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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.
Poster

South American Grain Drill Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: South American advertising poster for Deering horse-drawn and tractor-drawn grain drills distributed by International Harvester Company Argentina. Imprinte...
Poster

Champion Header Advertising Poster (Argentina)

Date: 1914
Description: South American advertising poster for Champion brand headers featuring color illustrations of the implements. Imprinted with "International Harvester Corpo...
Photograph

Forest Nursery

Date: 1951
Description: Aerial view of the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company nursery.
Poster

Champion Header Binder Advertising Poster

Date: 1914
Description: South American advertising poster for the Champion push binder (grain binder). The poster features color illustration and the text: "espigadora atadora, Ch...
Photograph

Farm Hazard: Children with Things in Their Mouths

Date: 07 1927
Description: Young farm boy holding a paint bucket and paper bag and has a pencil in his mouth. This photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Ext...
Photograph

Crowd Gathered to Watch International Harvester Film

Date: 07 07 1929
Description: Rural farming crowd gathered to watch an International Harvester film on the side of a barn. The event was staged by J.H. Matthews, an International Harves...
Book or Pamphlet

R. Hornsby & Sons Catalog

Date: 12 1884
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for R. Hornsby & Sons, Ltd., manufacturers of agricultural implements. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustr...
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1893
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Johnston Harvester Company. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of Christopher Columbus and hi...
Book or Pamphlet

Artesian Stock Farm

Date: 1884
Description: Bird's-eye view drawing of the grounds of Villa Louis, the estate of the fur trading Dousman family. After the death of H. Louis Dousman's mother in 1882, ...
Photograph

Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1728

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Confederate Prisoners and Explos...
Photograph

Family on Wrap-Around Porch

Date: 1873
Description: A family is seated on the wrap-around porch, with two men posed holding shotguns standing below them at foundation level. There are two windows in the ston...
Photograph

Aerial View of Farmhouses

Date: 1860
Description: Farmhouses near P. Rodenschmit Hill.
Book or Pamphlet

Have a Silo

Date: 01 16 1928
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The cover includes an illustration of a farm with a barn and si...
Photograph

Dairy Farm, Aerial View

Date: 1934
Description: Aerial view of the Jones dairy farm, Fort Atkinson, in winter. The Rock River is in the background.
Photograph

View of Theresa, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: View of Theresa, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Wisconsin Ribbon of Concrete

Date: 11 1951
Description: Aerial view of US Highway 14 southeast of La Crosse descending into Mormon Coulee. The original caption of the print, which is undated, describes the road ...
Photograph

Aerial View of Town

Date: 1965
Description: Aerial view looking north-northwest. View includes houses, roads, farm buildings, tractor-trailors (parked), other buildings.
Photograph

Men with Agricultural Equipment

Date: 09 14 1926
Description: A man examining papers sits on the beam of an farm wagon (probably a John Deere) while others gather near him. A variety of farm machines are in the backgr...
Print

Operating Your Tractor, Tractor Safety Cartoon

Date: 1958
Description: A cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon appears under the heading: "Operating Your Tractor". The cartoon depicts a man ope...

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