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Photograph

Tree in Cornfield

Date: 08 23 1985
Description: A lone tree standing in a rural Ottawa cornfield in western Waukesha county.
Photograph

Experimental Combine Harvesting Grain

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering 12 foot experimental combine (harvester-thresher) pulled by a Farmall M tractor. There is a ...
Photograph

220 Cotton Picker

Date: 1956
Description: Man harvesting cotton with a McCormick 220 cotton picker.
Photograph

Wagon In Field

Date: 09 18 1967
Description: A farm wagon in a cornfield surrounded by early morning fog.
Book or Pamphlet

CB&Q Corn Planters Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for CB&Q corn planters sold by International Harvester. Features an illustration of a moonlit field with corn shocks.
Photograph

Loading a Wagon

Date: 01 1916
Description: A farmer shoveling corn stalks from a field into a wagon.
Photograph

Man Harvests Corn on Windy Day

Date: 10 12 1927
Description: A man picking ears of corn and tossing them into a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering farm wagon on a very windy day.
Photograph

Two Men Pick Corn in Winter

Date: 01 30 1934
Description: While snow is on the ground, two men are picking ears of corn and tossing them into a farm wagon.
Photograph

Corn Stacks in Winter

Date: 1985
Description: Corn stacks in winter off Keslinger Road in DeKalb County.
Photograph

Rear View of Cultivator and Super C Tractor

Date: 1952
Description: View towards a man using a McCormick Farmall Super C tractor with a C-254 cultivator. The original caption reads: "C-254 two-row cultivator on Super C with...
Photograph

Harvesting Rice

Date: 
Description: View of a field of rice being harvested. A team of horses are pulling agricultural equipment, and several houses/outbuildings are in the distance. Caption ...
Photograph

Helicopters over Rice Paddies

Date: 1962
Description: Aerial view of four U.S. Marine helicopters banking over an expanse of rice paddies in Vietnam. Fluffy white clouds fill the sky.
Photograph

Fields of Grain

Date: 07 19 1949
Description: "Fields of grain were photographed from Highway 41 (now Highway 175) south of Theresa."
Photograph

Fields and Farmland

Date: 
Description: View of rows of field crops surrounded by other farmland.
Photograph

Spring Valley Road

Date: 07 05 1959
Description: "Shirley Widmer reminisces on Spring Valley Road."
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing the locations of cities and towns, counties, railway lines, the steamship lines in Lake Superior and lake Michigan....
Photograph

Herb Bintzler Farm

Date: 06 1949
Description: "Workers collect bales of hay on the Herb Bintzler farm, which is located on Hwy 41 (Hwy 175 today), south of Theresa."
Historical Object

McCormick Woodcut

Date: 
Description: Original woodcut created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. It has three sections and is connected using wood splines. An ...
Historical Object

McCormick Electrotype

Date: 
Description: Electrotype created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. A woodcut was created first, the electrotype next, then the letterp...
Print

McCormick Letterpress Print of Wire Binder

Date: 1877
Description: Letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder (wire binder). The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two hor...

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