click zoom to display a high-res image
Publication Information
Physical Description
Collection Information
Copyright Information
W012U83
WHi 97288
Image
Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
"Horses vs. Profit" Pamphlet
1918
Cover of a pamphlet produced by the Velie Motors Corporation to advertise the Biltwel 12-24 tractor. The text, entitled: "Horses vs. Profit", is illustrated with a drawing of a young boy using a te...
Farm Your Farm
1915
Advertisement for the Peoria tractor featuring two photographs of men plowing in a field with tractors, along with the headline "Farm Your Farm. The Tractor You Will Eventually Buy --- Why Not Now?...
Happy Farmer Tractor
1918
Advertisement for the La Crosse Happy Farmer kerosene tractor featuring an illustration of a farmer working in a field at night. The headline reads: "Works 24 Hours a Day."
Cletrac Farming is Better Farming
1920
Advertisement for the Cletrac tank-type crawler tractor featuring illustrations of the machine in use in farm fields; the image at left depicts plowing while the photograph at right shows fitting t...
Cletrac Tank-Type Tractor
1920
Advertisement for the Cletrac tank-type crawler tractor featuring photographs of the tractor in action on a farm. The photographs illustrate, clockwise from top left: "Hay Loading with the Cletrac,...
Why You Should Have a Tractor
1919
Advertisement for the Illinois Super-Drive tractor with six photographs of the machinery in use on farms. The headline reads: "Here Are Reasons Why You Should Have a Tractor." The photographs are c...
