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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
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Farmers Gathered for Hammer Mill Demonstration

Date: 03 22 1934
Description: Farmers gathered for a hammer mill demonstration at the storefront of Neff Implement Co., an International Harvester dealership.
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Diamond Iron(?) Tractor at Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1912
Description: Men standing around a Diamond Iron(?) tractor at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada.
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Horse-Drawn Plow Competition

Date: 1913
Description: Two men appear to be competing in a plowing competition with horse-drawn walking plows. Onlookers and automobiles are in the background. The photograph was...
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U.S. Soil Conservation Albuquerque Demonstration

Date: 1948
Description: Farmer demonstrating 6-row forward-mounted beet and bean cultivator for Farmalls M, MD, or H at the U.S. Soil Conservation Albuquerque Demonstration. Capti...
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Holt Crawler Tractor at 1911 Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1911
Description: Man plowing with a Holt crawler tractor, no. 1609, at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada. The tractor was built by the Holt Manufacturing Company of St...
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Holt Crawler at Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1911
Description: Men in suits and hats follow along as a man plows with a Holt crawler tractor at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada. Another man in the foreground is p...
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Case 20-40 Tractor at Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1911
Description: Men pose with a J.I. Case 20-40 tractor at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada.
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Alice in Dairyland and World's Largest Cheese

Date: 1964
Description: Alice in Dairyland, and two employees of Steve's Cheese, sample a piece of the World's largest cheese. The gigantic piece of cheese was part of Wisconsin's...
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Jersey Herd at the Fair

Date: 1900
Description: A Jersey herd being lined up for the judges at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Mechanical Cow at the Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1946
Description: A man is working on a mechanical cow in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.
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Taxidermist Working on Cow at Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1946
Description: Julius Friesser, master taxidermist, mounting one of the five cows that occupy the International Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Indust...
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Harvester Farm Exhibit

Date: 1946
Description: Two men are working on a farm scene for the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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Model Farmyard at Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1946
Description: Craftsmen working on a tree in the model farmyard of the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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Combine at Harvester Farm Exhibit

Date: 1946
Description: Roen and Elizabeth Hart examining a combine (harvester-thresher) at the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. A mannequin is sittin...
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International Harvester Tractor Display

Date: 1946
Description: Display in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. The display consists of a McCormick Farmall tractor with a male mannequin sitt...
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Loading Big Log

Date: 1936
Description: Loading a large white pine log cut on the Menominee Indian Reservation onto a truck. The log was hauled to the Wisconsin State Fair for a display about the...
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Field Demonstration of Mogul 8-16 Tractor

Date: 1916
Description: A group of men and women gather in a farm field to watch a demonstration of plowing with a Mogul 8-16 tractor.
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Model of Men Working with Farm Equipment

Date: 1932
Description: A model or diorama depicting farmers with a Farmall tractor, truck, harvester-thresher (combine) and a horse in a field. The display was likely part of Int...
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Radio Stars with Mechanical Cow at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 03 24 1933
Description: Radio stars Jack Pearl and Cliff Hal posing with a mechanical cow and milker in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's ...

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