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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...
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Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
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Threshing Grain

Date: 1950
Description: A stationary McCormick-Deering thresher in action at the E.J. Shuster Farm.
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Allis Chalmers Farm Machinery

Date: 07 06 1940
Description: Allis Chalmers tractor pulling a chopper and a wagon, with one man driving the tractor, two men on the wagon, and one man talking to the driver.
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Cultivator Demonstration

Date: 09 17 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of a male worker in a field demonstrating a cultivator for the McKay Nursery. Other workers are in the field in the background.
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Combine on Hill Farm

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Two men operating Case 9-foot combine with a group of men observing, at University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Combine Thresher and Tractor

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Two men are posing on a Nichols & Shepard combine thresher and Hart Parr tractor.
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Threshing Outfit

Date: 08 09 1928
Description: Nichols-Shepard Company store, located at 649 E. Mifflin Street, with men, tractor and threshing machine in front. Large sign in front reads: "This complet...
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Cutting Grain

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Harvesting grain with horse-drawn machinery at Farm Colony, Wisconsin State Hospital for Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute), Highway 113.
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Case Combine at Hill Farm

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Man cutting and threshing with Case 9-foot combine at the University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Man on Combine

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Man cutting and threshing with Case 9-foot combine, at University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Man on Combine

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Man cutting and threshing with Case 9-foot combine, at the University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Williamson Family Poses outside with Grandmother

Date: 1873
Description: A family poses in a yard around a table. The grandmother appears to have an embroidery hoop in her lap. In the background on the right is a grindstone. Fur...
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Homemade Mosquito Duster

Date: 07 27 1944
Description: City of Madison staff demonstrating homemade liquid mosquito sprayer designed by Dr. Bernhard "Dommie" Domogalla, city biochemist. Left to right: LeRoy Joh...
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Soviet Government Representatives at Farm

Date: 08 11 1944
Description: Six Russian representatives of the Soviet government observing a new McCormick-Deering Company Model 50-T hay baler at the Bowman Dairy Farm on Fish Hatche...
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Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1902
Description: Left side profile view of a farmer using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field.
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"Madison Girls" on International Harvester Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Four women are sitting on an International Harvester manure spreader. The women are identified as "Madison Girls," most likely employees at International H...
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Spray Bar on a Tractor

Date: 09 26 1947
Description: Man on tractor in field using a spray bar that was fabricated by Kupfer Foundry and Iron Works, Inc., 101-149 Waubesa Street.
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Men Using Steel Husker and Shredder

Date: 1930
Description: Men use a steel husker and shredder and a Farmall Regular tractor on the farm of J. Peter Peterson.
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Power Mower

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Description: Cutting the grass with a large lawn mower near the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House (currently Camp Randall Stadium).

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