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Steam Tractor with Sod-breaking Plows

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a steam tractor on the right, probably a Linnell, attached to sod-breaking plows steered by two men on the left. Behind them...
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Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
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The Threshing Crew

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Description: Wisconsin threshing crew, with steam operated tractor, in Buffalo county.
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Horses and Central-rig

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Description: Men are in a farmyard (possibly at a sorghum mill) with horses hitched to a central-rig. A haystack, barn, wagons and farm machinery are in the background.
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People in Field with House in Background

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Description: A man rides a haymower while two women milk a cow nearby. Other farmhands ride wagons and behind them is a double house.
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
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Crop Sprayer

Date: 1913
Description: A horse-drawn power sprayer being used on truck crops in the Racine area.
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Thresher

Date: 1917
Description: A group of farmers feeds grain into a thresher with a horse-drawn wagon nearby.
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Men Harvesting Hay in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Three men using pitchforks to lift hay onto a wagon drawn by two horses.
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Harvesting Grain

Date: 07 20 1921
Description: Horse-drawn cart stacked with grain shocks out in a field. One man is standing on top of the already stacked grain, while another man is passing shocks up.
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Men with Horses Next to Barn

Date: 09 20 1928
Description: Two men stand beside a pair of horses outside a barn. A McCormick-Deering Weber wagon is on the right.
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Three Men in front of Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1895
Description: Three men and a horse standing in front of a blacksmith shop which has a sign above the doorway advertising M. Karger and Brothers Clothing and Furnishing ...
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Workers and Foremen (?) Posing in Field with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of men in suits, presumably foremen or supervisors, and several men in work clothes, are in a grain field. Most of the men in suits are either sitt...
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Horse-Drawn Milwaukee Grain Binder

Date: 1915
Description: Two men and a child, all wearing hats, are at the back of a Milwaukee grain binder. One man is standing with a cradle in his hands. An older man with a bea...
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Men Working on Husker and Shredder

Date: 1917
Description: A man is standing on a wagon loaded with corn stalks while another man is operating a husker-shredder.
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Husker and Shredder in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Two men loading corn stalks into a husker-shredder from a horse-drawn wagon in a snow-covered field. A building with windows near a sloped roof is behind ...
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McCormick Husker and Shredder

Date: 1915
Description: Two men are feeding corn stalks from a horse-drawn wagon into a McCormick husker-shredder.
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Husker and Shredder Crew at Barn

Date: 1913
Description: Men working with wagons and husker-shredder near a barn. The husker-shredder is powered by a Titan 18-35 tractor. A dog is walking by a fence, and milk can...

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