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Charcoal Kiln in Ruins

Date: 1920
Description: Charcoal kiln in an overgrown field. Producing charcoal was once a fairly large industry in De Pere.
Photograph

Charcoal Kiln in Ruins

Date: 1920
Description: Charcoal kiln in ruins in a field beyond a fence, with electric power lines in the background.
Photograph

Holsmiller Farm

Date: 1920
Description: The Spensley Furnace on the Holsmiller farm.
Photograph

Empire Mine

Date: 1920
Description: The Empire zinc and lead mine. Very litle lead is now produced.
Photograph

Rear View of Automobile on a Dirt Road

Date: 1920
Description: Rear view of an automobile leaving a 56 inch track on a dirt road. The photo and original caption were probably used to advertise farm wagons with a simila...
Photograph

International F-31 Schwartz Furniture Truck

Date: 1920
Description: International model "F" or "31" truck operated by Schwartz Furniture Co. of New London, Connecticut. The truck is photographed on the street outside of the...
Photograph

Man with Lime Sower

Date: 1920
Description: A man is using a shovel to transfer lime from a pile in a field into a lime sower pulled by two horses.
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Men with Lime Pulverizer

Date: 1920
Description: A man is feeding limestone into a "Jeffrey lime pulver" powered by an International tractor. A pile of rocks is in the foreground, and a farmhouse and anot...
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Poor Drainage in Field

Date: 1920
Description: A man is operating an International 8-16 tractor around a wet area in a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. On the right is a tr...
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Man Using Oliver Plow

Date: 1920
Description: Rear view of a man using an Oliver plow pulled by a team of two horses to work around a tree in a field. A railroad train is in the background.
Poster

P&O Plow Poster

Date: 1920
Description: Poster for use in the Philippines advertising the McCormick-Deering P&O plow. The poster features an illustration of a plow beneath a tree in the foregroun...
Photograph

International Harvester Demonstration Farm

Date: 1920
Description: View of a farmhouse, barn, water tower, and other buildings on an International Harvester Company demonstration farm. The IHC logo is on the water tower ta...
Photograph

International Harvester Demonstration Farm

Date: 1920
Description: Wooden scaffolding surrounds a silo on an International Harvester demonstration farm. A barn stands next to the silo, painted with a sign that says: "Inter...
Photograph

Woman on Farmhouse Porch

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing a dress and apron washes her hands in a metal bucket set on a table on a farmhouse porch. Multiple metal pails with handles and a milk pail...
Photograph

Boston Branch House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester Company branch building. Large show windows line the first floor along the sidewalk. A large electric sign on t...
Book or Pamphlet

Heider Tractors Pamphlet

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Heider tractors produced by the Rock Island Plow Company. The pamphlet features testimonies from Heider tractor owner...
Print

Heider Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Heider tractor, made and sold by Rock Island Plow Company. The pamphlet features a decorative border surrounding ...
Print

Heider Tractor and Plow Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Heider tractors. A photograph of a man using a tractor and plow is placed at the top and a label reading: "Return to ...
Print

Three-Plow Outfit Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Interior segment of a pamphlet advertising Heider tractors. The photograph shows a man using a Heider tractor and three-plow outfit to work in the field. T...
Print

Russell Road Roller

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Russell Road Roller. The cover features an illustration of the machinery at work along a rural road and text that ...

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