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African American Tenant Farmers at Barbecue

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: African American tenant farmers assembled for a barbecue. The tenants worked for Louis Frank Sessions who is in the front row, third from the left (wearing...
Photograph

Wisconsin State College

Date: 1957
Description: Wisconsin State College (later renamed the University of Wisconsin-Platteville). The Student Union is in final stages of construction, and in the foregroun...
Photograph

Tractor Transport

Date: 1937
Description: Men load I-12 tractors onto a train at International Harvester's Neuss Works in Germany.
Photograph

McCormick Wire Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of men are using a McCormick wire grain binder led by two horses to harvest a field crop. A horse-drawn carriage is in the background. The original...
Photograph

Mogul Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: Men pulling what appears to be a road grader or other road construction equipment with a Mogul tractor. In the background are farm buildings.
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Greenville Mills Brochure

Date: 
Description: A page from a Greenville Mills employee brochure showing employees enjoying themselves playing baseball, playing at a family picnic, and smoking.
Photograph

Brass Band at Railroad Depot

Date: 02 26 1915
Description: A brass band led by W.F. Casey, standing at left, welcomes four Alabama Crop Diversification Campaign speakers at a train depot. A train and several buildi...
Photograph

Budget Conference

Date: 1979
Description: An emergency budget cutting session, under the watchful eye of the press. Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey is at the far right of the table. Opposite hi...
Book or Pamphlet

Universal Tractor Company Booklet

Date: 1911
Description: Front cover of a booklet produced by the Universal Tractor Company to advertise its line of light gasoline tractors. The cover features a photograph of a m...
Print

Cleveland Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for Cleveland tractors featuring a color illustration of a farmer using a Cleveland tractor in what appears to be an orchard. The slogan read...
Book or Pamphlet

Appleton 12-20 Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Appleton tractor featuring an illustration of a man behind the wheel of the machine. A photograph of a farmer usin...
Print

Cleveland All-Purpose Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: A farmer uses a Cleveland All-Purpose crawler tractor in a grove of orange trees. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "The Cleveland All-Purpose Trac...

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