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Photograph

Irrigation Ditch

Date: 1917
Description: Irrigation ditch with a silo and farm buildings in the background. Original caption reads: "Union Pacific Silo Special Trip; irrigation ditch, Mrs. Carolin...
Photograph

Young Man Pitching Manure

Date: 1917
Description: Young man outside a barn pitching piles of manure. Original caption reads: "Union Pacific Silo Special Trip. Manure, J.A. Butler."
Photograph

Group Gathered for "Corn is King" Lecture

Date: 1917
Description: Group of men and women seated on the front steps of a building (possibly a school) with corn cobs and other items used for an Agricultural Extension lectur...
Photograph

Drying Rack

Date: 1917
Description: A four-tiered drying rack used to dry fruits and vegetables hangs from the ceiling above a heater in what appears to be a basement or root cellar.
Photograph

Drying Oven

Date: 1917
Description: An oven used to dry fruit stands at the bottom of a staircase in what appears to be a basement. The door of the oven is open and four wire racks are suspen...
Print

Xmas * Fatherless Children of France * 1917

Date: 1917
Description: Holiday card of three French orphan children, two boys and a girl, herding three geese. The youngest boy holds a switch. A meadow, trees and a house are vi...
Photograph

Children Near Tenements

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of five children walking in a field behind what appears to be tenement housing. Wooden fire escapes are attached to the rear of the buildings...
Book or Pamphlet

Reed Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising the Reed one-man tractor. The cover features an illustration of a man using the tractor to work in a farm field.
Book or Pamphlet

Reed Tractor Diagram

Date: 1917
Description: Foldout portion of a brochure advertising the Reed one-man tractor. The illustration features a view looking toward the steering column of the tractor from...
Book or Pamphlet

Remy Tractor Division Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Front cover of a brochure produced by the Remy Electric Company's Tractor Equipment Division advertising "An Easier Day's Work" through the use of farm mac...
Book or Pamphlet

Remy Governor-Generator

Date: 1917
Description: Interior spread of an advertising booklet produced by the Remy Electric Company's Tractor Equipment Division depicting a labeled cross-section of a Governo...
Poster

Poster for "Turn to the Right"

Date: 1917
Description: Color lithograph poster on paper. The top caption reads: "For fun" and alongside it in larger letters is "Turn to the right." The "i" in Right" is depicted...
Print

Trenam Farm Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1917
Description: Outer flap of a pamphlet created by the Trenam Tractor Company Incorporated to advertise the Trenam farm tractor. The pamphlet features an illustration of ...
Book or Pamphlet

Waterloo Boy Line Tractors

Date: 1917
Description: Pamphlet produced by the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company advertising the Waterloo Boy 12-24 kerosene tractor.
Print

Waterloo Boy Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Outer flap of an envelope mailer produced by the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company to advertise the Waterloo kerosene tractor. It features an illustration o...
Print

Waterloo Boy Kerosene 12-24 Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Advertisement produced by the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company listing reasons to purchase the Waterloo Boy line of agricultural equipment. Illustrations o...
Book or Pamphlet

Waterloo Boy Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Front cover of an advertising booklet produced by the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company to showcase the Waterloo Boy tractor. Includes the text: "designed e...
Photograph

Samson Sieve-Grip Tractor

Date: 1917
Description: Photostat negative image of a Samson Sieve-Grip 12-25 horsepower tractor as seen from the left side.
Book or Pamphlet

Standard Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Interior spread of a mailer advertising the Standard tractor, produced by the Standard Tractor Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. Includes the text: "why the ...
Print

Auto-Tiller Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Two interior pages of a pamphlet produced by the World Harvester Corporation to advertise the auto-tiller. The advertisement features a photograph of a man...

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