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Limnology Apparatus

Date: 1890
Description: Apparatus for limnological research conducted at Trout Lake, Wisconsin and elsewhere.
Photograph

Farmers in Field with Dairy Cattle

Date: 1924
Description: Three farmers standing in field among a herd of dairy cows (Holsteins).
Photograph

First to Fly — Side View of Wright Airplane

Date: 1910
Description: An original vintage print from the Arthur Pratt Warner collection of a two-seat Wright airplane. The airplane is identified on the print only as a 1910 mac...
Photograph

Osage Ceremony

Date: 
Description: An Osage woman prepares to be married to the corn. A man leads her horse.
Photograph

Concordia Mills

Date: 1934
Description: Exterior of Concordia Mills, once a grain/grist mill.
Photograph

Spraying Orchard with Pesticide

Date: 1925
Description: Two men using a "Friend" sprayer to apply pesticide to orchard trees.
Photograph

Julius Schadauer Store

Date: 
Description: View from street towards a man standing in front of the doorway to the Julius Schadauer's tobacco store on a street corner at 101 State Street. A man is on...
Photograph

Beverage Dispenser

Date: 1930
Description: A man is stooping down to fill a paper cup with a beverage from a barrel dispenser under a tent at what appears to be a fair. The barrel is marked "IHC Ser...
Photograph

International Model E Truck with "Prospy"

Date: 1915
Description: International Model E truck adorned with American flags, International Harvester pennants and a display of "Prosperity" or "Prospy" for short. "Prospy", th...
Photograph

Birdbath at Holden Farm

Date: 05 1924
Description: View of a birdbath standing among trees at Holden Farm. In the background behind a wire fence, chickens are in an orchard.
Photograph

Girl with Lunchpail

Date: 1918
Description: A girl wearing a hat, winter coat and gloves walking through a field while carrying a lunch pail.
Photograph

Canning Chicken

Date: 05 1924
Description: Helen Holden using a pair of tongs to remove a can of chicken from a metal container on Holden Poultry Farm.
Photograph

Demonstration Farm Superintendent

Date: 05 1925
Description: Mr. Schlosser, superintendent of the Oak Lake, Manitoba, Canada demonstration farm, poses for a portrait while standing against a stone wall or building.
Print

Holiday Card with a Military Theme

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card of a window, looking outward from the inside of a house. On the sill is an American Eagle on a Federal Shield over a swag of holly and ribbon,...
Photograph

Three-Deck Drilling Platform at Hoover Dam

Date: 1932
Description: Front view of a three-deck drilling platform mounted on an International truck. The device was used in the interior of the tunnels during construction of t...
Photograph

Frank R. Milnor in front of Tractor

Date: 1970
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Frank R. Milnor standing in front of an International Harvester tractor. He spent 43 years working for the company, eventu...
Print

Fordson Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Fordson tractor at a selling price of $305. The advertisement features an illustration of the tractor set above a photograph of the m...
Photograph

Florence Lawrence and Owen More in a kitchen scene still

Date: 1912
Description: The farm's hired hand John (played by Owen Moore) carefully approaches Betty the cook (Florence Lawrence) who has fallen asleep while peeling a potato in a...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Their Uncle Jere

Date: 03 28 1892
Description: Newspaper clipping cartoon drawing of Jeremiah Rusk as a towering figure standing above a small crowd of men in a field. Rusk wears a hat and vest, his sle...

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