Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 161-180 of 273

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...
Print

McCormick Harvester & Twine Binder

Date: 
Description: Letterpress print of a McCormick Harvester & Twine Binder. The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two horses. A farmhous...
Print

Russian McCormick Advertisement

Date: 1912
Description: Front cover of a Russian booklet advertising McCormick agricultural machinery. The cover features an illustration of a woman and child standing in front of...
Book or Pamphlet

Acme Line of Agricultural Equipment

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising the Acme line of farm machinery. A listing of products produced by the company appears in front of an illustrated backg...
Map or Atlas

Commercial Map of Wisconsin and Portions of Adjoining States

Date: 1906
Description: A hand-colored commercial map of Wisconsin and portions of eastern Minnesota, Iowa, northern Illinois, and the Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The map shows ra...
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 ...
Book or Pamphlet

Heider Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: Front cover of an advertising booklet for Heider tractors featuring a color illustration of a man gathering wheat in the foreground, and another farmer usi...
Book or Pamphlet

First from Coast to Coast

Date: 1916
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Hession wheat tractor: "First From Coast to Coast."
Print

Six O'Clock Club Dinner Menu

Date: 10 22 1900
Description: Front cover, speaker page, and menu for a dinner of the Six O'Clock Club, on the topic, "What Shall We Do with the Trusts?". On the cover is a sheaf of whe...
Photograph

Fields of Wheat

Date: 1985
Description: Ripe wheat ready for harvest on a beautiful summer day.
Photograph

Kedingers with Grain Binder

Date: 08 1994
Description: Jerry and Dale Kedinger pose in wheat field with antique grain binder.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering 15-30 in New Zealand

Date: 07 23 1928
Description: A McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor in a New Zealand field. Five men stand in a field gathered around bushels of wheat, and one man drives a tractor pulling ...
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Drills Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: The cover features men in front of a building with "Cash for Wheat" painted above the door. They are unloading bags from a wagon and lifting them by rope i...
Book or Pamphlet

C. Aultman & Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1883
Description: C. Aultman & Co. catalog cover and back cover. On the front is a shock of wheat, a bird and a butterfly, and on the bottom a farm landscape. On the back co...
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller & Co. Calendar Page 4

Date: 1892
Description: Fourth page of calendar for July and August, 1892. Features an illustration of a man using a team of horses to pull a Buckeye harvesting machine in a field...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Catalog Cover

Date: 1898
Description: Buckeye catalog cover for harvesting machinery featuring an illustration of a buckeye tree with nuts in the grass below. Text on bottom left reads: "Ohio, ...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1905
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of wheat and flowers and a barbed wire fence in the foreground, framing a view of a field. There is a man in the di...
Book or Pamphlet

Bradley's Reapers Catalog Cover

Date: 1882
Description: Catalog cover for Reaper's, Mowers & Horse Rakes. Features an arrangement of black and white text of various typefaces, over a red background. It is also e...

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: