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Poster

McCormick "Westward" Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Advertising poster showing color illustration of pioneers on a bluff overlooking a McCormick binder harvesting grain in the valley below. The poster bears ...
Photograph

Farmer Harvests Grain on Steep Hill with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a farmer harvesting grain on a hill or ridge with a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder near Pittsburgh. In the background is a va...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Views of Milwaukee, Wis.

Date: 1882
Description: Bird's-eye views of various sections of Milwaukee.
Photograph

G. Gullockson Farmstead

Date: 1876
Description: View, from above, of what may be the G. Gullockson farmstead. A frame house is in the left foreground, with a large group of men, women and children standi...
Photograph

Men in Field Pointing at Livestock

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Description: Two men are in a field in the foreground, one sitting in a carriage, one standing next to it, and both men pointing to the background. There we see cows, h...
Photograph

27th Street Viaduct

Date: 09 01 1910
Description: 27th Street viaduct looking north, Menomonee Valley area, with gas holders of the Milwaukee Gas Light Co. in the background. Pedestrians and wagons are cro...
Photograph

16th Street Viaduct

Date: 08 27 1910
Description: Looking south towards the 16th Street viaduct over Menominee Valley from about Clybourn Street. Shows the surrounding industrial area and neighborhoods. Se...
Postcard

27th Street Viaduct

Date: 1911
Description: Looking north at the Menomonee Valley. Road incorrectly identified on the postcard as twenty-second street viaduct. Pedestrians and carriages are crossing ...
Photograph

Man Driving Horse-Drawn Reaper in Valley

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view of field, trees, and valley with farm buildings in background. A man is driving a horse-drawn reaper in a field in the foreground.
Photograph

Bear Town Mountain

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Description: Bear Town Mountain from Cherry Hill. A man and a horse-drawn wagon are posing near homes that are scattered through the valley setting.
Photograph

Norwegian Mountain Village

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Description: Elevated view of a town and body of water in a valley in Roldal, Norway. Two people in a horse-drawn vehicle are in the foreground on the road leading from...
Photograph

Valley Scene

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Description: Valley view from Skyline Drive. Four people on horseback look down upon the farmland of the valley from a rocky ledge.
Photograph

Man Using a Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. In the background are hills and a valley.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view across field with sheaves of wheat towards two men standing near a horse-drawn binder. A valley with buildings and trees is in the backgroun...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field surrounded by a fence. Two men in the background near the fence are collecting sheaves of hay...
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Binder in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: View down slope of hill towards a man standing in a field and working near a man who is using a horse-drawn binder in a field. A valley and hills are in th...
Photograph

Three Men with Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards three men with a horse-drawn binder. The man on the left is wearing a suit and hat and is carrying a case. The man on t...
Photograph

Man on Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across partially harvested cornfield of a man on a horse-drawn corn binder. Behind the horses is a tower structure, perhaps for a windmill. The cornfi...
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Binder in Field on Hill

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill towards a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a hilly field. Three men are standing on top of the hill on the right. On the left is ...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Push Binder Header on a Hill

Date: 1900
Description: View along side of hill towards three men standing in the field. Behind them further up the hill is a man using a horse-drawn push binder header. A valley ...

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