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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...
Photograph

Thresher

Date: 1917
Description: A group of farmers feeds grain into a thresher with a horse-drawn wagon nearby.
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...
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
Painting

Corn Shredding

Date: 
Description: Two farm workers in the righthand foreground toss a corn bundle up to the horse-drawn corn shredding machine to be shredded. To the left, a man loads feed ...
Photograph

Man with McCormick Binder and Horses

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses to work in a field on a hillside. The hill overlooks bundles of the harvested crop. In the bac...
Photograph

Man Standing on Stack of Hay

Date: 1895
Description: A group of men are working in a field with farm buildings in the background. A man wearing a wide brimmed hat is standing on top of a large pile of hay hol...
Photograph

Group of Men and Boys Harvesting Corn

Date: 1900
Description: View down corn rows of field of a large group of men and boys harvesting corn stalks. Several men are filling a wagon. Behind them is a man operating a cor...
Print

G.E. Evans Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of G.E. Evans, a grower of cultivated cranberries from New Lisbon, Wisconsin. Includes an illustration by (A.?) R.R. Richards of people working ...
Print

The Mail Plane

Date: 
Description: Engraved print depicting two people harvesting grain along a fence line in a field. One person holds a scythe while the other carries a bucket, possibly th...
Photograph

Group of Men with Binders and Carriage

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of men standing in a field near a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. In the background two men are sitting in a horse-drawn carriage...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. A man is standing next to the back of the binder. On the left in the backg...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View towards a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. Further down the field a man is driving a horse-drawn buggy. There is a farm building i...
Photograph

Men with Horse-Drawn Binder in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: View towards men posing in a field with a horse-drawn McCormick binder. Two men are posing with a horse-drawn buggy in the center, and another man is stand...
Photograph

Man with Cart with Harvested Manila

Date: 1900
Description: Man on horse-drawn cart, on railroad tracks. The cart is filled with harvested manila. Long, low buildings are in the background on the left behind a fence...
Photograph

Group of Men with Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of men working around a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. One man is siting on the binder, and another man is standing in front. Behind ...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of three men using horse-drawn binders. Another man rides in a horse-drawn buggy behind the binder on the left. Farm buildings and a...
Photograph

Horse-Powered Push Binder Headers in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill towards men using a horse-powered push binder header. Farm buildings are in the background.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field.
Photograph

Threshing Operation

Date: 1914
Description: Group of men, and two young boys, using a thresher near a barn.

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