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Farmer Cultivates Field with Deering Disc Harrow

Date: 05 10 1917
Description: Farmer pulling a Deering double disc harrow with four horses in a field. A lake, trees and houses are in the distance.
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Wild Rice Harvest

Date: 1960
Description: An Ojibwa woman, Francis Mike, harvesting wild rice in a boat on Totogatic Lake.
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View of the Grand Music Band

Date: 1876
Description: Quite possibly this is the "View of the Grand Music Band" listed in the "Centennial Views of the City of Madison, July 4th, 1876. Views of Chicago Light Gu...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Kickers without Frogs

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Kickers." A boy wearing waders and holding a rifle stands with his arms ...
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Grain Binder on a Country Road

Date: 1910
Description: View down road towards a man and a dog standing next to a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder near a lake.
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Farmer and Ox-Drawn Mower Near Lake

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is standing next to a mower pulled by two oxen in a field next to a lake.
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Two Boys, a Dog, and a McCormick Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Two boys are standing at the side of a road near a lake with a dog. One boy is watching a man driving a horse-drawn McCormick binder, while the other boy i...
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McCormick Binder on Hill Overlooking Town and Lake

Date: 1900
Description: A man is operating a McCormick horse-drawn binder on a hill with a view of a town and lake in the background.
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J.A. Coon with Super C and Cultivator

Date: 1952
Description: View across field towards J.A. Coon with a McCormick Farmall Super C tractor and a C-254 cultivator. There is a pond or lake in the background. The origina...
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Side View of Super C with C-254 Cultivator

Date: 1952
Description: View towards a man using a McCormick Farmall Super C tractor with a C-254 cultivator to work in a field. There is a pond or lake in the background. The ori...
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Three Men on the Lake Dock

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Description: A view of three men, one sitting and two standing, on a lake dock. In the background on the far shoreline are cattle grazing. Foothills are in the backgrou...
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Procession to Immaculate Conception Lake

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Description: View of a procession to Immaculate Conception Lake at Nazareth Academy, established in 1814. Priests and servers lead the procession, and women in black fo...
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International Students Attend the University of Wisconsin

Date: 07 27 1954
Description: International students attend the University of Wisconsin. Pictured is Ali Ahmed Attiga of Missurata, Libya who studies full time at the University. He is ...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Mrs. William Bowersox of Juneau pausing indoors for a look out at Lake Mendota before attending a session for women at the annual University of Wisconsin F...
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Norwegian Farmers

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Description: A farming couple pose together on the steps of a building with a sod roof in Nordfjord country. In the background is a lake and a mountain on the far shore...
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Elevated View of Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a man using a binder in a field. Sheaves of wheat are distributed in the field, and two other men are standing near the binder. There is a...
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Man Using Binder in Field near Lake

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards man using horse-drawn binder in a field. Two other people are standing in the field, and two horses are standing on the far left....
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Man with Binder on Horse-Drawn Transport Truck

Date: 1900
Description: View of a man on a McCormick binder on a horse-drawn transport truck, on a road near a river or lake on the left. On the right is a board sidewalk.
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Man on Horse-Drawn Binder Leaving Lakefront

Date: 1900
Description: View along shoreline towards man on horse-drawn McCormick binder leaving a lakefront.
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Man on Horse-Drawn Binder on Shoreline

Date: 1900
Description: View of a man on a horse-drawn binder letting the horses drink at the shoreline.

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