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Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op...
Photograph

Dr. Blake's Home

Date: 1877
Description: View of Dr. Blake's (probably Samuel M.) house in Lodi or Prairie du Sac with a white picket fence in front of it. A man is standing in the grass in front ...
Photograph

Man in Field near Farmstead

Date: 
Description: A man is standing in a field with corn and other crops, with a windmill on a wooden tower and a barn in the background. Two carriages are also visible, one...
Photograph

Train Hauling Tobacco

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Description: Men standing on top of, and around, a train carrying tobacco. A sign on the side of each car reads, "This car contains tobacco used in making Old Virginia ...
Photograph

Charmany Farms

Date: 1946
Description: Aerial view of farm which is part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the foreground is a tree-lined road. The farm has several buildings, including...
Photograph

Miniature Farm Display at Muscatine Imp. Co.

Date: 07 02 1929
Description: A tabletop display of a miniature farm, including a house, barn, garage, windmill, fences, plants, tractor, truck, animals, and two water pumps. A sign on ...
Photograph

Man Operating Osborne Mower

Date: 1915
Description: Rear view of a man operating an Osborne horse-drawn mower near a tree. The man is raising the sickle-bar as he is passing the tree.
Book or Pamphlet

The Eclipse Wind Engine

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Description: Engraving of a farm with an Eclipse windmill. There is a cutaway view of the building beneath showing a man inside working at a saw. Another man is working...
Photograph

Oak Hill Farm Poster

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Description: A hand-drawn poster, including a star design and two photographs, advertising Oak Hill Farm, founded by Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Harris.
Photograph

W. Blise Farm

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: View from field of the W. Blise farm. A barn with two silos, a windmill and a large house are visible. A stone wall landscapes the area in front of the hou...
Photograph

State Highway 140

Date: 05 1980
Description: A short black and white pole marks where a road converges with a state highway that stretches to the horizon. In the mid-distance before a hill is a railro...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder on the Gary Owen farm. A farmhouse and windmill are in the far background.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thresher

Date: 07 22 1926
Description: Side view of a McCormick-Deering harvester-thresher (combine). A group of men are standing behind the machine; and decals and/or stencils are on the side o...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering No. 8 Harvester-Thresher

Date: 08 05 1921
Description: A McCormick-Deering Harvester No. 8 harvester-thresher (combine) parked outside a farmhouse. Decals and/or stencils are on the machine.
Photograph

IH Demonstration Farm House

Date: 1924
Description: View from road of several people standing on the porch of an IH demonstration farmhouse. A barn is in the background on the right, with a painted sign on ...
Photograph

Woman with Parasol on Front Lawn of Farmhouse

Date: 1925
Description: View of a woman posing holding a parasol while sitting on the front lawn of a farmhouse on an International Harvester demonstration farm. Other people are ...
Photograph

IH Demonstration Farm at Aberdeen

Date: 07 1930
Description: View of the farmhouse, barn, and silo on an International Harvester Company demonstration farm.
Photograph

Crop Rotation Sign at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 07 1930
Description: A crop rotation sign stands near a dirt road leading to the farmhouse on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
Photograph

IH Demonstration Farm in North Dakota

Date: 07 1930
Description: View from lawn of farm buildings, farmhouse and grounds at an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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IH Demonstration Farm at Gull Lake

Date: 12 1928
Description: View from field of International Harvester demonstration farm located in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. The roof of the barn of barn has hand-inked lette...

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