Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 28

Photograph

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...
Photograph

McCormick Wire Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of farmers are using a McCormick wire grain binder, built in 1876. A horse-drawn carriage is in the background. The original caption reads: "The im...
Photograph

Early Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: Bearded man operating a reaper drawn by two brown horses. The reaper appears to be an early model or may be a replica of the first reaping machine.
Photograph

Three People in Field with Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three people posing with a horse-drawn grain binder in a field. A young man on the left is sitting on the binder, and on the right a boy is on one of the h...
Photograph

Bearded Man on Horse-Drawn Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a bearded man wearing a braided hat operating a McCormick grain binder in a field.
Photograph

Men Harvesting Grain in Field

Date: 
Description: Group of men harvesting grain with two McCormick grain binders drawn by horses or mules. In the background are farm buildings and stacks of grain.
Photograph

Large Haying Operation

Date: 1900
Description: Men working on haying operation in a field. Two men are driving horse-drawn wagons piled high with hay. One man is standing near one wagon holding an imple...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Grain Binder

Date: 1919
Description: Farmer operating an older model horse-drawn grain binder in a field.
Photograph

Three Men with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three men use a McCormick grain binder in a field overlooking a body of water, probably the Saint John River, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Men an...
Photograph

Men with Sickle Bar Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Three men posing with a piece of McCormick agricultural machinery, possibly a sickle bar mower (?). The writing on the machine reads, "McCormick H.M. Co. H...
Photograph

Man and Child with Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a hat and smoking a pipe is raking cut stalks from a binder as a boy is riding a horse pulling the machine across a field. A windmill is stan...
Photograph

Man on Reynolds Tedder

Date: 1919
Description: Man on a Reynolds hay tedder pulled by team of work horses. Another man stands supervising. In the far background beyond a fence are two separate farmstead...
Photograph

Man with a Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: A bearded man in a coat and a straw hat is operating a mower pulled by two horses in a hilly field. Trees cover part of the hill in the background.
Photograph

Three Men Posing in front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1895
Description: Three men are posing in front of a farmhouse with farm equipment and carriages. One man is standing in the field, another man is driving a mower, and a thi...
Photograph

Group of People in Farm Field

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of people posing in a field. Part of the field has been cut and there are stacks of grain piled at regular intervals. In ...
Photograph

Group of People Posing with Farm Equipment

Date: 1900
Description: A group of people are posing in a field near a barn. They are harvesting grain, and a man is operating a grain binder pulled by three horses. A girl wearin...
Photograph

Men and Boys Posing with Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three men and two boys are standing in a field next to a McCormick grain binder. On the right a man in a suit and hat is sitting in a carriage pulled by a ...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Siberia

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a man operating a self-rake reaper pulled by a horse in a field i...
Photograph

Men on Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: A line of men and horse-drawn mowers in a field. One man wearing a bow tie is sitting astride a horse and waving his hat at the camera.
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...

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: