Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Agricultural Extension Department photograph albums, 1902-1935
Filter: Subject of land use
| Date: | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A man is feeding limestone into a "Jeffrey lime pulver" powered by an International tractor. A pile of rocks is in the foreground, and a farmhouse and anot... |
| Date: | 06 25 1927 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Fred H. Conners is walking behind a lime spreader pulled by two horses to fertilize field soil. A barn, silo, and other farm buildings are in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Young children playing at the park. Original caption reads: "Beacon playground — about 800 daily attendance. Splendid arrangement of playground and athleti... |
| Date: | 05 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from road of front entrance of the Speedwell Farm. Original caption reads: "Desirable farm entrance -- neat and reasonably constructed. Also showing t... |
| Date: | 05 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View across road of the front facade of a rural schoolhouse. A small dog is lying on the entrance's front steps, and the sign above reads: "Liberty School ... |
| Date: | 09 1927 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A man standing in an endgate lime spreader is using a shovel to spread lime onto a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The sprea... |
| Date: | 09 1929 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from rear of a man using a Farmall tractor and a McCormick-Deering lime sower to fertilize an alfalfa field at International Harvester's Hinsdale expe... |
| Date: | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving two mules who are pulling a stalk cutter across a field of what is possibly tobacco or corn. There are t... |
| Date: | 05 17 1916 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Men are watching the demonstration of an Avery Company tractor pulling a Hoosier seed drill (?) across a field at Newsorn Farm during the annual meeting of... |
| Date: | 05 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Decaying stubs of trees on along fence of a property demonstrate the effects of what the original caption describes as "poor pruning." |
| Date: | 05 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Backyard garden and fence of farmhouse. |
| Date: | 09 1923 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from field of a farm property, including the farmhouse garden. |
| Date: | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View down a wide, tree-lined neighborhood street. Well-maintained lawns and houses can be seen on the left. A man with a reel mower is working in a yard, a... |
| Date: | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A man and woman (possibly husband and wife) maintain a residential backyard. The man, wearing a bow tie, is mowing the lawn with a reel mower, while the wo... |
| Date: | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from a rural road to a farmhouse demonstrating its landscaping and what the original caption describes as a "novel fence." The large barn in the backg... |
| Date: | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Farmhouse with landscaping of shrubbery. Original caption reads: "Nice possibilities, poor arrangement, no planting plan." |
| Date: | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Three young children standing in a backyard in very poor condition, including the lack of a lawn, exposed trash piles, and other litter. |
| Date: | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A cultivator sitting in the snow near a fence, illustrating the hazards of improper equipment housing. A herd of cows is in the background near a barn and ... |
| Date: | 05 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from road of a farmhouse's front yard and landscaping. In the background is a barn and another farm building. |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A man is filling one of two silos near a barn with silage from nearby wagon on the Babson Farm. A tractor in the foreground is used to power what appears t... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: