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McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1896
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. A small illustration at the top right is of a man using a horse-d...
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Man Inside Agricultural Exhibit

Date: 1916
Description: African American man sitting inside an agricultural display of corn, potatoes, canned goods and International Harvester agricultural lecture charts. A bann...
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Senator Proxmire and Constituents

Date: 1970
Description: Senator William Proxmire shakes hands with constituents at the Wisconsin State Fair while eating an ear of corn.
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Men Shaking Hands over Contract

Date: 04 1913
Description: Professor Perry Holden and Governor Luther Egbert Hall shake hands over a contract to grow 100,000,000 bushels of corn in Louisiana in 1913. A group of men...
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Men Gathered Over Corn Testing

Date: 1913
Description: Four men gathered over agriculture work. Original caption reads: "Assistant County Superintendent Calley explaining corn testing work to the school directo...
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Children at Corn Germination Lesson

Date: 1913
Description: Class of children gathered outdoors around a table for a corn germination lesson. Original caption reads: "after the rag dolls are prepared they are immers...
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Two Men Operating McCormick Corn Husker-Shredder

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are operating a McCormick husker-shredder. One man is feeding corn from a pile into the machine with a pitchfork. The shredded husks are being shot...
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Hanging Up the Corn

Date: 1914
Description: A man is hanging up strings of corn to demonstrate corn testing in front of a group of children (students?).
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Students Returning to School with Corn

Date: 1919
Description: Small class of students and their teacher carrying sacks full of corn. Original caption reads: "Returning with trophies, Elm Grove School." The writing on ...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder and Corn Shocker

Date: 1902
Description: Man in a suit standing with a horse-drawn corn binder and a corn shocker in a field. A shock of corn is at his side.
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Man Standing in Cornfield

Date: 1895
Description: A man, wearing a suit and a hat, standing in a cornfield.
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Men in Field with Corn and Pumpkins

Date: 08 01 1895
Description: Men posing in Albert Smith's three-acre cornfield. Two men stand near the fence, and three others are in the background holding up their hats.
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P. Langlais Farm

Date: 07 31 1895
Description: Three men standing in the cornfields at P. Langlais's farm.

In "Northern Wisconsin: A Hand-Book for the Homeseeker" (1896), this photograph is captioned...

Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 562-573

Date: 
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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Corn Growing Champion

Date: 01 25 1960
Description: Wisconsin corn growing champion Larry Pluemer of Lancaster is shown at right with Bernard McGinley, Grant county farm and home development agent. Mr. Pluem...
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Men Using Horse-Drawn Binders in Cornfield

Date: 1900
Description: Two men using horse-drawn corn binders in a field. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing on the right.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view of a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing near the binder on the right.
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Corn Binders in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View from cornfield of men standing near a horse-drawn corn binder. One man is sitting in a horse-drawn buggy.
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Men Posing with Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men posing with a corn binder in a field. The man sitting on the corn binder on the right is holding a dog in his lap.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across rows of harvested corn towards left side of a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. On the right a group of four men are walking behi...

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