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Experimental Combine Harvesting Grain

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering 12 foot experimental combine (harvester-thresher) pulled by a Farmall M tractor. There is a ...
Photograph

Experimental Combine with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental 12 foot McCormick-Deering combine (harvester-thresher) with a Farmall M tractor. Mountains are in the ba...
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Experimental McCormick-Deering Combine and Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental McCormick-Deering 12 foot combine with a Farmall M tractor.
Photograph

Men Harvest Beans with Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Men harvesting beans with a four foot combine (harvester-thresher) and a Farmall A tractor. Original caption reads: "4-ft. combine in beans — note special ...
Photograph

Experimental Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Engineering photograph of right side of an experimental McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor.
Photograph

Gilmore-Weiss House

Date: 1939
Description: The Gilmore-Weiss home, 120 Ely Place (formerly Prospect Avenue), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Photograph

Indian Burial Ground

Date: 1939
Description: Burial grounds in La Pointe.
Drawing

Mendota Lake Front Development Plan

Date: 1939
Description: The proposed Mendota Lake Front Development Plan, William Kaeser, architect.
Map or Atlas

Recreational Area Plan for Wisconsin

Date: 1939
Description: A color, pictorial map. Scale: 10 miles to the inch. Shows state parks and forests, proposed state parkways, proposed state monuments and memorials, nation...
Photograph

Pierce House

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the Pierce home, at 424 North Pinckney Street.
Photograph

Shocks of Wheat in Field

Date: 1939
Description: Shocks of wheat lined up in a large field. There is a mountain range in the background.
Photograph

TD-18 TracTracTor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of a man operating a TD-18 crawler tractor to level a road in the wintertime. There is a farm in the background. Original caption reads: "TD-...
Photograph

Boats in a River in Peru

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of group of boats and people on shoreline of a river in Peru, with mountains in the background.
Photograph

Sloping a Levee with a TD-35 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: A man operates an International TD-35 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to create a slope for a levee. Original caption reads: "A TD-35 TracTracTor with 10 foo...
Photograph

Deepening a Creek Channel with a TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: A man operates an International TD-18 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to deepen a creek channel. Original caption reads: "TD-18 TracTracTor and Emseo(?) Bull...
Photograph

Excavating a Basement with a T-20 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: A man operates a crawler tractor to level an area of dirt while two men near a fence observe. Original caption reads: "A T-20 TracTracTor and Bucyrus-Erie ...
Photograph

Mine Opening

Date: 1939
Description: View of a railroad track leading to the opening of a mine shaft. Logs or felled trees are lying on either side of the opening.
Print

Soil and Moisture Conservation in the Western Plains Area

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of a brochure titled "Soil and Moisture Conservation in the Western Plains Area." Includes the text: "Stop runoff, Reduce Erosion and Evaporation."
Print

Tractor Mowers and Sweep Rakes Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering tractor mowers and sweep rakes, featuring a photo of men mowing a field with a Farmall tractor and m...
Print

International TD-18 TracTracTor Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the International TD-18 TracTracTor (crawler tractor), featuring photographs of the TD-18 at work and the text: "Power...

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