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The Threshing Crew

Date: 
Description: Wisconsin threshing crew, with steam operated tractor, in Buffalo county.
Photograph

Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
Photograph

Threshing Grain by Horse Power

Date: 1834
Description: Threshing of grain by horse power, US patent.
Photograph

Farm Workers and Equipment in Barnyard

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men are working in front of a barn. The equipment includes wagons, a steam engine, thresher, shovels, and extra wheels on the right. One of th...
Photograph

Men Working on Husker and Shredder

Date: 1917
Description: A man is standing on a wagon loaded with corn stalks while another man is operating a husker-shredder.
Photograph

Husker and Shredder in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Two men loading corn stalks into a husker-shredder from a horse-drawn wagon in a snow-covered field. A building with windows near a sloped roof is behind ...
Photograph

McCormick Husker and Shredder

Date: 1915
Description: Two men are feeding corn stalks from a horse-drawn wagon into a McCormick husker-shredder.
Photograph

Men with Husker and Shredder

Date: 1915
Description: Men loading corn stalks from a horse-drawn wagon into a husker-shredder. A ladder is in the right foreground and corn husks cover the ground.
Photograph

Mogul 8-16 Tractor and Corn Picker

Date: 1916
Description: Men with Mogul 8-16 tractor, corn picker(?) and wagon in a cornfield.
Photograph

Mogul 8-16 Tractor and Corn Picker

Date: 1915
Description: Men with a Mogul 8-16 tractor, corn picker and horse-drawn wagon in a cornfield.
Painting

Belgian Power

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Description: A team of three Belgian horses pulling a Deering binder through a field during the oat harvest. A farmer is driving the team, and other workers are in the ...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Threshers Catalog

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering Threshers. Features a photograph of men working in a field with horses.
Photograph

Frank Otto Threshing Crew

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Description: A group of farmer workers stand with pitch forks in front of the first gas engine for threshing on the August Krenke farm. A horse-drawn vehicle is also vi...
Postcard

Threshing Time on the Old Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored postcard showing a farm crew with horses, a tractor, and other agricultural implements threshing grain crops in a field. Women in dresses pose...
Book or Pamphlet

Threshing Machinery Booklet

Date: 1918
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Nichols & Shepard Company threshing machinery featuring a color illustration of farmers using a Red River Special thre...
Book or Pamphlet

Threshing Machinery Booklet Back Cover

Date: 1918
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising Nichols & Shepard Company threshing machinery, which features a color illustration of a tractor powering a threshing m...
Photograph

Men Operating Farm Machinery

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of men and boys operating a steam tractor used for belt-driven threshing machinery. Farm buildings are on the right, and one has a thatched r...
Photograph

Men Operating Farm Machinery

Date: 
Description: A group of men are operating a steam tractor and threshing machinery near farm buildings. Three men are posing in the foreground near the tractor, and anot...
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Threshers Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Avery Yellow-Fellow and Yellow-Kid threshers. The cover features an illustration of men using threshers in a farm...
Photograph

International 22 x 38 Harvester Thresher

Date: 1921
Description: Original handwritten caption reads: "Owned by Otto Stangl, Juneau, WIS R-3 Titan 10-20 tractors International 22 x 38 thresher bought fall 1920 thresher ne...

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