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View of Middleton

Date: 1873
Description: View, from a distance, of Middleton. The view includes A.L. Dahl's horse-drawn wagon.
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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...
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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Loading Corn with a Corn Elevator

Date: 10 1922
Description: A farmer loading corn into a barn using a corn elevator. He is loading corn onto the elevator from a horse-drawn wagon.
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Husker-Shredder Powered by Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Farmers using a husker-shredder(?) powered by an engine. A man and two children look on from the doorway of a barn. Another man is standing on a horse-draw...
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Men in Field Harvesting Hay

Date: 1918
Description: Three men on the ground lift a large pile of hay to two men on a wagon drawn by two horses.
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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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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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McCormick Improved 8-roll Husker and Shredder

Date: 01 06 1916
Description: Men feeding corn from wagons into a husker-shredder near a barn. The husker-shredder is connected to a tractor. Houses are in the background. Original capt...
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Corn Binder and Wagon

Date: 1914
Description: Two men stand in a horse-drawn wagon as corn stalks are loaded from a field.
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Boys Working in Field

Date: 04 15 1925
Description: Boys using hand tools to work in a field. A mule-drawn wagon is in the background. They are all wearing hats and overalls.
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Haying Operations

Date: 07 1945
Description: View from front of two men wearing hats standing atop a wagon piled with hay that is being pulled across a partially cut hay field by two horses.
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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...
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Powered Elevator with Silo

Date: 1916
Description: A farmer with a team of two horses working with an elevator or silo filler near farm buildings and a silo. A Titan stationary engine is powering the elevat...
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Men Loading Hay Into Wagon

Date: 1911
Description: Two men loading hay onto a horse-drawn wagon in a field. A farm dog is standing nearby.
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Man Delivering Mail with Horse and Wagon

Date: 1918
Description: A man stands in the back of a horse-drawn Weber wagon to deliver mail to rural resident, possibly a farmer, standing by mailbox.
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Work Horses and Wagons at Construction Site

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of several teams of work horses pulling Old Dominion wagons loaded with dirt at a rural construction site. There is a steam shovel working at...
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Work Horses and Wagons at Construction Site

Date: 1912
Description: Panoramic view of men shoveling dirt from a large pile into a long line of horse-drawn wagons lined up along a road at a construction site.
Painting

Steam Power

Date: 
Description: A harvest scene in which an old-fashioned steam-powered tractor is hooked up to a threshing machine. There is a pile of coal next to the tractor and a tank...

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