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Diamond Iron(?) Tractor at Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1912
Description: Men standing around a Diamond Iron(?) tractor at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada.
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Waukesha Flying Club

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: The Waukesha Flying Club and their jointly owned Waco 10. The members are (row 1, left to right) Charles Gittner, Joe Rombough, and Roy Winzenreid and (row...
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First to Fly — Later Wright Airplane

Date: 1910
Description: An original print of an early Wright Brothers airplane from the Arthur Pratt Warner collection. The print is unidentified, nor is there any information on ...
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Threshing in the 1870s

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Description: Men and women pose in the middle of threshing operations with steam engine, horse-drawn wagon and a wheelbarrow equipped with a homemade basket. A handwrit...
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Harvesting Hemp with International 8-16 Tractor

Date: 1917
Description: Men harvesting hemp with an International 8-16 tractor and a hemp harvester.
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Harvesting Strawberries

Date: 07 1937
Description: Picking strawberries on the farm of Earl Leverich in Monroe County. The Leverich family were leaders in commercial fruit growing in Wisconsin and Earl Lev...
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Stringing Tobacco

Date: 09 1938
Description: A farmer stringing tobacco somewhere in southern Wisconsin.
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Making a New Cranberry Bog

Date: 06 1938
Description: Construction of a leadgate to control the water flow in a new cranberry section at the Cranberry Lake Development Company in Price County.
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Grasshopper Bait Station

Date: 07 1938
Description: Grasshopper bait mixing station at Ellsworth.
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Making Grasshopper Bait

Date: 07 1938
Description: At a small sawmill near Shell Lake, farmers shovel sawdust which will be mixed with a whey product and applied to fields for grasshopper eradication during...
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Making Grasshopper Bait

Date: 1938
Description: At the grasshopper bait mixing station at Fall Creek, two cement mixers were used to mix sawdust, a whey product, and sodium arsenite. So severe was the gr...
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Barrel Spraying

Date: 1923
Description: A man is using a barrel sprayer to apply pesticide to a fruit tree on Prof. Holden's farm.
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Deering Grain Binder

Date: 1914
Description: A farmer uses a Deering grain binder to harvest a crop.
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Osborne Grain Binder

Date: 1914
Description: A farmer works in a field with an Osborne grain binder.
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Transporting a Reaper

Date: 1912
Description: A farmer with a team of horses is driving on a road between fields with his reaper folded upright for transport.
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Mogul 25 HP Tractor and Grain Binders

Date: 1912
Description: A line of grain binders pulled by an International Harvester Mogul 25 hp tractor. A young boy is leaning against a stack of grain in the foreground.
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Mogul Junior Tractor with Grain Binders

Date: 1912
Description: Mogul Junior tractor pulls several grain binders while men walk alongside.
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Mogul Jr. Tractor with Grain Binders

Date: 1912
Description: Three grain binders follow a Mogul Junior tractor. A farmhouse among trees is in the background.
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Mogul Jr. Tractor with Grain Binders

Date: 1912
Description: Men operate three McCormick grain binders and a Mogul Jr. tractor.
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Bismarck Branch Office

Date: 1910
Description: International Harvester branch office building with tractors and wheels on display in the foreground.

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