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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Photograph

Harold McCormick Family Portrait at Walnut Grove, Virginia

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall ...
Photograph

Head-On Train Collision

Date: 10 1891
Description: The wreckage of a head-on collision of two Chicago, St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad trains at Tramway. Men stand near and on top of the railroad cars...
Print

Landscape View with River and Riverboat

Date: 1858
Description: Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill.
Photograph

Miller Hotel

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Description: View from across street of three men standing on the porch of the Miller Hotel. There is an advertisement depicting a cow on the building next door.
Photograph

Livestock in Waukesha Sales Pavilion

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Description: Either an auction or a judged show featuring dairy cattle at the Waukesha Sales Pavilion. Spectators are arranged on three sides of the stage. Poster on th...
Photograph

Jersey Dairy Cattle Herd

Date: 09 23 1895
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat stands near a herd of Jersey dairy cattle grazing in the barnyard of W.H. Bradley.
Photograph

Krueger Family in the Pasture

Date: 06 1900
Description: View of William, Lillie, Selma, Albert, and Bennie Krueger standing in the pasture with cows and calves.
Photograph

Man and Woman in Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: Man and woman posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. There is a large fur over their laps. They are in front of the gate of a wooden fence and...
Photograph

Girl Riding Calf

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Description: A crowd standing in a circle is watching a girl sitting on a calf. In the background is a storefront.
Print

Ninth International Congress Banquet Menu

Date: 09 1887
Description: Interior menu pages of the Ninth International Medical Congress, with a woman in a head wrap and skirt decorated with stars pouring liquid from a jug into ...
Photograph

Men Posing with Quintuplet Calves

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Description: Stereograph of two men posing with a cow and her quintuplet calves. Identified as part of a "Views of Sparta and Vicinity" series.
Photograph

Cows Love Alfalfa

Date: 1913
Description: Professor Holden standing near a road and feeding alfalfa to cows over a fence. The cows are running on splendid blue-grass pasture, but they are eager for...
Drawing

"Vote for Your Favorite Bull Thrower"

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Description: A man in a black suit and hat, with a red nose, has his mouth open while holding a serene looking bull by the back legs. In the man'ss left hand is a large...
Print

Frank Fargo Advertisement

Date: 1904
Description: An advertising card includes a photograph of a man in an open carriage holding the reins of a team of Holstein-Friesian cattle. Two well-dressed men are si...
Photograph

Unloading a Cow from Railroad Car

Date: 05 1935
Description: Caption with negative: "Out comes a new Matanuska valley cow." Caption with print: "The first colony Guernsey were a little hesitant to join the pioneers."
Postcard

Prizewinners

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Prizewinners, Rusk Co. Wis. Fair." Slightly elevated view of cattle lined up with their owners during a competition at the County Fai...
Postcard

Cow Pulling Uncle Sam in a Buggy

Date: 1907
Description: Uncle Sam and a driver in a parade buggy, pulled by a cow wearing a decorative fly net. A main street with more buggies is in the distance. American flags ...

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