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Field Testing Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 03 16 1927
Description: Engineering photograph of men field testing an experimental cotton picker pulled by a Farmall tractor.
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Experimental Motor Cultivator

Date: 12 03 1920
Description: Engineering photograph of a man testing an experimental motor cultivator. Original caption reads: "In this job the cultivator is set farther ahead than in...
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Experimental Motor Cultivator

Date: 09 19 1919
Description: Engineering photograph of a farmer field testing an experimental motor cultivator with crawler treads. Original caption reads: "The motor cultivator with p...
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Limited Production Motor Cultivator

Date: 06 12 1917
Description: Engineering photograph of a man field testing a limited production motor cultivator. Original caption reads: "... the 1916 motor cultivator with the additi...
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Boy Operating Farmall Tractor

Date: 06 10 1924
Description: Engineering photograph of young boy cultivating a field with an experimental or early production Farmall tractor with attached cultivator.
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Experimental IH Cotton Picker

Date: 1929
Description: View across cotton field towards right side of a man operating an experimental McCormick-Deering side and rear mounted one-row cotton picker.
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International Delivery Truck

Date: 05 1921
Description: Two men pose next to the open back of an International delivery truck. A box of pipe and cigarette tobacco sits in the back of the truck. The truck may be...
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Streetcar Track Construction on Capitol Square

Date: 1905
Description: Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot...
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McCormick-Deering 1.5 Horsepower Engine

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Description: Farmer using a McCormick-Deering 1 H.P. stationary engine.
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WPA Work at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 1939
Description: A WPA program on the State Fair Grounds. The workers have dug a long trench, and the project probably concerns improved sanitary facilities for the fair, a...
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Shipping Tractor Tires

Date: 09 21 1945
Description: Two workers at the United Rubber Company plant at Eau Claire, Alfred Stokes and Eugene Stafford, loading large farm tires onto a railroad car for shipment.
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Horse-Drawn Road Grader

Date: 1920
Description: Advanced, horse-drawn road grader in action. Here, excess dirt moves up a conveyor belt and is dumped in a wagon next to the grader.
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Cultivating a Field

Date: 1910
Description: Farmer using a one-horse walking cultivator to work in a field.
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Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1914
Description: Right side profile view of a farmer driving a team of two horses to pull a corn binder through a field.
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Deering Grain Drill

Date: 1910
Description: A farmer is walking behind a horse-drawn Deering grain drill.
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Deering Spring Tooth Harrow

Date: 05 19 1913
Description: A man drives a Deering Spring Tooth harrow outfitted with a sulky rake down a dirt road.
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Deering Disc Harrow

Date: 05 22 1912
Description: A farmer using a horse-drawn Deering disc harrow in a field.
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Deering Spring Tooth Harrow

Date: 05 19 1913
Description: A farmer is using a Deering Spring Tooth harrow with sulky in a field.
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Deering Type D Disc Harrow

Date: 05 21 1913
Description: Rear view of a farmer using a horse-drawn Deering Type D disc harrow in a field.
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Osborne Reaper

Date: 08 02 1912
Description: Farmer operating a horse-drawn Osborne reaper. The original caption reads: "Emerson-Brantingham."

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