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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Poster

P&O Plows Advertising Poster

Date: 1927
Description: South African advertising poster for P&O plows, "made especially for South African conditions" and "sold by Champions Limited, Durban, Bloemfontein, East L...
Poster

Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions on the farm. Includes a large bird's-eye view of a farm, surrounded by ...
Book or Pamphlet

International Ensilage Cutters Catalog

Date: 1918
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International ensilage cutters, featuring an illustration of farmers using an ensilage cutter to fill a silo. At the bo...
Photograph

Men with Livestock

Date: 1914
Description: Group of men in a pen with livestock, including pigs, sheep, a cow, a donkey and horses. The livestock was owned by the Piney Woods Country Life School.
Photograph

Man Loading Fertilizer onto Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 04 18 1927
Description: A man wearing a hat loads a large bin of fertilizer, with the aid of an overhead pulley system attached to a barn, onto a manure spreader that is being pul...
Photograph

Cattle in Pasture near Farm Buildings

Date: 
Description: View across field towards cattle in a pasture. There is a farmhouse on the left, and farm buildings in the center. A farmer stands in the field on the left...
Photograph

Cattle in Barnyard

Date: 1900
Description: A man is standing among cattle in a barnyard. A McCormick binder is parked near a barn in the background on the right. More farm buildings and a windmill a...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. In the background on the left is a herd of cows. In the background on the...
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View down dirt road towards a man posing on a horse-drawn corn binder. Behind the binder further down the road is a horse-drawn buggy. On the left along th...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. In the background, cows are grazing in a field, and in the far back...
Photograph

Three Men on Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards three men working in a field with three binders. On the right a man is standing near fence with a group of cows. A group of peopl...
Photograph

Man Using Hand-Cranked Corn Sheller

Date: 1942
Description: A man is standing in the open doorway of a farm building using a hand-cranked sheller for corn for horses and calves. There is a galvanized bucket undernea...
Photograph

Men Loading Cows into International Truck

Date: 1929
Description: A man stands in the bed of a truck while loading cows. One cow is already in the truck bed, and two other cows are moving up the ramp. Two young children w...
Photograph

Farmall M Tractor with No. 24 Two-Row Corn Picker

Date: 1948
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man in a cornfield using a Farmall M tractor to put a No. 24 two-row corn picker and wagon. In the background cows...
Photograph

Dairying — Boys Stock Judging

Date: 1915
Description: Langlade County Fair, Wisconsin. By means of these contests the interest of the boys in better stock is intensified. A pure bred registered bull calf was g...
Photograph

Man Posing with Cows

Date: 05 03 1925
Description: View of a man posing with cows in a field.
Photograph

Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: A man is standing in the back of a delivery truck. There are two cows, or cattle, in the back of the stake body bed of the truck. The truck is backed up to...
Photograph

Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: A man is standing at the back of a truck with a stake body. There are cattle standing in the bed of the truck, which is backed up to an open-sided building...
Photograph

Milk Truck at Farmyard with Cows

Date: 01 12 1928
Description: A group of cows are standing near a milk delivery truck parked at a farm. In the background are farm buildings, silo's, and a windmill. The sign painted on...

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