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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Photograph

IH Exhibit at Plowing Contest

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester's exhibit of agricultural machinery at the Wabash plowing contest. Includes a Farmall 400 tractor (with Electrall?...
Photograph

Chicken Plucking

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Description: A chicken plucking demonstration at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Harvester Farm Exhibit

Date: 1946
Description: Children visiting the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. A barn and an International truck are in the background.
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Harvester Farm Exhibit at Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1946
Description: Men and women working on the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.
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International Harvester Tractor Display

Date: 1946
Description: Display in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. The display consists of a McCormick Farmall tractor with a male mannequin sitt...
Photograph

Swine Competitors

Date: 1962
Description: Competitors in the Junior Livestock Exposition with their pigs before the judging.
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Livestock Judging

Date: 09 1953
Description: A young woman shows her entry in the Central Wisconsin Junior Livestock Competition.
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International Harvester Headquarters Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A crowd gathers around the International Harvester headquarters at the Iowa State Fair to watch a live broadcast from radio station KRNT.
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Man Making Adjustment to a McCormick-Deering Planter

Date: 1932
Description: A man kneels to inspect and adjust a McCormick-Deering planter. The planter appears to be part of an indoor museum display.
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Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 26 1952
Description: Olson youth with his calf at the Dane County Junior Fair.
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Harness Racing at a Wisconsin Fair

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Description: View from the inner track of harness racing at a local fair. The horses and their drivers can be seen racing around a tree-lined curve in the track and pas...
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Dane County Junior Fair and Horse Show

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Description: A group of teenagers lounge about on bales of hay in a barn at the Dane County Junior Fair and Horse Show. Cows are resting nearby on the right.
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Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition

Date: 10 17 1960
Description: Twelve-year-old Larry Beck, Jr. from Ixonia slapping the purple ribbon on his meat-type Poland China barrow after winning the grand champion honor at the S...
Print

Empire Mower and Reaper

Date: 1893
Description: Lithograph of the Empire Mower and Reaper; several other reaper manufacturers and models are identified in the illustration which appears above the text: “...
Photograph

Cub Cadet '"Wild Animal Act"

Date: 1966
Description: Elevated view of a man driving a Cub Cadet tractor, which is painted like a tiger, rising up slightly on its back wheels as the driver is charging a man ac...
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Cub Cadet "Wild Animal Act"

Date: 1966
Description: A man driving a Cub Cadet tractor painted like a tiger, is riding over a small ramp in a "Wild Animal Act" performance. An audience is watching from behind...
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Cub Cadet '"Wild Animal Act"

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Description: Two Cub Cadet tractors, painted like tigers, perform in a dirt ring as part of a "Wild Animal Act." An actor playing an animal trainer is standing with a c...
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Cub Cadet "Wild Animal Act"

Date: 1966
Description: Two men wearing helmets are lined up side-by-side on their Cub Cadet tractors in a performance of the "Wild Animal Act." Two of the three Cub Cadet tractor...
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Cub Cadet "Wild Animal Act"

Date: 1966
Description: Close-up of two men riding Cub Cadet tractors which are painted like tigers, circling around another man playing an animal trainer and holding a whip in a ...

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