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Titan Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster of World War I veteran returning home to family, farm and new Titan 10-20 tractor. The caption on the poster reads: "Look what dad bough...
Poster

International Harvester Movie Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster for a film produced by International Harvester in which "the tractor's constructive influence is symbolized in typical scenes - plowing,...
Photograph

Four-Footed Indian Effigy Mound

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of a four-footed American Indian effigy mound on the grounds of the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
Photograph

Farmers with Horse-Drawn Walking Plows

Date: 1919
Description: Two men plowing a field with horse-drawn walking plows. The photograph was taken for, or compiled by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Depar...
Photograph

Directing an "Action Song"

Date: 1919
Description: Miss Streeter leading school children in the "shoemaker's song". Another woman is standing near a Victrola. The children are outdoors under trees. Possibly...
Photograph

Woman in Garden

Date: 1919
Description: Woman handling tomato plants in a vegetable garden.
Photograph

Farmer Moves Hay with International Model H Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Farmer in an International Model H truck loaded with hay. A barn and silo are in the background. The H was produced from 1915-1923.
Photograph

Children Performing May-Pole Dance

Date: 1919
Description: School children standing ready to begin a May-pole dance.
Photograph

Farmers using McCormick-Deering Husker and Shredder

Date: 1919
Description: Men are posing with a McCormick-Deering 8-roll husker and shredder owned by the Wild Creek Threshing Company.
Photograph

Aerial View of Downtown and Monona Bay

Date: 1919
Description: Aerial view with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the foreground, and the tip of Monona Bay and Lake Wingra to the left, with horizon stretching into the dis...
Photograph

Making Maple Sugar

Date: 1919
Description: A child is standing on a log lying on the ground in a clearing. There is a barrel on the left, and a campfire in the background.
Photograph

Goose Effigy Mound at Black Hawk Country Club

Date: 1919
Description: A goose effigy mound outlined with lime, on the grounds of the Black Hawk Country Club. The folded wings are characteristic of goose effigies in the area o...
Photograph

Men in Automobile near Hay Loader

Date: 1919
Description: View across field. Two men in the foreground on the left are sitting in an automobile. Behind them men are working with a hay loader and a wagon in the fie...
Photograph

McCormick Push Binder

Date: 1919
Description: A farmer and his team of horses operating a McCormick push binder.
Photograph

Agricultural Machinery

Date: 1919
Description: Two farmers are operating a horse-drawn corn picker (possibly a Deering) and wagon in a field.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Fishing with Turtle

Date: 1919
Description: Photomontage of a fisherman in a rowboat catching a giant turtle. The male companion of the fisherman has fallen in and lost his hat amidst the excitement....
Photograph

Dusting Potatoes with Pesticide

Date: 1919
Description: A man dusting a potato crop in a field with arsenate of lead.
Photograph

Father and Young Sons on Farm

Date: 1919
Description: A father standing with his two young sons near a stationary engine. Many farm implements and equipment are lay in the yard.
Photograph

International Motor Trucks Billboard

Date: 1919
Description: Billboard advertising 3/4, 1, 1 1/2, and 2 ton International Motor Trucks.
Photograph

"Mr. Haney" Lying Next to Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: "Mr. Haney" lies down in a field beside an International tractor.

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