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Madison Airport and Midwest Air Transport Airplanes

Date: 06 21 1930
Description: Midwest Air Transport planes in front of the hangar at the Madison Airport. Located northeast of the city near the Oscar Mayer plant, the field was someti...
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Open Hearth Lead Furnace

Date: 1872
Description: Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men...
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Sopwith Camels

Date: 1918
Description: British-built Sopwith Camels at the American Expeditionary Force 2nd Aviation Instruction Center near Tours, France. The Sopwith Camel, manufactured by the...
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 09 1929
Description: View across field towards the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, almost finished.
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 09 1929
Description: View across field towards the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, almost finished.
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McCormick Auto-Mower

Date: 07 24 1900
Description: Engineer E.A. Johnston operating a single-cylinder version of the McCormick Auto-Mower at the McCormick Works. Johnston was Director of Engineering for the...
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Mogul 45 Tractors with Oliver Plows

Date: 1910
Description: A long row of Oliver Plows hitched to three Mogul 45 tractors. A two-pony cart and driver are parked in front of the plows.
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Seed Company Grounds

Date: 06 23 1936
Description: Workers in trial fields of the Leonard Seed Company, with the processing plant in the background.
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Bundling and Transporting Fiber

Date: 1949
Description: Workers bundle and transport fiber at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Bundling the dry fiber or transporting ...
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Titan 10-20 Tractor

Date: 1917
Description: Rear view of man on Titan 10-20 Tractor. The stencils are on the back of the tractor. In the background is a field, and what appears to be a factory.
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New Dam

Date: 1913
Description: View looking down on construction site of a dam. Two pulley-operated hoists are erect. Men pose from the top of the dam.
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Men Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1997
Description: Elevated view of harvesters wading through cranberries contained by booms to feed them onto a conveyor to be loaded into the waiting trucks.
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Century of the Reaper

Date: 1931
Description: Cover of the book "Century of the Reaper" by Cyrus McCormick III ("Cyrusie"). The cover includes a color illustration of the senior Cyrus McCormick testing...
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Zimmel Implement

Date: 1966
Description: "This view is from St. Theresa Catholic Church. Looking north toward Zimmel Implement."
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Yuba Ball Tread Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Two-page advertisement featuring a collage of photographs depicting the Yuba ball tread tractor at work in farm fields. A photograph of the Yuba Constructi...
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Avery's "Infant"

Date: 1915
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an Avery tractor pulling a piece of farm machinery. In the background is a long open building with a tower. The back of the ...
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Depot and Train

Date: 1925
Description: View along railroad tracks towards the Rewey railroad station. A locomotive spewing smoke into the air is approaching the depot, and passengers are standin...
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Waterloo Canning Factory

Date: 1912
Description: View across road towards a canning factory. A group of workers are standing at the top of a round structure, and a conveyor belt coming out of a shed leads...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 281-288

Date: 
Description: De Pere, Wis.

The sound has never left the harp
The song will never leave the well
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Group of Men with Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of men in a field with horse-drawn binders and a horse-drawn carriage. There is an industrial building in the background with a row of windows.

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