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Poster

Gammon and Deering Advertising Poster

Date: 1876
Description: Color chromolithograph illustration advertising poster for the Marsh Harvester, produced by Gammon and Deering Company. Printed by Charles Shober & Co., Ch...
Book or Pamphlet

Adriance Buckeye Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1900
Description: Cover of a catalog for Adriance, Platt & Company featuring an illustration of a woman in a wheat field. Adriance, Platt & Co. manufactured Buckeye and Triu...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Catalog

Date: 1891
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a farmer working in a field with a grain binder. A young man holds a par...
Photograph

Princess Margaret with British 434 Tractor

Date: 10 29 1966
Description: Service of Thanksgiving for the harvest at Westminster Abbey, London. Princess Margaret, Mr. Fred Peart, Minister of Agriculture (2nd right), and Mr. Hugh ...
Photograph

Lillian Anderson

Date: 06 30 1933
Description: Lillian Anderson of Racine, Wisconsin, Queen of the "A Century of Progress" world's fair, sitting behind the wheel of a Farmall F-12 tractor in the Interna...
Photograph

Lillian Anderson with International D-1 Truck

Date: 06 30 1933
Description: Lillian Anderson of Racine, Wisconsin, Queen of the "A Century of Progress" world's fair, posing with an International Model D-1 truck in the International...
Photograph

Women in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Two women wearing large hats stand in a field carrying a pail. Farm buildings are in the far background.
Photograph

Marjorie at the Old Place

Date: 
Description: Marjorie Quinney looking towards the Quinney family farmhouse from a distant field.
Photograph

Man and Women Driving on Rural Road

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man driving three women in an International Model M truck along a rural road. In the background is a valley with farm buildings...
Photograph

Group of Men with Tractor

Date: 09 21 1915
Description: View from distance of a group of approximately 40 well-dressed men with Titan tractor on farmland.
Photograph

Open-Air Lexington Market

Date: 1895
Description: An outdoor open-air Lexington market in Baltimore, MD. Fruit and produce stalls can be seen on on either side of the picture and in the background a large ...
Photograph

Vegetable Vendor With Basket Balanced on Head

Date: 
Description: African American vegetable vendor with a large basket of vegetables balanced on her head.
Photograph

Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Cheddaring

Date: 
Description: When making Cheddar Cheese, slabs of cheese are turned and packed, which is called, "Cheddaring."
Photograph

Mother and Siblings at Texas Wedding

Date: 1970
Description: From left to right, a sister, mother and brother attending a wedding celebration in Mercedes, Texas. The woman on the left is wearing an empire waist sleev...
Photograph

Illustration of Anton Jansha, People, and Hives

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Description: Illustration from an unknown book. At the top is a portrait of beekeeper Anton Jansha (1734-1773) and German text in a cartouche below his name. The bottom...
Photograph

Mrs. J.N. Heater and Honey Display

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Description: Honey display by the Eureka Apiary. A sign in front of the display on the table says "Hands Off." Mrs. J.N. Heater stands on the left. In the foreground ce...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Catalog Cover

Date: 1897
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a man fixing a bicycle while a woman and two children look on. The woman's outfit sports "leg o' mutton" (or gig...
Photograph

Strawberry Time

Date: 1913
Description: A group of finely dressed men and women posing in a strawberry field. There are buildings in the background. The people are identified in a handwritten ca...
Postcard

Ladies Picking Cherry Blossoms

Date: 1910
Description: Spring postcard of women wearing pastel dresses, picking cherry blossoms. The scene is within an architectural themed frame with a potted tree on either si...

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