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Andreas Dahl and the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1876
Description: Stereograph. This view from East Washington Avenue shows photographer Andrew Dahl on his horse "Curnel" in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Dahl had j...
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Workers Twisting Implement Part

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Description: Two factory workers attempting to twist an implement part with large wrenches at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The part is resting on a crate ...
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"McCormick Day" in Small Illinois Town

Date: 1899
Description: Farmers lined up with horse-drawn wagons loaded with newly delivered McCormick farm machines on the main street of a rural town. The wagons are adorned wit...
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Experimental Self-Propelled Mower

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter view from left front of a man operating an experimental motor-driven mower with two vertical lift sickle bars.
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Farmall Regular with Attached Harrow

Date: 06 06 1924
Description: Man operating an early Farmall Regular tractor with attached harrow.
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Henry C. Taylor

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Description: Noted agriculture economist Henry C. Taylor standing with paper in hand, with seated unidentified man.
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Apiary of Sophia Leonard

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Description: Sophia Leonard's 185 colony apiary.
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Stacy Apiaries

Date: 1916
Description: Stacy Apiaries with beehives in the foreground and a house and people in the background.
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Honey Queen, Governor and Fair Queen

Date: 1967
Description: Walworth Fairest of the Fair, Governor Knowles and the Wisconsin Honey Queen all holding a bottle of honey at the Walworth County Fair.
Book or Pamphlet

Bolens Tractors

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Description: Cover of Bolens Tractors catalog. An inventor, Harry W Bolens obtained patents on chair and furniture fixtures, power garden tractors and lawn mowers. He h...
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Tractor and Golfer on Golf Course

Date: 05 26 1928
Description: A man on a Fairway tractor with a mower waits while a golfer tees off at a golf course.
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Men Working Near Silo

Date: 10 05 1928
Description: Farmers work with a wagon and silo filler on the farm of W.P. Progovsky.
Photograph

William Gustafson

Date: 06 08 1929
Description: William Gustafson poses in front of a tractor and other McCormick-Deering farm equipment.
Photograph

Joe Althoff and Son

Date: 05 29 1929
Description: Joe Althoff crouches in a field with arms around his young son.
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Spring-Tooth Harrow

Date: 05 29 1923
Description: A farmer walks behind a horse-drawn spring-tooth harrow in a field. An orchard is on the right.
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Man Seated on a P&O Cultivator

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: Man on a horse-drawn P&O cultivator in a farm field.
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Titan 10-20 Tractor

Date: 1921
Description: A Titan 10-20 tractor attached to a belt is being used to power an ensilage cutter(?) as men are loading hay from a wagon into the loft of a barn.
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Farmer Planting in Field

Date: 1921
Description: A farmer is using a planter drawn by a team of two horses to work in a farm field.
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Soil and Crop Improvement Association

Date: 1918
Description: A man is leaning on the passenger side of an automobile marked: "Kankakee County Soil and Crop Improvement Association." Another man is sitting inside. The...
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Potato Field in Forest

Date: 08 01 1895
Description: A field of potato plants, with a forest in the background. A man is leaning against a basswood or linden tree that stands approximately eighty-five feet ta...

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