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Champion Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1914
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustrations of Champion brand horse-drawn mowers, reapers, grain binders and hay rakes, as well as an illustration of ...
Photograph

Men Planting Shrubbery

Date: 1938
Description: Four men planting shrubbery along the edge of a brick patio area outside of the Administration Building. A duplex house is visible in the background.
Photograph

International Piano Movers' Truck

Date: 04 13 1926
Description: International truck parked on a dirt road. Signs on the side of the truck read: "Local & Long Distance Moving," "Piano Movers," and "Storage." In the backg...
Photograph

Biplane over Field

Date: 1938
Description: A biplane is flying low over a field with a barn in the background.
Photograph

Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1900
Description: Men, women, and children are sitting and standing in a cranberry bog, with Castle Mound in the background. A number of crates are scattered throughout the...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Photograph

Rear View of Man on Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man on horse-drawn mower. There is a fence and a road on the left. The mower blade is partially lifted to pass over a tree stump.
Photograph

Elevated View of Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated landscape view of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field with harvested grain on a hill. Trees, hills and farm buildings are in the backgroun...
Photograph

Young Girl Standing on Push Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man is sitting behind a team of horses which is behind a McCormick push binder in a field. A young girl is standing on the push binder.
Photograph

Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians Picking Cranberries

Date: 1913
Description: Panoramic slightly elevated view of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians harvesting cranberries by hand at Gebhart's Marsh.
Photograph

Coal Miners at Mine Entrance

Date: 1903
Description: View down set of two railroad tracks towards four coal miners posing in front of a mine entrance near a coal car. The caption in the book reads, "Strike-br...
Photograph

International Heavy Duty Truck at Glen Canyon Dam Site

Date: 1957
Description: View from front of an International heavy duty truck at Glen Canyon dam site. The truck appears to be part of the R-line. A man is sitting in the driver's ...
Postcard

Lovers Lane

Date: 08 14 1929
Description: Text on front reads: "Lovers Lane, Sauk City, Wis." An unpaved, rural road with a wooden guard rail on both sides. A sign reads: "Automobiles Go Slow." Beh...
Postcard

Taliesin

Date: 1942
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin. Wisconsin office of Taliesin Associated Architects, and campus of the Frank Lloyd Wright School ...
Postcard

Fishermans Shack

Date: 1932
Description: Text on front reads: "Fishermans Shack, Wis Point, Superior Wis." A man peers around the corner of his tar paper covered fishing shack on Wisconsin Point. ...

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