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Painting

A Farm Auction

Date: 
Description: An auctioneer, a clerk, and a helper stand on a stage on a farm conducting an auction as potential bidders surround them. Farming equipment and other items...
Photograph

Farm Equipment in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: A cultivator sitting in the snow near a fence, illustrating the hazards of improper equipment housing. A herd of cows is in the background near a barn and ...
Photograph

Pit Silo Derrick

Date: 1915
Description: Pit silo derrick with self dumping skip attached.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Grain Drill in Field

Date: 08 06 1935
Description: Man walks behind a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering grain drill in a field. Decals are on the grain drill. Barns and other farm buildings are in the backgroun...
Photograph

Steger Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Kevin and Debbie Steger took over the farm from Kevin's parents, Jerome and LaVerna, who acquired the farm in 1943.
Photograph

Unsafe Farm Tool

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man is standing on a crate while using a sledge hammer to strike a piece of wood being held in place by another man who is standing in front of him. Two ...
Book or Pamphlet

Annual Report

Date: 1955
Description: Front cover of the International Harvester Company's annual report, featuring a color photograph of a man operating a Farmall 400 tractor in a field. Farm ...
Print

Parrett Motor Cultivator

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Parrett motor cultivator, featuring an illustration of the machine at center flanked by illustrations of a farmstead, and a man using...
Print

Parrett Motor Cultivator

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement for the Parrett motor cultivator, featuring an illustration of the machine at center flanked by illustrations of a farmstead, and a man using...
Photograph

Round Silo

Date: 1895
Description: A twenty-five foot high round silo featured on the farm of F.D. Parish, 4.5 miles southeast of Waupaca. The silo is twenty feet in diameter. Two men are ge...
Book or Pamphlet

Craig Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Craig tractors. The cover features an illustration of a farmer using a Craig tractor to complete field work with a tr...
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the 5-10 horsepower Avery tractor featuring an illustration of a man using the tractor on a farmstead. An inset illust...
Postcard

Loading Hay into a Silo

Date: 
Description: View across barnyard towards five men on the William Fiebelkorn farm working with a wagon and conveyor belt to load hay into a silo. The barn has a stone f...
Photograph

1460 Axial-Flow Combine with Corn and Grain Heads

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a man sitting in a 1460 axial-flow combine. On the ground nearby is a 6 row corn head on the left, and on the right is a grain head. A far...
Photograph

Amos Shelby, Jr. on Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: Amos Shelby, Jr. sitting on a Farmall A tractor on his father's 80-acre farm near Manheim. He is talking with J.B. Hostetter, of Mount Joy, International H...
Photograph

Man with Lime Spreader and Farmall Tractor

Date: 09 03 1926
Description: Rear view of a man standing on a lime spreader attached to a Farmall tractor. In the background is a silo and a barn.
Photograph

Two Men with Lime Spreader in Field

Date: 09 03 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving a tractor pulling a man standing on a lime spreader. In the background is a silo and a barn.
Photograph

Tractor Drawn Plow

Date: 05 08 1929
Description: Rear view of a man driving a tractor in a field. Farm buildings are in the background.

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