Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings... |
Date: | 1883 |
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Description: | Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc... |
Date: | 1873 |
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Description: | A man and two women are standing along a fence in the foreground, and another woman is standing on the porch. In the background is Samuel Barber's frame ho... |
Date: | 1874 |
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Description: | The Sjur Starkson Reque home. From left to right, seated, are Martha Reque, Mari Reque Lee, Brita Reque Quale, Nels Lee and Ole Quale. Standing are Anna Ma... |
Date: | 1897 |
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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... |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Advertising poster for Champion brand agricultural machines, manufactured by Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company. The main illustration depicts a salesma... |
Date: | 1885 |
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Description: | Back cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering and Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features a color illustration of a young boy... |
Date: | 1888 |
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Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for grass cutting machinery manufactured by William Deering and Company. Features a color illustration of children riding a... |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | Advertising poster featuring color illustation of three men and a dog watching a farmer harvest grain with a horse-drawn Deering Ideal grain binder. The me... |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | A man, possibly John Forbes, working at a roll-top desk in his office over the old Fire Hall. A dog is sitting on a chair in the lower left. Books on the s... |
Date: | 1874 |
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Description: | Milwaukee River near the Milwaukee settlement. People are depicted doing work in boats along the shore. Original is a pen and ink drawing, presumably made ... |
Date: | 1897 |
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Description: | Mendota State Hospital office. Charles Carter, steward, seated at his desk. Across from him is George B. Merrick, Asst. Steward. Below the desk is a dog,... |
Date: | 1860 |
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Description: | Soldier-farmer, "Jeffy" (Jefferson) Davis, in full uniform with a straw hat is giving feed (bonds) to a sow (the Confederacy). The sow is in turn feeding i... |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | A man wearing overalls, a man with a dog, and a man driving a team of two horses are posing among a herd of cows on a farm. Several barns, a fence, another... |
Date: | 08 01 1895 |
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Description: | A group of farm workers, four men and four children, pose on the farm of H.D. Dutcher. The men are stacking a large pile of timothy hay, using a ladder to ... |
Date: | 1882 |
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Description: | Inside spread of brochure featuring two color illustrations. The one on the left features the Improved No. 1. Combined Reaper & Mower. The right illustrati... |
Date: | 1883 |
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Description: | Inside spread of advertising brochure for Patterson and Brothers, manufacturers of agricultural equipment, Patterson, Ontario, Canada. Features a chromolit... |
Date: | 1891 |
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Description: | Back cover of catalog featuring a color illustration of children riding on a harvesting machine pulled by three boys. The caption reads: "It is as simple a... |
Date: | 1896 |
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Description: | Front cover of catalog featuring an illustration of a group of men looking at a Champion Mower in the barnyard of a farm. There is a dog in the foreground,... |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Catalog featuring calendar pages. February features Lewis Miller, the father of the mowing machine, with text and a portrait. March has an illustration of ... |
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