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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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Wallin Brothers Threshing Rig

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Description: Crew of men harvesting grain using horses, a tractor and a thresher. Three men standing in the field at left are wearing suits and hats.
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Oxen Hauling Large Logs

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Description: Elevated view of men posing with oxen-drawn wagons carrying logs. Two men are standing, while the rest of the men are sitting on the logs. A domestic or go...
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Men in Town with Bales of Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Group of men on a city street with bales of cotton loaded in horse-drawn wagons. One of the wagons is a Springfield Wagon.
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Men Loading Cotton Bales

Date: 1905
Description: Men on a city street with bales of cotton loaded onto wagons, possibly in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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Kennedy Dairy Company

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of horse-drawn milk wagons and drivers posing in front of the Kennedy Dairy Company, 621-629 West Washington Avenue. Some drivers are standin...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 750-757

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Description: Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell
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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...
Print

Gridiron Club Spring Dinner Menu

Date: 05 21 1949
Description: Menu, mounted on board, for the spring dinner of the Gridiron Club, with a cartoon by (Clifford K.?) Berryman of "Dr. Truman's Utopia Elixir: Relief for Ev...
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Freight Yard

Date: 1910
Description: Men posing in the Winneconne Freight Yard. Some of the men stand and sit on two hay wagons, and three men stand on the ground, in front of a box car. Some ...
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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 Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of men working around a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. One man is siting on the binder, and another man is standing in front. Behind ...
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Construction Site

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Description: A construction site with a view of the excavated foundation and the street level. At the street level are buildings, people, and horse-drawn wagons. One ma...
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Moving the Boat

Date: 1910
Description: Four men are unloading a wooden boat from a horse-drawn wagon. Lake Archibald is in the background.
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Employees on Large Ramp with Wheelbarrows

Date: 11 11 1911
Description: A group of employees are posing on a large wooden ramp with wheelbarrows. Two men are also posing standing wearing suits and hats. On the left is the corne...

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