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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Agency

Date: 1900
Description: View across street of storefront of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. Men are standing along the sidewalk. Two other men are sitting on ho...
Photograph

Man Standing between Two Horses

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: A man is standing between two horses, holding them by their bridles. The man is dressed in dusty shoes, dark pants with suspenders, a light shirt, a dark t...
Book or Pamphlet

The Baker Line

Date: 1929
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Baker line of agricultural equipment, including gas tractors, steam engines, and grain threshers. A photograph at ...
Print

Patriotic Letterhead

Date: 10 13 1864
Description: Colorfully decorated letter received in the office of Wisconsin Governor James Lewis from Isaac Joiner of the Veterans Reserve Corps stationed in Alexandri...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Catalog Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Front cover of Buckeye harvesting machinery catalog, featuring a group of men and horses resting under the shade of a tree. In the background is a field wi...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Catalog Back Cover

Date: 1898
Description: Back cover with a color illustration of a man using a Buckeye binder in a field drawn by a team of two horses. On the left a woman wearing a dress and apro...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1894
Description: Catalog cover featuring illustrations along with the text: "The Foreign Commisioners Visit the Northwest, and Learn Why Bonanza Farming Pays." At the top i...
Photograph

Man and Horse Wearing Gas Masks

Date: 10 27 1918
Description: Original caption reads, "Showing contrast in mask used for man and horse. The fact that horse never breathes thru his mouth makes a gas mask a simple objec...
Photograph

Two Men Using Horse-Drawn Binders in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are using horse-drawn McCormick binders in a field. One of the horses is wearing a fly-net.
Photograph

Man Standing in Field with Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Man standing near the back of a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. The two horses stand waiting while the man appears to be using an oil can.
Photograph

Man on Horse-Drawn Mower with Ruins of Building

Date: 1900
Description: Man posing on a horse-drawn mower in front of the ruins of a building surrounded by a fence. The building is probably a church as there are wreaths on grav...
Photograph

Man on Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a cornfield. Another man is standing just in front of the binder. In the background are more men with...
Photograph

Elevated View of Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view looking down at a group of men posing on the sidewalk in front of a dealership. There is a horse-drawn carriage in front. Signs in the window...
Photograph

Road Construction in front of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Office

Date: 1900
Description: View of street being constructed outside the dealership office of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. on 212 Market Street. Stacks of cobblestones are in ...
Photograph

Exterior of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: View across street towards the front and left side of a dealership. On the street and sidewalk at the corner men and a boy stand near a horse-drawn wagon. ...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man standing on a platform binding corn stalks.
Photograph

Farmer Posing on Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View towards a man standing on the platform of a corn binder while binding stalks of corn. The horse pulling the corn binder is behind two shocks of corn.
Photograph

Man Lifting Corn Stalk from Platform of Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Man standing at side of horse-drawn corn binder and lifting a bound shock of corn stalks off of the platform.
Photograph

Stone Octagon House

Date: 1860
Description: Three adults and two children are standing on the porch of the Baraboo Octagon house. The stone hexagonal building stood on Bench (1st) and Broadway and se...
Photograph

Harness Races

Date: 09 1963
Description: Harness racing at a County Fair. The horses pulling sulkies are making the turn in front of the grandstand. Another building and trees are in the backgroun...

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