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Men with Plow

Date: 1873
Description: Group portrait of men gathered in a farmyard, posed behind two plows. The plow in front has Argyle, Wisc. from Michalson Implement Company inscribed on the...
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Halvor Nerison Hauge and Other Farmers

Date: 1874
Description: Halvor Nerison Hauge (1830-1906) had much to be proud of in 1874: an imposing brick house, modern harvesting equipment and a growing family. When Dahl publ...
Photograph

Farmer Cultivates Field with Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1959
Description: View towards a farmer on a Farmall Cub tractor with attached cultivator.
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Corn Planters and Drills

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for the Kentucky line of International Harvester corn planters and drills. Cover features an illustration of a farmer...
Photograph

Planting Corn with Farmall Tractor

Date: 06 17 1927
Description: Farmer planting corn with a Farmall tractor and corn planter on the farm of D.H. Hummell.
Photograph

Kruegers with Milk Cans

Date: 06 09 1935
Description: Elna and little Shirley Krueger with milk cans on the Krueger farm.
Photograph

Man on his Mower

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Description: Panoramic view of a grassy, wooded hillside; wooden and log outbuildings, a house and fields. A man is sitting on a horse-drawn mower, and another man is s...
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Workers in newly Sprouted Grain Field

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Description: Farm workers are in a newly sprouted grain field with a harvest rake and a grain cradle. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing on the left watching the ...
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Halvor Nerison Hauge's Farm

Date: 1874
Description: People in a field standing around a mower, with a farmstead and windmill in background, looking west. Halvor Nerison Hauge (1830-1906) purchased the farm i...
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Men posed with Farming Implements

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Description: Men posing in field in foreground with scythes, grain cradle and rake, and people posing in the background, standing, and on horseback in front of center-h...
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Men and Horses on G. Larsen Farm

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Description: Men and horses stand in the fenced-in barnyard of the G. Larsen farm. A mower and a self-raking reaper can also be seen. In the background is a barn and ...
Photograph

Harold Haroldsen Stugaard Farm

Date: 1876
Description: Field in the foreground with log building, barn and house with people in front yard in background. Mr. Harold Haroldsen Stugaard died in 1875 and his wife...
Magazine or Periodical

Case Centennial Magazine Advertisement

Date: 1942
Description: Magazine advertisement celebrating the centennial of J. I. Case Co. of Racine, Wisconsin. Features a photograph of a farmer cultivating using a contemporar...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
Photograph

Cutting Weeds

Date: 08 1929
Description: A man using a scythe to cut weeds from a pasture of wild carrots.
Photograph

Feeding Hogs

Date: 07 1923
Description: A farmer is standing on a wagon shoveling ear corn to hogs in a nearby pen.
Photograph

Family Posing around Farmhouse

Date: 1921
Description: View across field towards a family standing on the porch of a farmhouse while a man is standing in the adjacent field with a horse. In the background, clot...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Milwaukee Grain Binder

Date: 1915
Description: Two men and a child, all wearing hats, are at the back of a Milwaukee grain binder. One man is standing with a cradle in his hands. An older man with a bea...
Photograph

Husker and Shredder Crew at Barn

Date: 1913
Description: Men working with wagons and husker-shredder near a barn. The husker-shredder is powered by a Titan 18-35 tractor. A dog is walking by a fence, and milk can...
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Crew with Husker and Shredder

Date: 1915
Description: Six men are standing by a husker-shredder, wagon, and two horses in a farm yard. A tractor, possibly a Mogul 8-16 is on the right. Barns and farm buildings...

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