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Farm near Stream

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Description: View from hill over a valley dotted with farmsteads and a meandering stream in the foreground. A group of three or four people are posing at the opposite s...
Photograph

Harvester-Thresher

Date: 09 11 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man using a tractor to pull a McCormick-Deering harvester-thresher (combine) down a dirt road.
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Farm and Field near Road

Date: 08 14 1936
Description: Farm and field near a rural tree-lined road. Cars and trucks can be seen in the distance.
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Improved McCormick Reaper

Date: 1910
Description: A McCormick reaper rests on the grass near a rural road. The original caption reads: "Invented 1845, patented 1847. The improvement embodied in this machin...
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Men with Wagons

Date: 1900
Description: A group of men with horse-drawn wagons gathering in front of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. The wagons appear to be loaded with farm im...
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Gathering Hay

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Description: Two men and a boy are shown gathering hay. The hay is being loaded onto a wagon pulled by two horses. A brook and a road are in the background. Caption rea...
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Men working in field during Wisconsin cranberry harvest. Crates are stacked up throughout the field.
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Three Men Working in Field near Road

Date: 1900
Description: One man is operating a horse-drawn mower in a field. Two men are standing nearby, with one man pointing up toward the sky, and the other man holding a bunc...
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Cranberry Harvest and Inspection

Date: 1934
Description: View down dirt road of field hands working to harvest cranberries in a flooded cranberry marsh, while men inspect newly harvested and crated cranberries. I...
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Rumely Farm Truck

Date: 1921
Description: Front cover of an advertisement for the Rumely 1 1/2 ton farm truck. An illustration depicts a man driving the truck past a cornfield and farm buildings.
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Print

Why You Should Have a Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Illinois Super-Drive tractor with six photographs of the machinery in use on farms. The headline reads: "Here Are Reasons Why You Sho...
Print

Wisconsin Hills

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Description: Engraved print of a man riding atop a wagonload of hay pulled by a horse along a road in a hilly rural area. On the left is a barn and silos.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view across field towards a man using horse-drawn binder in a field with harvested grain. In the background are farm buildings, and in the far ba...
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Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view down field towards a horse-drawn binder in a field with harvested grain. A man near the road is standing in a horse-drawn wagon on the left....
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People Posing near Man on Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View from a distance of a group of people posing in a field near a man on a horse-drawn mower in a field. Hills and trees are in the background.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across road towards a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. Sheaves of harvested grain are in the field, and there is a barn in the bac...
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1480 Axial-Flow Combine

Date: 01 12 1978
Description: Slightly elevated right side view of a man operating a 1480 Axial-Flow combine in a cornfield. In the far distance a road, buildings and a silo are visible...
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Horse-Drawn Binders in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards men with binders. There are small piles of grain all over the field. Three buggies are parked near the binders. In the ...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Binder in Field on Hill

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill towards a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a hilly field. Three men are standing on top of the hill on the right. On the left is ...

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