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Salzer Seed Company Catalog Back Cover

Date: 1898
Description: The back cover design of the John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features strawberries, tomatotos, and figs, and a woman and girl in a ga...
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Catalog Back Cover

Date: 1913
Description: A back cover design for the John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features a variety of flowers in the foreground, and in the background, a...
Book or Pamphlet

Olds' Catalog Cover Design

Date: 1932
Description: The cover design of Olds' Catalog from the L.L. Olds Seed Co. The subtitle reads: "Tells the Truth." The illustration features a melon cut in half, and veg...
Book or Pamphlet

Make the Garden Pay

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of a booklet published by International Harvester titled "Make the Garden Pay." Features a color illustration of a basket filled with vegetables and ...
Book or Pamphlet

Planet Jr. Implement Catalogue Cover

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of the Planet Jr. catalog. Features an illustration of a man and young girl (about 5 or 6 years old) in a garden pushing a Planet Jr. Garden Drill to...
Book or Pamphlet

C. Aultman & Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1884
Description: Chromolithograph featuring a young girl wearing a red dress, hat and stockings. She is standing under a tree and gathering flowers in the folds of her dres...
Photograph

Neenah Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Neenah Public Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded with a combined donation of $20,000 from the citizens of Neenah and A...
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Carrots

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of three women and a little girl pulling up a giant carrot root. Several other giant carrots, some of which have been pulled out of the ground...
Historical Essay

Bolens Garden Tractor

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Garden tractor manufactured by the Gilson Bolens Manufacturing Co., Port Washington, Wisconsin, 1928-1939. (Museum object #2001.1.1)
Historical Essay

Northern Wisconsin - Image Gallery Essay

A Hand-Book for the Homeseeker
Read about the dream of successful farming in northern Wisconsin in 1895.

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