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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Aerial View of Contour Strip Farming

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial view of contour strip farming with the Obert Olstad farm in foreground. The Carl Backum farm is in the background.
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Charles Green

Date: 
Description: Charles Green, the last survivor of the African American colony at Pleasant Ridge (near Lancaster, WI) looks out over the community graveyard.
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Men with Farm Tools

Date: 1879
Description: Five men, facing away from the camera, are standing in a field. Some of them are holding a rakes and a scythe. A boy is in the foreground facing the camera...
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Harold McCormick Family Portrait at Walnut Grove, Virginia

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall ...
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Men and Boys with McCormick Binder in front of Farmhouse

Date: 1900
Description: Men, young boys, and a dog standing in front of a brick farmhouse with a horse-drawn McCormick binder.
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Young Girl on Farmall F-12 Tractor

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Eighteen-year-old Juanita Washington operating a McCormick-Deering Farmall F-12 with attached plow. According to the original caption, Ms. Washington "regu...
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Farmer Harvests Grain on Steep Hill with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a farmer harvesting grain on a hill or ridge with a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder near Pittsburgh. In the background is a va...
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Engine Powered Hay Press on Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Men operating a hay press powered by an International Harvester stationary engine as a woman is looking on. They are working near a barn which has chink-lo...
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Calves in Pasture

Date: 08 1929
Description: Young dairy cows feeding in a clover pasture with farm buildings in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog

Date: 1887
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of farmers in a field with a horse-dra...
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IHC Hay Presses

Date: 1914
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for IHC hay presses featuring an illustration of a landscape of a valley with farms and fields.
Book or Pamphlet

Corn King Manure Spreader Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Corn King line of manure spreaders. Features a color illustration of a farmer in a field with...
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Kruegers Playing with Toys

Date: 1900
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger (twins on right) and Effie Goetsch (Carr) playing with toys outdoors. Effie was the daughter of Ernest Samuel Goetsch and Anna Sch...
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Cattle Pens at Lodi Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of cattle yards near the railroad tracks. A farm and farm buildings can be seen in the background.
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Farmall Super M Tractor with Rotary Cultivator

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of a man operating a McCormick Farmall Super M with rotary cultivator.
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Quammen Family Farm

Date: 
Description: View of the Quammen family farm with a man in the foreground standing in a field. Behind him and across the field is an upright and wing frame house with w...
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Experimental No. 51 Hillside Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1932
Description: Experimental McCormick-Deering No. 51 hillside harvester-thresher (combine). Original caption reads: "This machine had no recleaner but featured a self-lev...
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Amund Rustebakke Farm

Date: 1873
Description: View across field towards the Amund Rustebakke farm. Twelve haystacks dominate the left and center of the image, and two people are standing on top of the ...
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Landscape View and Farm

Date: 1873
Description: View down a rocky hill towards a split-rail fence bordering a prosperous farm. The low building in the center is the kind of cattle shed settlers built as ...

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