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| Wisconsin History Maker Award |
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| Learn about this entrepreneur who led Oscar J. Boldt Construction nto one of the largest, most highly ranked construction groups in the nation |
| Wisconsin History Maker Award |
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| Learn about the chairman of Milwaukee-based company, The Marcus Corporation (Marcus Hotels and Resorts, and Marcus Theatres) |
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| Learn more about the chairman emeritus of Briggs & Stratton, the world's largest producer of air-cooled gasoline engines for outdoor equipment. |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reaper, a hor... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Two businessmen visiting a log drive along the Wisconsin River. They stand atop a log holding peavey hooks. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| 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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| Description: | Formal studio portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr., his wife, and their two sons. McCormick was president of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company from... |
| Date: | 02 21 1930 |
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| Description: | Chanticleer Orchestra managers, each with a dog at his side, sitting on the front steps of a building with an awning overhead that reads "Chanticleer." |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | W.F. Trukenbrod posing on the sidewalk underneath the awning of his store for this New Year's postcard. Text on right reads: "We Wish You A Happy New Year ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A Ringling Brothers poster of "Kings of the Circus World", depicting Alf. T., Al., Chas., John and Otto Ringling. |
| Date: | 06 03 1931 |
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| Description: | Elks Magazine purple and white free wheeling Studebaker President 8 roadster convertible parked in front of the Elks Club, 120-124 Monona Avenue. The car's... |
| Date: | 03 19 1936 |
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| Description: | Leon J. Waters standing in front of his used car lot at 746 E. Washington Avenue where he offered small down payments, easy terms, and good will. A small T... |
| Date: | 11 03 1934 |
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| Description: | Charles Palmeri, aka Pasquale, in an apron, receives a check from James Lewis, Special Deputy representing the street banking commission, to settle his acc... |
| Date: | 04 11 1968 |
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| Description: | Japanese businessmen visit an American manufacturing firm in South Milwaukee and pose inside a huge metal implement. The American firm is Bucyrus-Erie and... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A businessman and his secretary at the desk in his office. |
| Date: | 06 04 1930 |
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| Description: | Cyrus McCormick III drives the 200,000th McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor off of the assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Gathered for ... |
| Date: | 01 07 1928 |
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| Description: | 100,000th McCormick-Deering 10-20 HP tractor coming off of the assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The tractor came off at 10:32 a.m.... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Factory Superintendent E.C. Lutz (center) and Assistant Chief Inspector F.H. Pfhol (right) look over a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor torn down for inspec... |
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