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Diagram of McCormick's Reaper

Date: 1867
Description: A diagram of McCormick's cultivator-reaper, which was patented in 1845. The illustration, titled "The Cultivator" depicts a man using a rake to remove the ...
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Farm of Gustave Voight

Date: 1895
Description: Partially cleared stump land on the farm of Gustave Voight, two miles south of Merrill, Lincoln county. Logs for burning are in the foreground. In the far ...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1406 : Trip Finished. Pulling Out The Lumber

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left is loading lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon, while a man in an apron is holding the horses...
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Farmer Riding McCormick Binder outside Large Farm House

Date: 1900
Description: Farmer on a horse-drawn McCormick binder outside a large farmstead as men, boys, and a dog are looking on. One boy is on a bicycle.
Book or Pamphlet

Excelsior Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Excelsior harvesting machinery manufactured by Hoover and Gamble. Features a color illustration of a boy and girl in a ...
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University Circus

Date: 12 15 1913
Description: A horse-drawn wagon, filled with University of Wisconsin students dressed as clowns, proceeds along a Madison street as part of a parade. Spectators line ...
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Farmyard with Implements

Date: 1878
Description: Family in farmyard with farm implements, including a grain seeder and a threshing machine. Men are standing on top of hay in a wagon. Farm buildings and a ...
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Family in front of House

Date: 1869
Description: A family sits around a table in a yard. One woman holds a stereoscope in her lap. Behind them is a frame house with shutters on some of the windows, and a ...
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William Bonner Family

Date: 1871
Description: A family, possibly that of William Bonner, is posing around a table in a yard. A man is sitting on the left holding a paper in one hand and a glass in the ...
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
Postcard

Methodist Church

Date: 1909
Description: Street scene featuring a Methodist church. In front of the church a young boy stands in the dirt road near a man sitting in a horse-drawn wagon with a dog....
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Horse-Drawn Hay Rake

Date: 07 20 1921
Description: Man operating a horse-drawn hay rake. Two boys and a man in the background are piling the cut hay.
Manuscript

Trappers Leaving Hunting Grounds

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Description: Drawing of trappers on leaving their hunting grounds.
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Hauling a Boat

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Description: Boys, men, and horses hauling a boat with ropes.
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Hunters Standing Near Wagon with Catch

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Description: A hunter stands near a wagon pulled by two horses holding a catch of squirrels. Two women, two young boys, and another man are standing in the wagon behind...
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Group Gathered at Campsite

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Description: A group of men, women and children, as well as a horse, gather outside of two tents at a campsite. The photograph appears to have been taken from inside on...
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Men Reconstructing a Barn

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Description: Two horses, several men and two youth stand in front of a stone wall or foundation. The men could be reconstructing a barn after the flood of 1911.
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On Location in "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Family Outside of Barn

Date: 08 1903
Description: Alexander Krueger sitting in an open barn door with the twins Edgar and Jennie. Their Grandpa August Krueger is sitting on a fence on the right at the side...
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Crushing Rock for Road Resurfacing

Date: 1910
Description: A crew of men crushing rock for Senator James H. Stout's improved highway.

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