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CUNA Office in Cottage Grove Coop

Date: 02 05 1941
Description: Claire Onsgard, treasurer of the Dane County Farmers Equity Union Coop Credit Union in Cottage Grove showing member Fritz Swenson where to sign his loan ap...
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Combine Thresher and Tractor

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Two men are posing on a Nichols & Shepard combine thresher and Hart Parr tractor.
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Complete Threshing Outfit

Date: 08 09 1928
Description: Nichols-Shepard company store at 649 East Wilson Street with men, tractor and threshing machine in front. A sign on the machine reads: "This complete outfi...
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World Food Fair

Date: 09 18 1967
Description: Ferris wheels and agricultural machinery are some of the things that attract fair-goers at the World Food Fair.
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Nagle-Hart Building

Date: 05 14 1948
Description: Nagle-Hart Caterpillar Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue, view from corner.
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Nagle-Hart Building

Date: 05 14 1948
Description: View across street towards the Nagle-Hart Caterpillar Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue.
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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Mazomanie float is titled: "John F. Appleby Invents Twine Knotter in Mazomanie," and is p...
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Tractors on Library Mall

Date: 1920
Description: A young woman, most likely Esther Van Wagoner (Tufty), sitting on a Clark TrucTractor on the Library Mall of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Th...
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Old Abe Steam Tractor

Date: 1912
Description: The Civil War eagle Old Abe became the trademark of the J.I. Case Company, manufacturers of steam tractors and other farm machinery. This tractor is at wor...
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Parade Celebrating 100th Anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church

Date: 08 01 1953
Description: Pictured on the float in a parade celebrating the 100th anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Cross Plains is a group of men and women garbe...
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Wisconsin Centennial Industrial Exposition

Date: 06 1936
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Centennial Industrial Exposition held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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Fordson Tractor in Front of Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership

Date: 1920
Description: Fordson tractor parked in the street in front of Louis Schoelkopf's building at 210 E. Washington Avenue. The tractor has a battery on wheels attached to t...
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Schoelkopf Truck Hauling a Fordson Tractor

Date: 1923
Description: Schoelkopf truck with a Fordson tractor on the truck bed is parked outside the Schoelkopf Lincoln Ford Dealership at 210-216 E. Washington Avenue. The chur...
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Schoelkopf Mazomanie Branch

Date: 1920
Description: View from street of a group of three woman and one man standing in the doorway of the dealership in Mazomanie, where, in late 1919 or early 1920, Louis Sch...
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See Wisconsin Tractor Demonstration

Date: 1916
Description: Ford Model T touring car parked on the street near the Wisconsin State Capitol building. In the background a banner strung above the street in front of the...
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"We Are Power Farmers"

Date: 1923
Description: Two men and a boy in front of a barn are posed with a Fordson tractor. The two men are wearing straw hats. A sign on the tractor reads: "We Are Power Farme...
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"We Are Power Farmers"

Date: 1923
Description: Two men standing behind a tractor in front of a small building on a farm. A sign in front of the tractor reads: "We Are Power Farmers Using Fordson Tractor...
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"Reliable Power"

Date: 1924
Description: View of front of young girl standing at the side of a Fordson farm machinery. A sign on the tractor reads: "Reliable Power. Over 200 Dane County farmers ar...
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"Stop the Driver"

Date: 1924
Description: View down street towards a Fordson tractor hitched to a wagon hitched to a single seat plow. The sign on the wagon reads: "Stop the Driver, He Wants to Sho...
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"Question: Why Feed Horses the Year Round?"

Date: 1924
Description: View down street towards a wagon with a sign on the side that reads: "Question: Why Feed Horses the Year Round? The Tractor Only "Eats When It Works". Its ...

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