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The Threshing Crew

Date: 
Description: Wisconsin threshing crew, with steam operated tractor, in Buffalo county.
Photograph

Farm Workers in Field

Date: 1876
Description: Probably one of the "Three different views of the village of Argyle, Wis." mentioned in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." In the foreground is...
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Metal Collected for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Two men stand outdoors by a pile of scrap metal intended for donation to the war effort at the Chapman and Follmer International Harvester dealership. A ro...
Postcard

Farmer with Cows

Date: 02 1910
Description: Farmer and two cows standing outside near a barn in winter.
Photograph

McCormick Binder on Hillside

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder on a hillside overlooking a valley with houses and other buildings.
Photograph

McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man driving a team of horses to pull a McCormick grain binder through a field. In the far background are several large buildings.
Photograph

Mower in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man on a mower driving a team of two horses to work in a field. In the distance are a number of houses on the side of a large hill.
Photograph

McCormick Grain Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
Photograph

McCormick Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
Photograph

Man Operating Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 05 13 1926
Description: A man operates a manure spreader pulled by two horses in a field. There is a dog standing in the foreground on the right. The original caption reads: "Bern...
Photograph

Man Operating Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 05 13 1926
Description: Rear view of a man wearing a hat operating a horse-drawn manure spreader in a field pulled by two horses. A dog is running along a row beside the manure sp...
Photograph

Pioneer Days

Date: 09 1996
Description: "When Pioneer Days was celebrated, visitors were given the chance to view the community from a helicopter."
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 697-705

Date: 
Description: A child could count in rounded numbers
the Christmas chance of pudding from the sky
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view from a distance of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. There are buildings and hills in the far distance.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: View looking down towards a man using a horse-drawn mower on a hill. Behind the horses are trees and bushes below on the edge of the hill. Far below on the...
Postcard

A New Settler

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "A New Settler, L. Gervoin, Rusk Farm Settlement, Rusk Co., Wis." A farm couple and dog are posing in front of their clapboard house w...
Map or Atlas

Farmer's Directory of Marion Township

Date: 1914
Description: A farmer's directory of Marion Township listing farmers and locations of their farms.

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