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Super A Tractor Cultivating

Date: 1949
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man on a Farmall Super A tractor following a curving line of furrows in a field with a cultivator.
Poster

Titan Tractors Advertising Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester 20 h.p. and 45 h.p. kerosene-gasoline Titan tractors. Imprinted with "Budapest, V., Vaczi ut 98." Includes a...
Photograph

Cultivating Vegetable Field with McCormick Farmall C Tractor

Date: 1949
Description: Slightly elevated view of a farmer cultivating a vegetable field with a McCormick Farmall C tractor with attached cultivator. Farm buildings are in the bac...
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

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...
Magazine or Periodical

Case Centennial Advertisement

Date: 1942
Description: Magazine advertisement celebrating the centennial of J.I. Case Co. of Racine, Wisconsin. The advertisement features a photograph of a contemporary tractor ...
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

Alfalfa Field "The Manx"

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view across harvested field towards a man holding a rake and standing next to a horse-drawn wagon, and two women in the wagon sitting...
Photograph

Poster Illustrating Old and New Harvesting Methods

Date: 05 15 1928
Description: Poster or display board illustrating the differences between "old" and "new" methods of harvesting grain. Includes images illustrating harvesting methods b...
Photograph

Spreading Lime

Date: 10 07 1927
Description: A man operating a Farmall Regular tractor pulls a man shoveling lime from a farm wagon. In the background on the left is a barn and silo's.
Photograph

St. Marvis Farm Buildings

Date: 11 18 1936
Description: Two men stand in the distance outside one of the farm buildings near a field at St. Marvis farm, where a McCormick-Deering milk cooler is installed. There ...
Photograph

Farmall M with Number 8 Bottom Plow

Date: 1940
Description: Rear view of a man using a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor with a Number 8 bottom plow to do field work on a hillside. Farm buildings are in the backgr...
Photograph

Farmall M with Genius Plow

Date: 1941
Description: Rear view of Ed Stanley using a Farmall M tractor with a three bottom Genius plow on the Grassurere Land Company's home farm.
Photograph

Farmall MD Tractor with Little Genius Plow

Date: 1941
Description: View from right of Clem J. Reynolds using a Farmall MD tractor and a No. 8 Little Genius plow to work in a field. Farm buildings and livestock are in the b...
Photograph

Man Operating Manure Spreader on Farmland

Date: 1911
Description: Panoramic view of man operating a horse-drawn manure spreader on farmland close to farmhouse and farm buildings.
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

Farming with Osborne Hay Rake

Date: 1916
Description: Rear view of man wearing a hat and suspenders using two horses to operate an Osborne side-delivery hay rake, or dump rake in a farm field. Several barns a...
Photograph

Men with Grain Cradles

Date: 1912
Description: Rear view of three men wearing hats, and pants with suspenders, using grain cradles to harvest a field crop. Multiple buildings, including a barn, are on a...
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1916
Description: Rear view of a man leading two horses pulling a mower across a field. In the background is a farmhouse, a barn, and several other farm buildings.
Photograph

Man with Oliver Plow

Date: 1915
Description: Side view of a man driving a team of three horses pulling an Oliver plow across a field. A large building, houses, and a water tower are in the background.

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