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Husking Corn

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of the Krueger family husking corn. From right to left are: Mary, Sarah, August, Florentina, and Jennie Krueger. A dog is lying on the ground...
Print

Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
Photograph

Group of Men Watching Man Plow with Mogul 8-16 Tractor

Date: 1916
Description: Group of men watching as a man plows with a Mogul 8-16 tractor. Women and children stand on the left in the background. The event may be a demonstration.
Photograph

Cranberry Harvest Party

Date: 1885
Description: Large group of cranberry harvesters posing with implements. Many of the individuals are wearing boutonnières and corsages made from cranberry sprigs. Many ...
Photograph

Elephants and McCormick-Deering No. 2 Manure Spreader

Date: 04 26 1923
Description: Two elephants pull a McCormick-Deering No. 2 manure spreader. One man is sitting on the head of the elephant on the far left, while another man stands on t...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Corn Planter Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering corn planters featuring photos of seeding disks and the with the text: "Planters for the Corn Belt."...
Photograph

Family Posing in front of Farmhouse

Date: 1900
Description: This family decided to make a family portrait with a number of the members doing an activity. On the right a man is wielding an ax, while in front of him a...
Photograph

Arthur Stubb

Date: 1932
Description: Arthur Stubb, 13, a student at Peck School, "dragging the field before the grain was planted." He poses wearing a cap, jacket and bib overalls, with the re...
Print

Holt's Lightning Hay Knife

Date: 1881
Description: Front of advertising card featuring a color illustration of a man and young boy outside during winter. The man is using a Lightning Hay knife to cut the ha...
Photograph

Farm Workers and a Hay Barn

Date: 
Description: Several farm workers pose in front of a hay barn with a team of horses.
Photograph

Man Driving Six Horses to Pull Planter

Date: 1920
Description: Rear view of a man driving a team of six horses to pull a planter in a field.
Photograph

Field Trial with Tractor Drawn Plows

Date: 04 12 1922
Description: A group of men are posing on an in front of a tractor pulling a plow in a field. One of the men is holding a dog.
Photograph

Man on Tractor Pulling Disk Harrow

Date: 06 25 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man on a tractor pulling a disk harrow. In the background is a man on a horse-drawn agricultural implement.
Photograph

Man Driving Horse-Drawn Cultivator

Date: 08 20 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of a man using a team of four horses to pull a cultivator in a field.
Photograph

Man Driving Horse-Drawn Cultivator

Date: 08 20 1926
Description: Rear view of a man driving a team of four horses to pull a cultivator in a field.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Double Disk Harrow

Date: 11 04 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man sitting on a double disk harrow (experimental) being pulled through a field by four horses.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Double Disk Harrow

Date: 11 04 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man sitting on a double disk harrow (experimental) being pulled through a field by four horses. A fence and buildin...
Photograph

Children Gathered Around Horse-Drawn Walking Plow

Date: 
Description: View of children gathered around a horse-drawn walking plow at Budlong School. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
Photograph

Group of Men Inspecting Ground

Date: 09 15 1928
Description: View towards a group of men inspecting the ground turned up by a horse-drawn plow. The horses are wearing fly-nets. There is a dog on the far right.
Photograph

Man on Horse-Drawn Hay Rake

Date: 01 10 1906
Description: Text on photograph reads: "First Milwaukee Hay Rake Built at McC Works Jan. 10, 06."

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