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N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
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Harold McCormick Family Portrait at Walnut Grove, Virginia

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall ...
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Men Standing Posing on Flooded Rail Line

Date: 1919
Description: Men standing on the exposed portion of a flooded railroad track as a swiftly moving torrent of water is rushing past. Benham was a "company town" created b...
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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Recording History

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Description: Journalist Cecil Brown, then with the Mutual Broadcasting Network, carrying the portable recorder that he used for interviewing while he was reporting on o...
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Large Hog in Farmyard

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Description: A large hog in a farmyard being admired by five men standing behind him.
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Tractor Tilling Newsletter

Date: 07 1917
Description: Cover of the Volume 1, Number 2 issue of Tractor Tilling newsletter, produced by the Smith Form-a-Tractor Company. The cover features a photograph o...
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Depot and Train

Date: 1920
Description: Several men pose while standing alongside a train at the Elroy depot.
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The Famous Narrow Gauge Train

Date: 1921
Description: A passenger train stopped at the depot. Three men are standing on the left, one of them pushing a cart. A row of milk cans is along the side of the depot b...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 615-622

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Description: An unhappy majority
some of whom voted for frivolous reasons
reflected the north/south split

In their nascent paranoia, they preached their vi...
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Wisconsin Central Railroad

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Description: Wisconsin Central railroad locomotive no. 120 at the railroad station. Engineer Clelland McVick is standing in the gangway, and a woman who is presumably h...
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Threshing Scene

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Description: A scene in a field of men posing on and near a thresher. A man sits on a wagon with four or five pairs of horses standing around him. There is an oval-shap...
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Meal with the Log Drivers

Date: 1912
Description: View towards shoreline of log drivers eating lunch on the edge of the riverbank. Visiting businessmen share a meal with the log drivers who are sitting and...
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Construction of the Bulkhead

Date: 1908
Description: View looking towards men working on a construction site. Identified as the construction of the bulkhead for the powerhouse in 1908. There are men standing ...
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Men Wearing Suits Posing with Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Two men wearing suits are posing with a man using a horse-drawn binder.
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Man Driving Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Three men are standing near a man, seen from the rear, on a horse-drawn McCormick binder on the side of a hill. Sheaves of wheat are standing in mounds in ...
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Group of Men with Mowers and Rakes

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men working in a field. A man in the center is wearing a suit and hat. Two men are using horse-drawn mowers, and anoth...
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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...
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Group Posing with Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards a group of people posing near a man in a horse-drawn McCormick binder. A man is standing on the left, and in the backgr...
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Three Men with Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards three men with a horse-drawn binder. The man on the left is wearing a suit and hat and is carrying a case. The man on t...

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