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Farmall H Tractor with Cultivator at Hinsdale Farms

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a farmer on a McCormick Farmall H tractor with cultivator at Hinsdale Farm, near International Harvester's experimental farm.
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African American Farmer Hauling Corn to Market

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Description: Farmer hauling corn to market with an ox-driven wagon. Original caption notes that oxen were used considerably in the south for motive power.
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Farmall F-12 Tractor and Corn Picker in Field

Date: 11 15 1937
Description: Elevated view of farmer Arnold L. Craft picking corn with a McCormick-Deering Farmall F-12 tractor, mounted experimental one row corn picker, and Buckeye w...
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Farmer with Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 1916
Description: Farmer operating an International Harvester corn planter with fertilizer attachment drawn by two horses or donkeys. The photograph was taken for, or compil...
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Man Inspecting Cornstacks

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Description: Farmer inspecting cornstacks in a field.
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McCormick Husker and Shredder

Date: 1915
Description: Two men are feeding corn stalks from a horse-drawn wagon into a McCormick husker-shredder.
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McCormick Improved 8-roll Husker and Shredder

Date: 01 06 1916
Description: Men feeding corn from wagons into a husker-shredder near a barn. The husker-shredder is connected to a tractor. Houses are in the background. Original capt...
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Sewer Pipe Installation with Hough Payloader

Date: 1947
Description: A crew of men laying sewer pipe with a Hough payloader. Original caption states: "Hough Payloader laying sewer pipe sections weighing 200 lbs each. Equipme...
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Corn Contest Prize Winners

Date: 05 1911
Description: Six young men, winners of the Wisconsin No. 7 corn contest, pose in front of tent. From left to right: Ray Peterson, Everett Palmer, Earl Ward, Herbert Ec...
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Corn Exhibit

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Description: Ears of corn on display under a striped tent. Three men are behind the tent near a building.
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McCormick Grain Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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McCormick Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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Dairy Days Parade

Date: 1950
Description: Bernard Arms holding a firearm poses on a parade float decorated in an autumn theme, including a stuffed bear, fox, and squirrel. The parade was a part of ...
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International Corn Harvester

Date: 1964
Description: A man is sitting behind the steering wheel of a Farmall tractor outfitted with a McCormick International Model 234 corn harvester.
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Cabbage, Tobacco Plants, and Sweet Corn

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: A plot of land in front of a row of houses features cabbage in the foreground, ripe, four-foot tall Havana seed leaf tobacco plants in the center, and swee...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down unpaved road towards an intersection on Main Street. On the left is a two-story wood frame building with two men and a dog on the porch and poste...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 562-573

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Description: A fire is not a place, but a containment
to keep burning.

A reassembly of inner flames around the patriarch,
A school and script for golden we...
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Dilapidated House

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Description: View across yard towards a man and woman posing sitting and standing in front of a dilapidated two-story wooden house with broken windows. In the foregroun...
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Sweet Corn Delivery

Date: 1920
Description: Wagons delivering sweet corn to the Canning Company on the west bank of the Chippewa River.
Postcard

Greetings from Spring Green

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green, Wis." On the reverse it reads: "Lush Farm Land." Elevated view of a farmer on a tractor in a large corn ...

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