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Poster

Gammon and Deering Advertising Poster

Date: 1876
Description: Color chromolithograph illustration advertising poster for the Marsh Harvester, produced by Gammon and Deering Company. Printed by Charles Shober & Co., Ch...
Photograph

Fauerbach Brewing Co. Buildings

Date: 04 01 1938
Description: Two men standing against a wall, behind the Fauerbach Brewing Co. Railroad tracks are in the foreground, and Lake Monona is in the background.
Print

Randall Harrow Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertisement for the Randall Harrow, manufactured by the Warrior Mower Company. Features a color illustration of a farmer using the harrow in a field.
Photograph

River Scene with Cows

Date: 
Description: River, with fence in foreground, reflecting trees and sunlight. On the right is a field with cows, a man near a fence, and a small dog.
Photograph

J.A. Coon with Super C and Cultivator

Date: 1952
Description: View across field towards J.A. Coon with a McCormick Farmall Super C tractor and a C-254 cultivator. There is a pond or lake in the background. The origina...
Photograph

Mussel Fishery

Date: 
Description: Two men stand on the banks of a river near a mussel fishery, probably along the Mississippi River. The far shoreline of the river is in the background. The...
Photograph

Cowboys and Cowgirls on Horses

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of men and women on horseback in a strem. On the shoreline at the right is a horse-drawn carriage . Trees are further down the shoreline, and...
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
Photograph

Man Standing with Two Mules

Date: 1908
Description: A man holding the bridles of two mules stands near a farm building and a large round water basin.
Photograph

S.J. Peabody Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of multiple buildings and a body of water on the farm of S.J. Peabody. Three men are riding in a horse-drawn carriage along the water in the ...
Photograph

Mail Carrier on Poor Quality Road

Date: 02 1915
Description: A mail carrier on horseback is approaching a stranded horse-drawn carriage along a stretch of poor quality rural road. Farmhouses and farm buildings are on...
Photograph

Old Bridge and Construction Gang

Date: 08 29 1930
Description: Workers pose at the entrance of the old bridge. There are railroad tracks in the foreground with signs that read, "free bridge," "men working," and "cautio...
Historical Object

McCormick Woodcut

Date: 
Description: Original woodcut created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. It has three sections and is connected using wood splines. An ...
Historical Object

McCormick Electrotype

Date: 
Description: Electrotype created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. A woodcut was created first, the electrotype next, then the letterp...
Print

McCormick Letterpress Print of Wire Binder

Date: 1877
Description: Letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder (wire binder). The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two hor...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 750-757

Date: 
Description: Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell
Photograph

U.S. Army Engineer Corps Topographer

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while in the process of surveying land. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstac...
Photograph

U.S. Army Engineer Corps Topographer

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while using a tripod stand to write. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstacle ...
Book or Pamphlet

The Old Reliable Sweepstakes Catalog Cover

Date: 1873
Description: Chromolithograph featuring a view through a stone arch of two men in a field with a Sweepstakes threshing machine.
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."

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