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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...
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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.
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Tractor Powered Silo Filler

Date: 1915
Description: Two men wearing long overcoats and hats are standing directly behind a large tractor or stationary engine being used to power a belt-driven ensilage cutter...
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Lichtenberg Barn

Date: 2004
Description: This barn, at 1915 Hwy 28, is owned by Roy and Sandy Lichtenberg. The last time cows were milked here was in 1988.
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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...
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Hand-colored image of a Wisconsin cranberry bog and harvest. Men are harvesting in the flooded cranberry marshes.
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Ziemer Auction

Date: 09 1979
Description: "The Ziemer auction is being held at the Dog's farm on County P."
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People Posing Around Farm Machinery

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Description: People posing in field, with a barn in the background among trees. In the center a man, three women and a boy are standing in front of a wire fence. Behind...
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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...
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Farm Workers and a Hay Barn

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Description: Several farm workers pose in front of a hay barn with a team of horses.
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Woman Driving Tractor

Date: 04 09 1917
Description: Miss Josephine Huddleston seated on the big IHC tractor at the plowing of the first tract of land at Harrison and Jefferson Streets for Chicago's City Gard...
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Man on Tractor Pulling Disk Harrow

Date: 10 31 1917
Description: Left side profile view of a man driving a tractor pulling a disk harrow in a field. In the background is a silo, barn, windmill and farmhouse.
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Man in front of Dealership

Date: 06 25 1925
Description: View across street towards a man on the right posing in front of a dealership. He has one hand on an automobile, and his other hand on a cream separator. T...
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Two Row Cultivator

Date: 08 21 1925
Description: A two row cultivator displayed on the pavement in front of a brick factory building. Parts and wheels are stacked along the brick factory wall. A coat and ...
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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...
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Farmall Cub with Leveling & Grader Blade

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man driving a Farmall Cub to clear snow near a large brick building. Subject: "Farmall Cub with leveling & Grader ...
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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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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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Manure Spreader

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump waves a greeting to the photographer as he drives a wagon manure spreader pulled by a three horse team. The new Von der Sump barn with co...
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Shredding Corn Stalks

Date: 1905
Description: Will von der Sump, far right, is standing near the belt leading from a portable steam engine to a shredder and elevator next to a barn with a cupola ventil...

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