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McCormick Combine Harvesting Wheat

Date: 
Description: Farmer harvesting wheat with a McCormick combine (harvester-thresher) at Hinsdale Farm, near International Harvester's experimental farm.
Photograph

Harvesting Corn with McCormick No. 24 Corn-Picker

Date: 1949
Description: Farmer harvesting corn with a McCormick no. 24 two-row corn-picker and farm wagon ("barge wagon") attached to McCormick Farmall H tractor.
Poster

Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions, with an address for Budapest, Hungary. The poster was printed by the H...
Poster

Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions on the farm. Includes a large bird's-eye view of a farm, surrounded by ...
Photograph

McCormick Farmall M Tractor and McCormick 2-M Mounted Corn Picker

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of a farmer in a cornfield operating a McCormick 2-M mounted corn picker attached to a McCormick Farmall M tractor. Farm buildings are in the...
Photograph

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.
Book or Pamphlet

IHC Oil Tractors

Date: 1913
Description: Page from an "IHC Newspaper and Catalogue Electrotype Service" booklet entitled "IHC Oil Tractors." Clockwise from top left, the illustration captions read...
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
Painting

Corn Shredding

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Description: Two farm workers in the righthand foreground toss a corn bundle up to the horse-drawn corn shredding machine to be shredded. To the left, a man loads feed ...
Print

Russell and Company Advertising Booklet

Date: 1919
Description: Back cover of a booklet titled, "The Russell & Co. Year Book of Tractors & Threshers." The text reads: "The Old Reliable Line. 78th Year. 1842 to 1919. Geo...
Book or Pamphlet

Lauson Tractor Usages

Date: 1925
Description: Inside pages of a pamphlet advertising the Lauson tractor, depicting six usages of the equipment on a farm: plowing, silo filling, discing, corn shelling, ...
Photograph

Men Harvesting with a Vertical Stationary Engine

Date: 1911
Description: A man on the right is standing and leaning against a large cart which contains a vertical stationary engine. Three men on the left are working in the backg...
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 ...
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

Wisconsin Hills

Date: 
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 McCormick-Deering Combine 125 SP in Field

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Description: Three-quarter view from front right of man using a McCormick 125 SP combine in a field. Farm buildings are in the background.
Photograph

Man using McCormick combine in field

Date: 
Description: Three-quarter view from left front of a man using a McCormick combine in a field. Farm buildings are in the background.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. In the background are farm buildings and a silo.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1928
Description: View across field towards a man driving a large team of horses pulling a harvester thresher. A man is standing in the field in the foreground. A silo, a lo...
Photograph

Farmall Tractor Belt-Driving Machinery in Field

Date: 1931
Description: View across field towards men working in a field. A Farmall tractor is belt-driving machinery, perhaps to bale hay. Farm buildings and silos are in the far...

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