of text explaining the features of Champion machines. The top left shows a man...
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 ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

MIchael Troiber

Date: 1898
Description: Head and shoulders portrait drawing of Michael Troiber, co-defendant with Thomas Kidd in a conspiracy trial related to the Oshkosh woodworkers strike of 18...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Clarence Darrow

Date: 1898
Description: Head and shoulders portrait drawing of Clarence Darrow to accompany an article about the Oshkosh lumber strike conspiracy trial.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Thomas I. Kidd

Date: 1898
Description: Head and shoulders portrait drawing of Thomas Kidd, defendant in a conspiracy case related to the Oshkosh lumber strike.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Death Notice of Arthur McArthur, Sr.

Date: 03 06 1898
Description: Death notice and image of Arthur McArthur, Sr. (the last name was sometimes spelled MacArthur). The death notice was printed in the Milwaukee Sunday Sen...
Photograph

Portrait of George S. Parker

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

Portrait of Edgar Allen Poe

Date: 1893
Description: Cabinet card of a pastel drawing, formal portrait, waist-up, of Edgar Allen Poe. The drawing was created by Oscar Halling, a little known Baltimore artist ...
Photograph

George Brumder at Work

Date: 05 1878
Description: George Brumder, in a three-piece suit and wearing pince-nez eyeglasses, is sitting in a swivel chair at a roll top desk. His unidentified secretary is sitt...
Photograph

Hettie and James Albee

Date: 1885
Description: Waist-up, vignetted portrait of a couple. These are James Albee and his wife Hettie (nee Letier).
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James and Martha Hunter

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a couple. These are James Hunter and his wife Martha (nee Mero).

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