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Kehl Winery

Date: 02 18 1960
Description: Two young women looking at a wine making tool. Winery operated from 1867 to 1899. It later became a dance hall. Excerpt from Sauk Prairie Star, Sauk City, ...
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IH Dealership Interior

Date: 02 25 1927
Description: Elevated view of a parts storage wall and various machines on display at the International Harvester dealership of Charles C. Matezcvk(sp?). Farm machines ...
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Ottawa Farm Machinery Co.

Date: 05 03 1929
Description: Interior, most likely a shop or service area, at the Ottawa Farm Machinery Company, an International Harvester dealership. In the shop are stools, carts, c...
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Showroom at Morrison Implement Co.

Date: 1929
Description: A corn sheller, plow and disc harrows on display in the showroom of the Morrison Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. Posters and bann...
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Boys Working in Field

Date: 04 15 1925
Description: Boys using hand tools to work in a field. A mule-drawn wagon is in the background. They are all wearing hats and overalls.
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Man Making Adjustments to Plow

Date: 1921
Description: Close-up of a man's arm using a wrench to make adjustments to a P&O tractor plow hitched to a tractor.
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Preparation for Pit Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Three men working at a site for a new pit silo on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Poultry House Feed Bins

Date: 05 1924
Description: A man wearing a cap and overalls holding a burlap feed bag while standing near feed bins in the poultry house of Professor Holden. Tools are hanging from n...
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Mowing Machine Hazards

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man is kneeling on the ground beside a mower hitched to two horses while performing repairs. An agricultural tool is lying on the ground beside him.
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Man at Tool Cabinet

Date: 04 1926
Description: A man wearing a hat and denim jacket stands near a tool cabinet in a barn or workshop while looking through a drawer at Cutten Farms.
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Making Germination Boxes and Corn Racks

Date: 1917
Description: Rural school teachers using tools to make wooden germination boxes and corn racks outdoors in front of what is possibly a school building.
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Teachers Constructing Germination Box

Date: 1917
Description: Rural school teachers working outdoors using tools to construct a sawdust germination box for corn.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools Catalog

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure with the title "Unlock the Soil with McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools." The cover includes illustrations of harrows and cul...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools Catalog

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure with the title "Make Good Work Easy with McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools." Flanking the cover photograph is a list of McCo...
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Men with Wagon

Date: 1909
Description: Two men standing by the wheel of a wooden horse-drawn wagon while another man is standing behind wooden bars on the wagon bed. A barn, additional buildings...
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Studio at Hickory Hill Farm

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of mechanics working with a farm machinery at International Harvester's Hickory Hill Farm.
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Man Tightening Wire Fence

Date: 1921
Description: Man tightening a wire fence. Original caption reads: "R.A. Hayne tightening a wire fence on the John Esch farm."
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Factory Workers at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Male workers standing at stations positioned along a wall of windows inside the McCormick Reaper Works. A belt-driven power system is suspended from the ce...
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Four Workers Seated Below Parts Display

Date: 1910
Description: Factory workers sit on a wooden bench with a large wheel or gear resting on their legs below a display of implement parts, most likely at International Har...
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Ridgeway Lumber Store

Date: 1948
Description: Interior of the Ridgeway Lumber Store before the opening on May 15, 1948. Owned by Elmer and Willard Droster, and G. Wichman.

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