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Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1899
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a farmer in a barnyard w...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder on the Gary Owen farm. A farmhouse and windmill are in the far background.
Photograph

Woman with Poultry Housing Display

Date: 1915
Description: A woman holding a chicken is standing beside a display illustrating quality poultry housing (chicken coops).
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Grain Drill in Field

Date: 08 06 1935
Description: Man walks behind a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering grain drill in a field. Decals are on the grain drill. Barns and other farm buildings are in the backgroun...
Photograph

Hilgendorf Barn — Exterior

Date: 
Description: Lloyd and Kim Hilgendorf live at W2050 McArthur (Section 17). After working in the iron mines at Neda, Lloyds's great-grandfather, Whilhelm Hilgendorf, and...
Photograph

Group of Men Posing in Field with Three Grain Binders

Date: 1895
Description: A large group of men, mostly African American, posing in a field with three McCormick grain binders. Each binder is being operated by a man and is pulled b...
Photograph

Four Men Harvesting Grain

Date: 1900
Description: Four men harvesting grain in a field. One man is operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses. Three other men are manually gathering the cut gr...
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the 5-10 horsepower Avery tractor featuring an illustration of a man using the tractor on a farmstead. An inset illust...
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Tractor Standardized Line

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Avery tractor standardized line featuring a color illustration of a man using a tractor and plow in a field. The ...
Book or Pamphlet

Case Farm Tractors

Date: 1923
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Case farm tractors and Grand Detour plows. The cover features a color illustration of a man using a tractor to work in...
Postcard

William Fiebelkorn Farm

Date: 1908
Description: William Unglaube is in the wagon, which has bags of barley in it, with William Fiebelkorn on William Fiebelkorn's farm. There is an unidentified figure in ...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a man using a horse-drawn binder. There is a farmhouse, farm buildings and a windmill in the background on the left.
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of young man using a McCormick horse-drawn binder in a field. There are farm buildings in the far background.
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

Elevated View of Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated landscape view of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field with harvested grain on a hill. Trees, hills and farm buildings are in the backgroun...
Photograph

Men Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view across field towards a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. Four other men are working with sheaves of wheat nearby. There is a barn a...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field with harvested grain. There are farm buildings and low hills in the background.
Photograph

Man in Field Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. Two men are standing near a sheaf of wheat on the left. Another man is st...
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Binder in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: View down slope of hill towards a man standing in a field and working near a man who is using a horse-drawn binder in a field. A valley and hills are in th...
Photograph

Man in Field Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View from rear of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. On the left is a row of utility poles, in a line along a fence, towards the horizo...

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