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Women Engaged in "Tractorette" Training

Date: 1942
Description: Dan Downey, International Harvester blockman from Philadelphia, teaches three women how to operate a Farmall M tractor and a McCormick-Deering harvester-th...
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Man and Cornstalks

Date: 
Description: Man in hat standing by cornstalks with husks peeled back from corn.
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Man Tastes Wine in Vineyard

Date: 1975
Description: Color photograph of a man drinking from a glass of wine in a vineyard in France. In the background a vineyard worker is cultivating the field with an Inter...
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J.H. Gilchrist with Granddaughter in Cotton Field

Date: 1915
Description: J.H. Gilchrist, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, eyeglasses, and long coat, is standing in a cotton field on his farm to show his granddaughter, Lelia Sykes, th...
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Teacher and Classmates Ready to Pick Seed Corn

Date: 1917
Description: A group of boys from the Walkenhorst School holding fabric bags while posing in a field with their instructor on their way to select seed corn.
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McCormick-Deering Power Drive Harvester-Thresher

Date: 07 06 1926
Description: Two men working with a McCormick-Deering Power Drive harvester-thresher (combine) in a field. Decals and/or stencils are on the machine.
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4-Row Corn Planter Demonstration

Date: 04 28 1932
Description: A group of men, women, and children are standing in a field at an International Harvester Company farm to watch a 4-row corn planter demonstration.
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Receiving Crops for Community Kitchen

Date: 09 1928
Description: Man carrying baskets of field crops in to the receiving room of a community kitchen. A woman wearing an apron is standing near the door.
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Cucumber Harvesting Machine

Date: 1968
Description: Two men are riding on a cucumber harvesting machine called the "Pickle Harvester" as labeled on the center between two lights. The man on the right, wearin...
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Bale Thrower at Tifton

Date: 1962
Description: Men gather in the field on an International Harvester company farm to watch the demonstration of a bale thrower. International Harvester offered classes on...
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Men on Tractors

Date: 1962
Description: International Harvester salesmen drive tractors on a dirt road alongside a field on the company farm at Tifton. International Harvester offered classes on ...
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Louie Suttner

Date: 1955
Description: Louie Suttner inspecting the wheat crop at his farm, the current site of the Fox River Mall.
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Grain Binder

Date: 07 1994
Description: "Grain Binder Demonstration."
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 489-497

Date: 
Description: The monument is now

The place is ripe for building a roll-call
of seekers out of the earth

For each, his glory is the doing
and his dre...
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Farmall Tractor and Wagon on J.F. Deems Farm

Date: 08 21 1924
Description: View of men working in a field with a Farmall tractor and wagon. A man stands by a stack of hay bales in the left foreground. Caption: "J.F. Deems Farm, Ro...
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Retired Farmers

Date: 10 2013
Description: Two retired farmers, Richard Quinney, photographer, on the right wearing a baseball cap with the phrase "Life is good" stitched on it, and his cousin, wear...
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Man in Hemp Field

Date: 1912
Description: View of a man wearing a suit and a straw hat standing among tall stalks of hemp in a field.
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Tractor-Drawn Harvester Thresher with Truck

Date: 07 15 1925
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a truck parked in front of a tractor-drawn harvester thresher in a field. Another man is standing and working on t...
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Man Driving Kerosene Tractor

Date: 07 22 1926
Description: View from front of a man wearing a suit and hat driving a McCormick-Deering kerosene tractor pulling threshing equipment. A group of men are watching in th...
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Man Cutting Sorghum with Large Knife

Date: 08 24 1927
Description: A man is standing on a wagon or bench. He is cutting sorghum, which is in a large pile, with a large knife he is holding with both hands.

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