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Poster

McCormick-Deering Orchard Tractors

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering 10-20 and 15-30 orchard tractors.
Photograph

IHC Farmall Cub with Mower

Date: 09 21 1949
Description: Man riding on IHC Farmall Cub with mower in Joe Spence's apple orchard.
Photograph

IHC Farmall Cub with Mower

Date: 09 21 1949
Description: Three-quarter rear view from left of a man driving an IHC Farmall Cub with mower in Joe Spence's apple orchard.
Photograph

OS-6 Orchard Tractor and Spray Unit Spraying Crops

Date: 1946
Description: McCormick-Deering Model OS-6 orchard tractor in operation in an apple orchard with a 500 gallon Hardie Spray Rig. The rig had a 30-35 gallon pump capacity ...
Photograph

Father and Daughter in Orchard with International Truck

Date: 1952
Description: Publicity photograph showing a little girl sitting on the running board of an International R-series pickup truck and eating an apple while her father pick...
Photograph

Farmer in Grove with O-4 Orchard Tractor

Date: 1941
Description: Farmer operating a McCormick-Deering O-4 orchard tractor and disc harrow.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering O-6 Orchard Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: W.A. Gearhart operating a McCormick-Deering O-6 orchard tractor and disc harrow.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering O-4 Grove Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: H.S. Teig with his new McCormick-Deering O-4 grove tractor and harrow. Mr. Teig was born and raised in Norway and emigrated to California.
Photograph

Fordson Tractor

Date: 07 27 1927
Description: Right side view of a man sitting near an orchard, on a Fordson tractor, removing the rims.
Photograph

Picking Apples

Date: 1950
Description: An apple-picker stands among the branches of a tree, on a ladder with a pouch slung over his shoulder and belted around his waist.
Photograph

Farmer Plowing Orchard Field

Date: 05 1941
Description: Farmer H.C. Secord plowing an orchard field with McCormick-Deering O-4 tractor and a No. 82 three-furrow orchard plow. The plow was owned by the Canadian C...
Photograph

Orchard and Landscape

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a split-rail fence enclosing an orchard, with farmsteads and more fences in the distance. A man wearing a hat is posing with his hands on ...
Photograph

Man in front of Fence

Date: 1873
Description: A bearded man is standing in the foreground in front of a fence, and a person is sitting on the fence on the right. Two people are standing on the hill beh...
Photograph

Picnic Point from University Drive

Date: 
Description: Picnic Point from University drive, currently known as Observatory Hill. There are orchards in the foreground.
Book or Pamphlet

Spraying Outfits Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester spraying outfits. Includes a colored photograph of an apple tree.
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Company Spraying Outfits Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester spraying outfits. Includes an illustration of apple trees.
Photograph

Mr. and Mrs. Kapec with Strawberries

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Local fruit farmers Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kapec, Route 2, Madison, display a crate of home grown strawberries the size of golf balls.
Book or Pamphlet

International 9300 Premium Conventional Semi Truck

Date: 1987
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising the International 9300 Premium Conventional Set-Back Front Axle semi tractor. Features a color photograph of a 9300 i...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
Photograph

Spraying Trees with Pesticide

Date: 1922
Description: Two farmers operating a pesticide sprayer while another man looks on from atop a nearby International 8-16 tractor.

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