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Davis Gasoline Engine

Date: 1895
Description: Advertisement for the Davis gasoline engine. An illustration of the engine is surrounded by text reading: "Gasoline Power....That is Absolutely Safe and Re...
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Van Brunt & Davis Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Van Brunt & Davis Company of Horicon, Wisconsin, manufacturers of agricultural implements, including the Monitor Forge-Feed Seeder and Gr...
Photograph

Mayno Davis Lumber Company Truck

Date: 06 15 1937
Description: Two men load lumber onto the bed of an International D-35 truck owned by the Mayno Davis Lumber Company Limited. The truck is parked in front of what appea...
Photograph

First Tire Made at Gillette Tire Plant

Date: 10 21 1944
Description: The first tire to be cured in the Gillette Tire Plant is removed from the mold. From left to right are F.B. Davis Jr. (Chairman of the United States Rubber...
Photograph

The Harbor

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Description: Elevated view of Norwich harbor. Oval-framed view features two ships in the river harbor as well as buildings on the waterfront and on the surrounding hill...
Book or Pamphlet

Davis Platform Binder Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1891
Description: Catalog cover with an illustration of a framed portrait of a red headed woman wearing an off-white hat and pink dress, surrounded by foliage and flowers.
Photograph

James Manufacturing Company Awards

Date: 01 27 1947
Description: R.E. Gess, district engineer with Employers Mutual Insurance Company, presenting safety awards to three employees of James Manufacturing Company, Fort Atki...
Book or Pamphlet

John S. Davis & Sons Catalog Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Catalog cover with text: "Oscillator = Thresher". Also includes color illustration of a young girl sitting on a tree swing. Behind her, men women and child...
Photograph

Heavy Duty Truck Off Assembly Line at Ft. Wayne Works

Date: 1941
Description: Heavy duty International truck coming off the assembly line at International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works. Men in the picture are, from left to right: "C. ...
Photograph

Scattering Rat Poison in City Dump

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: Two men are scattering barium carbonate rat poison in a city dump located at the end of Fern Drive off Highbury Road near University Avenue. The land was o...
Photograph

Spreading Rat Poison in Dump

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: James L. Clarke (left) city health inspector, and Lewis B. Kelly (right) president of the Solvit Chemical Corp., are shown as they prepare to scatter the b...
Photograph

William Deering & Co. Works

Date: 1900
Description: William Deering & Company factory as viewed from across Fullerton Avenue. The factory was built by William Deering in 1880. In 1902 it became International...
Historical Essay

'Rosie the Riveter' Coveralls

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Women's coveralls worn by Teresa Kuykendall while working in a factory in Beloit, Wisconsin during World War II. (Museum object #2007.92.1)

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