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Tobacco Field

Date: 08 24 1929
Description: A farmer is standing in a tobacco field, with crop ready to harvest. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Krueger Family in Field

Date: 08 24 1907
Description: August, Tina, Sarah, Jennie, Edgar and Alex Krueger posing outdoors in a field. Alex took this photograph remotely with a string tied to the shutter of the...
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Horse-Drawn Harvester-Thresher

Date: 09 18 1923
Description: Harvester-Thresher (combine) on a hill in a field drawn by a team of eleven horses.
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Mogul 15-30(?) Tractor pulling a McCormick Binder

Date: 07 30 1917
Description: Two men operating a Mogul 15-30(?) tractor and a McCormick binder in a field.
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Workers Loading Sisal Leaves onto Tram Car

Date: 1900
Description: Two workers loading bundles of sisal leaves onto a tram car on a plantation in the Yucatan(?). The sisal or hennequen was used by the McCormick Company and...
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Summer Harrowing

Date: 07 07 1934
Description: Farmer George Kopp giving a ride on his horse-drawn harrow to a young friend as he cultivates his field.
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White Pine Forest

Date: 
Description: View of White Pine Forest in Flambeau State Park.
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Harvesting Grain with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Several farmers and farm laborers, including a handful of children, at work harvesting grain with a McCormick grain binder in a field.
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Farm Hands at Work Reaping Grain with Scythes

Date: 1899
Description: Farm scene of foreman watching five farm hands reaping grain with cradles as children, women and field hands help gather it into bundles.
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Farmer Harvesting Grain with Horse-Drawn Reaper

Date: 1899
Description: Rear view of farmer harvesting grain near woodline with a self-rake reaper drawn by two horses.
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Valley with Grain Field

Date: 07 12 1964
Description: Elevated view of valley with strip-planted grain field.
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Newly Plowed Field and Tractor

Date: 05 20 1962
Description: A tractor parked in a newly plowed corner of a field.
Postcard

First Wisconsin Aviator-A.P. Warner

Date: 11 04 1909
Description: Color postcard depicting Arthur Pratt Warner of Beloit flying his Curtiss Pusher for the first time, November 4, 1909. Warner was the first person in Wisco...
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Allis Chalmers Farm Machinery

Date: 07 06 1940
Description: Allis Chalmers tractor pulling a chopper and a wagon, with one man driving the tractor, two men on the wagon, and one man talking to the driver.
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McCormick Farmall H Tractor with Manure Spreader

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man pulling a McCormick No. 200 manure spreader with a McCormick Farmall H tractor. Photograph was taken at or near the compan...
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McCormick Farmall H Tractor with Mounted Cultivator

Date: 1948
Description: View towards a man in a field on a Farmall H tractor with a mounted cultivator, either at or near the company's experimental farm in Hinsdale.
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McCormick W-4 Tractor with Plow

Date: 1948
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man in a field operating a McCormick standard W-4 tractor with a plow.
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W-4 Tractor with No. 200 Manure Spreader

Date: 1950
Description: Left side view of a farmer in a field pulling a No. 200 manure spreader with a McCormick standard W-4 tractor.
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Vegetable Farmer

Date: 1895
Description: A farmer stands in his vegetable field.
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Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Man pulling a manure spreader with a McCormick Farmall H tractor.

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