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Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Back cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company. The cover features a color chromolithograph illustration of young boys racing hom...
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Harvey Nelson with a Horse

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Description: Young farmer Harvey A. Nelson, holding onto a large horse's lead, is standing next to an International truck at Gray View Farm. The truck's front bumper be...
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Sheep Shearing Contest

Date: 1951
Description: Winner Melvin Walker at work during a sheep shearing competition.
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Meat Packers Parade

Date: 1931
Description: A group of men wave American flags while riding in an International Harvester truck as part of the Meat Packers Parade. The parade is moving down a city st...
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Building Farmer-Labor Solidarity

Date: 1947
Description: Booth sponsored by United Packinghouse Workers Union Local 46 at the Black Hawk County Fair. The booth included a special exhibit that illustrated how both...
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Ventriloquism Act

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Description: Ben Bergor, Madison magician, ventriloquist, and entertainment agent, performing with Jerry O'Reilly at a farm show. With Bergor is his wife Alva who often...
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Children with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man or young boy is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. Two young boys are standing near the grain binder, and another boy is on h...
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Large Group in Field with Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large group of people posing in a field. There are five men on five McCormick binders. A child is standing in front of one of t...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower near Shoreline

Date: 1900
Description: View from rear of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a sloped field on the right. On the left a group of people are posing. Men and a young boy ...
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Five Horse-Drawn Binders in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men posing in a line in a field with five horse-drawn binders in a field. A man is sitting on horseback to the left of...
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Men Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill towards two men and a young boy standing in a field near two men using a horse-drawn McCormick binder. One of the men is riding one of the h...
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Group of Men with Four Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Men are working in field with shocks of grain as two men are using horse-drawn McCormick binders in a field. A man on the left is on horseback. Two other m...
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Man Using Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view looking down at a man using a Farmall Cub tractor to belt-drive a corn sheller. The man is inside the open doorway of a farm building bent ov...

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