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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Group portrait of the four men in charge of the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. From left ar...
Photograph

Reapers Field Demonstration or Contest

Date: 1910
Description: A group of men watch several reapers at work in a field. The reapers are likely part of a field demonstration or contest pitting different brand machines a...
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Model of Men Working with Farm Equipment

Date: 1932
Description: A model or diorama depicting farmers with a Farmall tractor, truck, harvester-thresher (combine) and a horse in a field. The display was likely part of Int...
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Registration and Information Booth at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 30 1933
Description: People standing around the International Harvester information and registration booth at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. The sign attached to the...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 02 1948
Description: Shown at the annual University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week looking over a hydraulic loader are, left to right: Louis Frese, Adolph Schedel, and Peter S...
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Woman with Poultry Housing Display

Date: 1915
Description: A woman holding a chicken is standing beside a display illustrating quality poultry housing (chicken coops).
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Tractor Demonstration

Date: 05 17 1916
Description: Men are watching the demonstration of an Avery Company tractor pulling a Hoosier seed drill (?) across a field at Newsorn Farm during the annual meeting of...
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Mrs. Morris Voelker

Date: 02 01 1954
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Morris Voelker, Ellsworth, one of the women in attendance at the Farm and Home Week at the University of Wisconsin.
Print

Peoria Self-Steering Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Peoria self-steering tractor featuring two studio photographs of the equipment and a photograph of the Peoria surrounded by farmers a...
Photograph

Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Portrait of Albert Asp of Spring Brook, one of the many Wisconsin farmers who attended the University of Wisconsin's annual Farm and Home Week.
Photograph

Corn Growing Champion

Date: 01 25 1960
Description: Wisconsin corn growing champion Larry Pluemer of Lancaster is shown at right with Bernard McGinley, Grant county farm and home development agent. Mr. Pluem...
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Wisconsin State Fair Letterhead

Date: 1952
Description: Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with a state fair ribbon superimposed on a silhouette of the state, and two vignettes of agricultural and industri...
Print

Empire Mower and Reaper

Date: 1893
Description: Lithograph of the Empire Mower and Reaper; several other reaper manufacturers and models are identified in the illustration which appears above the text: “...
Drawing

"Testing of First Reaper at Steele's Tavern"

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Description: "Testing of First Reaper at Steele's Tavern." Second version illustrating occasion.
Photograph

Men with Farmall H Tractor and No. 42 Combine

Date: 1940
Description: Four men posing with a Farmall H tractor pulling a No. 42 combine in a field in the Snake River Valley. The tractor and combine were being demonstrated in ...
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IH Exhibition Hall with Giant Cream Separator

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: A group of men and women are looking at a giant cream separator on display in an exhibition hall. A newsboy is holding a stack of "Milwaukee Journal's."
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Fowler McCormick Welcoming Mayor Martin Kennelly to "100 Years in Chicago" Exposition

Date: 1947
Description: Typewritten text with photograph reads: "Fowler McCormick, Chairman of the Board of International Harvester Company, welcomes Mayor Martin Kennelly immedia...

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