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International Harvester Manure Spreader Advertising Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster for No. 6 and No. 8 Low Corn King manure spreaders. Includes color illustrations and the text: "Wide spread, narrow box, light draft," a...
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Plano Binder Advertisement

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Description: Flyer for a Plano grain binder, featuring a caricature of a competitor's machine, manufactured by "Horsekiller & Co." The message is that the Plano binder...
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Square Turn Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Diagram listing the mechanical parts of the Square Turn tractor, as seen from the top.
Painting

Cedar Rapids Painting

Date: 1856
Description: "Three views in a short space show the peaceful appearance of what is now a busy paper mills center....The third, another rural river scene, whose composit...
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Grand Chute Painting

Date: 1856
Description: " . . . At Grand Chute stood the young settlement of Appleton. Although only a few years old, it already boasted a college, named, as was the village itsel...
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De Pere Painting

Date: 1856
Description: ". . . At De Pere they stopped on the west shore for a broad sketch of the dwellings clustered on both sides of the river. The distant dam, the mills, ware...
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Menasha Painting

Date: 1856
Description: ". . . The upper Grand Chute was the last of the 'improvements' paintings signed by Brookes and Stevenson. Yet there were two more vital links in the Fox R...
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Portage Painting

Date: 1856
Description: "After painting a number of Fox River scenes, "the artists continued their way to Fond du Lac, at the south end of Lake Winnebago, where they found some mo...
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Equip Your Farm With a Peoria

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Peoria tractor with a headline reading: "Equip Your Farm With a Peoria! A Real Dividend-Paying Investment for Any Size Farm." The adv...
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Trenam Farm Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Trenam All-Purpose Farm Tractor with 12-24 horse power. The advertisement features four photographs of a farmer using the tractor in ...
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Wolverine Kerosene Tractor

Date: 1917
Description: Advertisement for the Wolverine kerosene tractor with a headline reading: "Built to do Your Work at Lowest Fuel Cost and Least Repair Expense. Guaranteed t...
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Mechanical Farm Power

Date: 1930
Description: Advertisement for La Crosse agricultural equipment with a headline reading: "Farming Conditions Demand Mechanical Power." An illustration of the La Crosse ...

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