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Book or Pamphlet

Drain the Wet Land

Date: 04 15 1930
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The cover shows a man standing near a drainage ditch. The bookl...
Map or Atlas

Agricultural and Dairy Lands in Reliable Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: This early 20th century map shows the township and range system, sections, railroads, roads, lakes, wetlands, and streams in the western Sawyer County town...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wood County, Wis.

Date: 1878
Description: This 1878 map of Wood County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities, villages and post offices, landownership, roads, railr...
Map or Atlas

W.F. Vilas Cranberry Marsh, T21N, R4E

Date: 06 22 1891
Description: This 1891 manuscript map depicts Cranberry Creek and wetlands in part of the Town of Port Edwards, Wood County, Wisconsin. Elevations and falls in the cree...
Photograph

Men on Gang Plow in Horicon Marsh

Date: 09 08 1914
Description: Five men in hats and jackets, some holding the levers on a gang plow pulled by a Rumley tractor, pose for a group portrait. One man in work clothes stands ...
Photograph

Draining Horicon Marsh

Date: 1914
Description: View of a drainage ditch in Horicon Marsh. A man is on a path along the left of the ditch.
Photograph

Men in Plowed Horicon Marsh

Date: 1914
Description: Group of well-dressed men standing in front of a plowed segment of Horicon Marsh.
Photograph

Plowing on Horicon Marsh

Date: 10 1914
Description: View of furrowed ground in Horicon Marsh and men on a tractor in the process of plowing a drained portion of the marsh.
Photograph

Reclaiming Swamp Land

Date: 
Description: Stereograph showing workers digging a ditch with a tractor and laying drain tile.
Photograph

IH 624 Diesel Tactor and Rice Thresher in the Philippines

Date: 1969
Description: This photograph was likely taken by the International Harvester Overseas Division for promotional purposes, and shows a man driving an International Harves...
Map or Atlas

Military Reserve :The Following are the Boundaries of the Lands Which Have Been Occupied by the Troops of the U.S. at Fort Howard, Green Bay

Date: 1862
Description: This map shows landownership on a military reserve, private claims, buildings (including Fort Howard and U.S. sawmill), swamps, public barns and fields, an...
Drawing

Native American Women Harvesting Rice

Date: 
Description: Drawing of three women in a canoe harvesting wild rice.
Map or Atlas

Existing Land Use, Washburn County, Wisconsin

Date: 1970
Description: This map shows colored-coded land use with a legend in the bottom margin. Land classifications include: Year-round Residential (yellow), Seasonal Residenti...
Map or Atlas

A Map of South Carolina and a Part of Georgia: Containing the Whole Sea-Coast; All the Islands, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks, Parishes, Townships, Boroughs, Roads, and Bridges

Date: 1780
Description: This map shows the townships, parishes, cities, towns, plantations, lakes, rivers, swamps, and roads near the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. Emphasis...
Photograph

Dodge County Farm

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view from hill of chickens ranging near their coop behind a farmhouse and outbuildings on a tidy farm. There is a large barn on the right with two...
Photograph

First Snow

Date: 1975
Description: View through snow-covered cattails after a winter snowfall towards a house on the left, and a barn and a silo on the right.
Postcard

Mount Morris

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Mount Morris. Wautoma, Wis." A view of Mount Morris from above the shore of a lake or pond. A dwelling and perhaps a farm can be seen...

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