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Newspaper Article/Clipping

Wisconsin inventions lead

Date: 1907-01-04
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Newspaper Article/Clipping

Eugene Butts is father of 18 inventions

Date: 1916-04-06
County: Rock
City: Evansville
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Milwaukee's story told in cartoons: inventions, early struggles

Date: 1923-02-11
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Joseph Beranek, 93, spry in advanced years; marvels at new inventions of age

Date: 1927-03-27
County: La Crosse
City: La Crosse
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...
Photograph

Thomas A. Edison

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a young Thomas Alva Edison.
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

Lillian Sholes

Date: 1872
Description: Lillian Sholes, demonstrating a prototype typewriter invented by her father, Christopher Latham Sholes.
Photograph

PD-80 Marine Power Unit

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

Scientists in Lab

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Five scientists wearing lab coats gather around an apparatus in a laboratory.
Photograph

Remote Control Car

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

Baby Sitting at Child's Training Desk

Date: 09 29 1945
Description: Toddler sitting at child's training desk, with lid closed.
Photograph

Experimental Tractor

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

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.
Photograph

Speck's Cotton Picker

Date: 07 19 1927
Description: Left side view of Speck's cotton picker, taken for International Harvester's Engineering Department.
Photograph

Research Products Filter Fry

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Display of Research Products Corporation Filter Fry frying pan covers in a grocery cart.
Photograph

Speck's Cotton Picker

Date: 1927
Description: Front view of "Speck's cotton picker," taken for International Harvester's Engineering Department.

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