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Book or Pamphlet

Cover of German McCormick Catalog

Date: 1915
Description: Drawing on front cover of German McCormick catalog depicting a farmer on a horse-drawn binder in a field next to rolling hills with trees.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Red, black and gold cover art for McCormick advertising catalog showing silhouette of a farmer on a horse-drawn reaper.
Photograph

International Model G Trucks Hauling Coal

Date: 1918
Description: Two International two ton model G trucks hauling coal for the H.A. Robinson Fuel Co. A sign above the company's office building reads "gravity coal pockets...
Photograph

Loading Logs from Skids

Date: 02 1914
Description: Loggers moving logs onto a horse-drawn wagon in the snow.
Photograph

Ringling Circus Wagon and Clowns

Date: 1910
Description: A Ringling Circus wagon, pulled by a horse, with clowns riding on top, is part of a parade along a city street.
Photograph

George W. Hall, Jr.'s Wagon Show

Date: 1911
Description: George W. Hall, Jr.'s wagon show, pulled by horses, travels along a country road.
Photograph

University Circus

Date: 12 15 1913
Description: A horse-drawn wagon, filled with University of Wisconsin students dressed as clowns, proceeds along a Madison street as part of a parade. Spectators line ...
Photograph

High School Ruins, Richland Center, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Ruins of the old high school building in Richland Center. Caption reads: "Ruins — of Old High School Bldg. Richland Ctr, Wis".
Photograph

Crop Sprayer

Date: 1913
Description: A horse-drawn power sprayer being used on truck crops in the Racine area.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Plenty Potatoes

Date: 1912
Description: Two men, one wearing overalls and one wearing suspenders, stand on top of a mound of giant potatoes. A large cart drawn by two horses carries the potatoes ...
Photograph

Deering Ideal Corn Binder

Date: 1911
Description: A man and three children gather around a man operating a horse-drawn Deering Ideal corn binder in E. Nyquist's cornfield.
Photograph

Thresher

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

New Osborne Grain Binder

Date: 07 31 1912
Description: A farmer operates a horse-drawn Osborne grain binder through a field. The original caption reads: "Emerson-Brantingham."
Photograph

Machinery at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 08 11 1910
Description: The first machinery at work sounding at the site for the power dam. Workmen are posing near the carriage-mounted equipment. A horse-drawn wagon is in the ...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Men Harvesting Hay in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Three men using pitchforks to lift hay onto a wagon drawn by two horses.
Photograph

Horses with a Go-Devil

Date: 1910
Description: Two logging workers pose with their team of horses who are hitched to a go-devil, used for skidding logs to a road or landing.
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

New Osborne Binder

Date: 08 10 1914
Description: A man sitting on top of an Osborne grain binder pulled by three horses. A man in a straw hat, tie, and vest is standing to the left holding cut grain. Hou...
Photograph

New Osborne Binder

Date: 07 16 1914
Description: A man operates a horse-drawn Osborne grain binder in a field. A note with the photograph reads: "Emerson Brantingham."

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