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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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Common Sense 8 Tractor
1917
Three-quarter view illustration from front of a Common Sense gas tractor. The caption reads: "The Common Sense '8' — A Sensation in Gas Tractors."
Common Sense Tractor
1917
Advertisement for Common Sense tractors featuring text reading: "Why nearly every farmer should have a tractor, and why the 'Common Sense' answers the demand for a sturdy, money-saving, profit-buil...
Common Sense 8-Cylinder Tractor
1918
Advertisement for the Common Sense 8-cylinder tractor featuring a side view photograph of the machine. The text reads: "Here It Is! The Original 8-Cylinder Tractor. Smooth and Steady as a Steam Eng...
Hollis Tractor Advertisement
1918
Advertisement for the Hollis tractor featuring two illustrations of the equipment and the slogan: "To See One is to Want One." Hollis was based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Parrett Tractor Advertisement
1918
Front cover of a brochure advertising the Parrett tractor, featuring a photograph of a man using the tractor and plow in a field.
Adams Tractor
1918
Advertisement for the Adams tractor featuring a side view illustration of the tractor. The text reads: "We Equip With Any Make of Stationary Engine. We Can Mount the Engine You Now Have. We lose le...
