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Hough Payloader

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Description: Man driving Hough Payloader, clearing land and loading demolition debris. Hough became a subsidiary of International Harvester Company.
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Woman On Avery Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Woman holding flowers posing on the back of an Avery gasoline tractor.
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Tractor Boy

Date: 09 03 1953
Description: A boy sits in the seat and takes the steering wheel of a shiny new tractor at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Tractor Class

Date: 02 08 1927
Description: A tractor class in session in front of Agriculture Hall.
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Case Tractor and Grader

Date: 1935
Description: This image which was probably taken for publicity purposes by the company, shows a J.I. Case Model L tractor pulling a Galion E-Z Lift road grader.
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Case Tractor and Grader

Date: 1935
Description: A Galion E-Z Lift road grader pulled by a Case Model L tractor, allowing a close-up view of the grading machinery.
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Threshing Steam Tractor

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys posing around a threshing steam tractor. Oliver Johnson is in the foreground. John Bergeson and Art(?) are on top of the stack. Henning Berges...
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Cranberry Spraying

Date: 1940
Description: Boom spraying of cranberries, in the Wisconsin Rapids area and probably by members of the Asa Bennett family. This technique using a tractor was developed ...
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Group with John Deere Tractor

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Description: Group in a John Deere Farm Equipment yard. Three women are in the background and two men in the foreground, one on top of the tractor.
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Automobile Stuck in Mud

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Description: Men with a tractor attempt to pull out a car stuck in the mud on an early road.
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Horton House after a Tornado

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Description: Horton House at Highlander after a tornado. A tractor is pulling away a fallen tree.
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Tractor Plowing Through Tall Plants

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Description: Two men with a tractor pulling a single-bottom plow, with attached weights, traveling through a field, possibly of yucca plants.
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Man and Boy in Oliver Tractor

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Description: A man and a boy in an Oliver "Row Crop 60" tractor, pulling a full load.
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WPA Exhibit

Date: 1937
Description: Opening ceremonies for a Work Progress Administration (WPA) exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Family in front of La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor

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Description: A family in front of a La Crosse Happy Farmer tractor hitched to a threshing machine.
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La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor Advertisement

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Description: Advertisement for La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor (Models A and B) featuring color illustration of tractors.
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La Crosse Tractor Advertisement

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Description: Advertisement for La Crosse Tractor (Line Control Model M) featuring color illustration of tractor.
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The La Crosse Tractor Advertisement

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Description: The La Crosse Tractor Advertisement with schematic. A photograph at the top shows men with tractors and wagons advertising the "Kansas City Tractor Show." ...
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La Crosse Tractor Advertisement

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Description: La Crosse Tractor Advertisement with multiple inserts.
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Man on Plow

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Description: Man sitting on plow driven by a tractor.

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