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Photograph

McCormick-Deering Farmall M Tractor and No. 52-R Combine

Date: 1944
Description: Farmer Paul Eblen operating a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor with attached McCormick-Deering no. 52-R combine in a 110 acre wheat field. The machines ...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering 123-SP Combine in Wheat Field

Date: 1943
Description: Slightly elevated view of farmer Ed Frey at the controls of a McCormick-Deering 123-SP combine on his 1400 acre farm.
Photograph

Farmall M Tractor Pulling a 122 Combine

Date: 1948
Description: View across field of a man harvesting wheat with a Farmall M tractor and No. 122 combine (harvester-thresher).
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering W-9 and WD-9 Tractors

Date: 1942
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering W-9 and WD-9 standard tractors specially designed for wheat farmers and rice growers with larg...
Photograph

Hungarian Wheat Festival

Date: 08 09 1942
Description: Two couples in Hungarian costumes, one man holding a scythe (kasza), admiring a sheaf of wheat in a wheat field. The twig tied to the scythe in a triangle ...
Painting

Wisconsin Centennial Mural

Date: 1948
Description: Center panel of the completed mural at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The image depicts wheat farming, one of the state's earliest and largest industrie...
Photograph

International 15-30 with Combine in Argentina

Date: 1943
Description: Three men operating an International 15-30 tractor and a No. 31 harvester-thresher (combine), cutting wheat in a 12-foot swath in Argentina.
Photograph

Field and Mountains

Date: 1946
Description: Stacks of cut wheat or hay in a field. A mountain range is in the background.
Photograph

Deering #123 Prototype Self Propelled Combine

Date: 1944
Description: Man driving an experimental Deering #123 self propelled harvester-thresher (combine). Original caption reads: "Argentina, South America-Deering #123 self p...
Book or Pamphlet

W-9 and WD-9 Tractor Brochure

Date: 1941
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering Standard W-9 and WD-9 tractors. Features a color illustration of a tractor. Original caption reads: ...
Print

Kickapoo Farm Seeds, Label

Date: 01 20 1945
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features the shape of the state of Wisconsin outlined in blue and filled in with yell...
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 ...
Photograph

Farmall M Pulling Harvester Thresher in Wheat Field

Date: 1949
Description: Left side view of a man operating a Farmall M pulling a harvester-thresher in a field of wheat. A front end winch is on the tractor.

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