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Poster

Titan Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster of World War I veteran returning home to family, farm and new Titan 10-20 tractor. The caption on the poster reads: "Look what dad bough...
Photograph

Squash Harvest

Date: 1920
Description: A woman stands amid a patch of squash plants and displays a large squash in Marinette County.
Photograph

Booths at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Elevated view of people crowding around booths at a Civilian Defense Rally, "Poker Dart, Holy Name Society," "Meat mart, American Legion," "[obscured]Jap! ...
Photograph

Group Gathered at Farming Exhibition

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of group of people gathered in outdoor pavilion for an exhibition or fair. Truck in the foreground has a sign that reads: "Kansas State Agric...
Photograph

IH Demonstration Farm House

Date: 1924
Description: View from road of several people standing on the porch of an IH demonstration farmhouse. A barn is in the background on the right, with a painted sign on ...
Photograph

Woman with Parasol on Front Lawn of Farmhouse

Date: 1925
Description: View of a woman posing holding a parasol while sitting on the front lawn of a farmhouse on an International Harvester demonstration farm. Other people are ...
Photograph

Model Dairy Farm

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Description: A model dairy farm maintained by Hoard's "Dairyman Magazine" for experimental purposes. Two women are walking in the driveway near the buildings on the rig...
Photograph

Second Annual Picnic at Dane County Asylum Farm

Date: 07 04 1917
Description: Panoramic view of the staff and residents of the Dane County Asylum at the second annual picnic for the institution.
Photograph

Crowd at the Centennial Exposition

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: A crowded street at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition State Fairgrounds. Above the crowd is a banner reading "The Fastest And Funniest Show On Ice." Amer...
Photograph

McKenna Mill

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Description: Elevated view of a large group of men, children and horses posed standing in front of a sawmill, probably a mill located in McKenna.
Photograph

80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: A chorus of men singing on stage with a crowd watching. A group of officials seated on the right. Rolling farmland in the background.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 85-90

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Description: 200 years this tree grew here and so did I
We were raised here and brought up young ones
Book or Pamphlet

Smalley Manufacturing Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1911
Description: Front cover of catalog with the title: "The Old Time-Tried and Reliable Smalley Cutters. For 54 Years the Standard of the Nation's Farms." Features an illu...
Photograph

Posing in front of a Chevy

Date: 1955
Description: Edgar, Elna, and Robert Krueger posing together in front of a Chevy automobile parked in their yard. The barn and a silo are in the background.
Photograph

Kruegers with Friends

Date: 1955
Description: Group portrait in front of two cars parked on the Krueger farm. Elna Krueger stands on the far left with her grandson, Glenn Oestreich, standing in front o...
Photograph

Outdoor Portrait of Unidentified European-American Woman

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Description: Portrait of a woman posing outdoors at the corner of a wood building. She is standing near a crude, wood sidewalk next to a wooden table with two vases of ...
Photograph

Amish Woman

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Description: Amish woman looking at farm buildings and two silos.

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