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McCormick Twine Binder Advertisement

Date: 1881
Description: "The Latest News from the Field!" Front page of a paper advertising the new McCormick twine binder. Contains testimonials under a headline that says, "Ther...
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Brochure Image for Invincible Cabin Monoplane

Date: 1929
Description: An advertising brochure for the Invincible Cabin Monoplane, an airplane briefly manufactured by the Invincible Metal Furniture Company of Manitowoc. Text o...
Book or Pamphlet

Ames Plow Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Front cover of the Ames Plow Co. catalog and price list. Paper is pink in color. Text says: "Contractors' supplies, Ice tools of every description. Harness...
Photograph

Gasoline Station

Date: 10 13 1963
Description: Gasoline station, with Standard Oil Products and Champion signs, in old false front building.
Photograph

Young Girl in Bonnet

Date: 1900
Description: A young girl wearing a bonnet and a dress is sitting and holding a large, blank, white piece of paper in a studio.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Catalog Illustration

Date: 1889
Description: Back cover illustration for a William Deering and Company catalog showing a woman and three children examining a paper with the title: "The Deering All-Ste...
Photograph

Meat Market with Steer Painted on Wall

Date: 08 28 1966
Description: Kuebler Grocery Company, a meat market with a steer painted on its outside brick wall, on Main Street.
Photograph

Loyd Cheese Factory

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior of the two-story Loyd Cheese Factory. A barn on the left of the factory features an advertisement for Star Tobacco.
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 
Description: Catalog cover featuring a color illustration titled: "They Cheered the Chief", with a man holding a sheet of paper with a drawing of the Continental Pulver...
Photograph

Gasoline Station

Date: 08 18 1963
Description: A gasoline station decorated with flags and pennants. Billboards are along the back fence.
Print

International Harvester Advertising Proof

Date: 1973
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color illustration of an International 1466 tractor ...
Book or Pamphlet

New Buckeye Mower and Binder Catalog Cover

Date: 1884
Description: Catalog cover for Buckeye Mower and Binder. Features a 12-point buck in the "B" of Buckeye, and decorative typefaces over framing ornaments, including a fe...
Photograph

F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of (Floor No. 9) The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound bet...
Photograph

F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of (Floor No. 6) The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound bet...
Photograph

F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of (Sub Floor No. 1) The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound...
Photograph

Loaf of Vim Bread

Date: 11 09 1951
Description: Advertising studio photograph of a one pound loaf of whole wheat bread wrapped in a paper label. The label reads, Vim bread vitamins and minerals made wit...
Photograph

Rosser Reeves

Date: 1959
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Rosser Reeves, holding a cigarette and wearing a bow tie.
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Kingsbury Pale, Beer Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Kingsbury Pale Beer, Finest Quality, Brewery, Aged, Bottling, Kingsbury Breweries Co...
Drawing

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 
Description: Illustration art of an engineer wearing work clothes and introducing a Gisholt Machine Company turret lathe.
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Skywriting Advertisement for Cigarettes

Date: 1923
Description: Advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes that shows the product name being written as a smoke trail above New York City. The campaign was devised for the...

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