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Men Cutting Grain with Cradles

Date: 1929
Description: Men cutting grain with cradles while other men gather it into bundles by hand. The scene is a re-enactment filmed in 1929 for the Fox-Hearst film "Romance ...
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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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Actors on McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Man and a young girl plowing a field with a McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor in the Fox Film production "Our Daily Bread".
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Filming of "Romance of the Reaper" at Walnut Grove

Date: 1930
Description: Film crew setting up a scene in which actors playing the parts of Cyrus McCormick and his slave Jo Anderson operate a replica of McCormick's reaper of 183...
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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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Man looking over Copper Falls in Mellen

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Description: Elevated view of the falls. There are three men at the top of the falls.
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Unveiling of the Eleazer Williams Tablet by the D.A.R.

Date: 10 26 1927
Description: View of a crowd of formally-dressed men and women standing around the plaque mounted on a a large rock.
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Jack Carson and Dairy Queen

Date: 1947
Description: Actor Jack Carson congratulating the winner of the Wisconsin Dairy Queen at the Wisconsin State Fair, while another competitor is looking on.
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Building I-94 with Earthmover

Date: 10 1959
Description: Construction of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County using an earthmover manufactured by Allis Chalmers.
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Early Highway Trailer

Date: 1915
Description: An auto-trailer, an early trailer manufactured by the Highway Trailer Company of Edgerton. The company began by manufacturing trailers designed for farmer...
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Early Titan Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Horses pulling a very early water-cooled Titan engine, one of the first models manufactured by International Harvester.
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Fort Crawford

Date: 1880
Description: Fort Crawford Hospital. A man is sitting on a branch in the yard.
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Loading a Wagon

Date: 01 1916
Description: A farmer shoveling corn stalks from a field into a wagon.
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Champion Machine

Date: 1910
Description: A man drives two horses uphill, pulling a Champion sickle-bar mower.
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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 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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Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1902
Description: Left side profile view of a farmer using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field.
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Loading Platform for Trains

Date: 1912
Description: A group of men stand near rows of trains where crates, packages and pieces of machinery have been unloaded onto the platform. The platform is probably near...

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