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Thomas Alva Edison

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Description: Portrait of Thomas A. Edison.
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Model of a Windmill

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Description: Model of an improved windmill design.
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John Muir Clock

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Description: Detail of clock design by John Muir.
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Thomas A. Edison

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of a young Thomas Alva Edison.
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John Muir Clock

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Description: Detail of clock design by John Muir.
Print

American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
Historical Object

Limnology Apparatus

Date: 1890
Description: Apparatus for limnological research conducted at Trout Lake, Wisconsin and elsewhere.
Photograph

Kleinsteuber Machine Shop

Date: 1880
Description: It was in this shop that Christopher Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, did much of his work on various inventions. This photograph may be as early as th...
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Lillian Sholes

Date: 1872
Description: Lillian Sholes, demonstrating a prototype typewriter invented by her father, Christopher Latham Sholes.
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Dr. Babcock with Butterfat Tester

Date: 1926
Description: Dr. Stephen Babcock with an electric centrifuge butterfat tester.
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PD-80 Marine Power Unit

Date: 05 13 1938
Description: International PD-80 Marine power unit developed by the company's Nashville branch.
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Remote Control Car

Date: 1920
Description: Outdoor view of a car, built by two University of Wisconsin students, which can be driven remotely.
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Woman Catching Bees

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Description: A woman demonstrates the use of a homemade bee catcher on a tree in her yard.
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Experimental Tractor

Date: 1896
Description: 40 H.P. experimental tractor. Original caption reads: "40 H.P., Built in 1896."
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John Muir Clock

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Description: Detail of clock design by John Muir, showing a book resting on a holder in the shape of a gear.
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Thomas Alva Edison, Mechanical Genius

Date: 02 17 1913
Description: Portrait of Thomas Alva Edison in his lab where he worked on his "talking moving machine."
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller and Company Advertising Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for Aultman, Miller and Company, manufacturers of agricultural equipment. Features a chromolithograph of a woman sit...
Photograph

Boy and Child's Training Desk

Date: 09 29 1945
Description: Little boy at child's training desk with bench seat.
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Automatic Foul Detector

Date: 11 12 1944
Description: Emil Andel of the American Bowling Congress demonstrates an automatic foul detector in a bowling alley.
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Faye Geise with Aqua Form

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Description: Faye Geise, wearing a bikini, is standing and posing with the Aqua Form on her head.

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