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McCormick "Marsh" Type Harvester

Date: 1929
Description: Men demonstrating the horse-drawn McCormick "Marsh type" harvester built ca. 1878. The men are wearing period dress and the photograph was most likely stag...
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McCormick Harvester and Wire Binder

Date: 1929
Description: Farmer harvesting grain with horse-drawn McCormick harvester and wire grain binder built in 1876. The scene is likely a historical re-enactment - possibly ...
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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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Farmall Regular and Lime Spreader

Date: 1929
Description: Man pulling a McCormick-Deering lime spreader with a Farmall Regular tractor. A barn and silo are in the background.
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Horses Pulling Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1929
Description: Farmers are leading a team of horses pulling a harvester-thresher (combine) through a field.
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Fence and Landscape in "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still of the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reaper...
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McCormick-Deering Power Drive Corn Picker

Date: 1929
Description: McCormick-Deering power drive corn picker in action in the field. Two men are emptying the contents from the picker into a wooden wagon.
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Haying

Date: 1929
Description: Oscar Steinkopf and his horse Jim. They are haying on Steinkopf's 40-acre farm. The photograph was taken by Alvin Steinkopf, Oscar's son, a Milwaukee journ...
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Kreme-O-Maltz, Malt Syrup Label

Date: 1929
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Kreme-O-Maltz, Light Hop Flavor, Malt Syrup." Distributed by the Oshkosh Maltz Produ...
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Public School

Date: 1929
Description: View of front of the public school, a two-story brick building with a cupola and flagpole over the bell. A cornfield and bluff are in the background.
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Nettland's Roll Inn on Highway 16 "At the Dells"

Date: 1929
Description: View down road with the Nettland's Roll Inn on the right. An automobile is coming down the dusty road towards the inn, which has an "EAT" sign handing over...
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Tractor Drawn Harvester Thresher

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view of two men on a tractor drawn harvester thresher in a field. Low hills are in the far distance.
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Tractor Drawn Harvester Thresher

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view of two men on a tractor drawn harvester thresher in a field. Low hills are in the far distance.
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Man Working at Sorghum Mill

Date: 1929
Description: Man working outdoors under an open sided roofed shed at a sorghum mill. Caption reads: "Engine & Sorghum mill. Henry Laepfer Mt. Carrol, Ill." A sign paint...

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