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Pupils Studying Corn

Date: 1913
Description: A group of children studying ears of corn outside small wooden shacks or corn cribs.
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S.W. Truesdell Home

Date: 1920
Description: The home of photographer S.W. Truesdell. A man is standing in the snow in front of the fence near a horse and sleigh.
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Jenifer Street House

Date: 1949
Description: 748 Jenifer Street, also known as the Vogel cottage.
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Fairway Tractor and Water Pump

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view of a McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor hooked up to a water pump(?) near a creek at Indian Head Golf Club.
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Looking West from Power Plant

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated wiew looking west, probably from the chimney of the University of Wisconsin Power Plant. Camp Randall Stadium is in the lower left corner.
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The Wirth House

Date: 1948
Description: The Wirth house, later the residence of Police Chief William H. McCormick, located at 2817 Milwaukee Street. The newer addition was built circa 1882, the o...
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Dreyfus on the Campaign Trail

Date: 10 26 1978
Description: Lee Sherman Dreyfus photographed in a contemplative moment during the course of his high energy gubernatorial campaign.
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Ike and Smith Children

Date: 1959
Description: President Eisenhower greets the children of reporter Merriman Smith at his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The photograph is undated, but as Christian He...
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Mogul 25 H.P. Tractor Pulling Three McCormick Grain Binders

Date: 1912
Description: Mogul 25 h.p. tractor pulling three McCormick grain binders.
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Mogul 25 H.P. Tractor

Date: 1912
Description: Man pulling a plow, harrow and planters with a Mogul 25 h.p. tractor.
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Man Seated on Horse-Drawn Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: African-American man seated on a P&O planter pulled by four work horses or mules in large field.
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Group Gathered at Farming Exhibition

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of group of people gathered in outdoor pavilion for an exhibition or fair. Truck in the foreground has a sign that reads: "Kansas State Agric...
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Group Gathered for Lantern Slide Show

Date: 1917
Description: Group gathered on benches in the late evening for a night time lecture, lantern slide show or film showing by International Harvester's Agricultural Extens...
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Stopping Gullies in Pasture Land

Date: 10 1929
Description: A man standing on a horse-drawn wagon is using a pitchfork to move hay into a field gully blocked with wood. Another man is standing behind the wagon.
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Laundry Line

Date: 1920
Description: Clothing hanging on a clothesline strung between a farmhouse and two small farm buildings. Corn and other crops are planted around the farmhouse.
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Agricultural Extension Charts for Shipment

Date: 1925
Description: Man working with a collection of Agricultural Extension Department lecture charts in storage ready for shipment.
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Embroidery Class

Date: 1920
Description: Girls sitting around a long table while embroidering white cloth stretched through embroidery hoops. A woman, probably an instructor, is standing at left. ...
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Man with Otto Gasoline Tractor

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view of the Otto gasoline tractor with a man behind the steering wheel.
Book or Pamphlet

Wallis Tractor Miniature Catalog

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a miniature catalog advertising the Wallis line of agricultural equipment. The cover features an illustration of a man using a Wallis tracto...
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Elsie Ferguson and Pedro de Cordoba in a scene still for "Barbary Sheep"

Date: 1917
Description: English noblewoman Kathryn, Lady Wyverne (played by Elsie Ferguson), stands in a prayerful attitude in a scene still for the 1917 silent film "Barbary Shee...

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