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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.
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Engine-Powered Water Pump
October 1923
A 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine powering a water pump outside of a building on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
Gas-Powered Water Pump
October 1923
A woman using a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine to pump water into a metal bucket outside a building at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harvester Farm).
Engine Powered Water Pump
1916
Water pump hooked up to a Mogul stationary engine outside a small stone farm building. Water flows from pump into building through small piping running from the pump through a wall.
Wooden Water Pump
May 26, 1926
A man using a wooden pump to fill a metal pail with water. The photograph was staged to demonstrate a hazard found on farms.
Farm Hazard: Old Wooden Pump
1926
A man pumps water from an old wooden pump into a tin cup. This photo was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrate potential farm hazards.
Stationary Engine and Water Pump
1915
A stationary engine (possibly a Mogul) in a small wooden shed is used to power a belt-driven water pump positioned nearby. A small wood sign reads 'private' over the top of the shed door.
