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Poster

McCormick Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1914
Description: Color illustrations advertising poster for McCormick harvesting machinery showing two steers looking over a fence with images of a reaper, mower, binder an...
Poster

Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions, with an address for Budapest, Hungary. The poster was printed by the H...
Book or Pamphlet

Bluebell Cream Harvester Catalog

Date: 1910
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for the Bluebell line of International Harvester cream separators.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Milkers Catalog

Date: 1946
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for McCormick-Deering milkers. Features the silhouette of a man carrying a milker and five black and white insets of cows.
Print

Seymour Brooks Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Downtown East Troy with the Seymour Brooks residence. Caption reads: "Res. of Seymour brooks, Sec 4 Fast Troy TP Wis Breeder of Derham Cattle American Meri...
Book or Pamphlet

Corn — America's Greatest Crop

Date: 02 03 1931
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The cover includes photographs of a corn cob, a farmer culitvat...
Book or Pamphlet

Wm. Deering & Co. Advertising Catalog

Date: 1887
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering and Company, manufacturers of harvesting machinery. Features illustrations of sheep and chickens on the...
Postcard

Here's Thinking of You! In Milwaukee

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Description: Milwaukee postcard showing a glass of beer, a pretzel, a cow and a milk maid. The card also features a short verse about Milwaukee's congeniality: "A cool ...
Book or Pamphlet

The Eclipse Wind Engine

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Description: Engraving of a farm with an Eclipse windmill. There is a cutaway view of the building beneath showing a man inside working at a saw. Another man is working...
Postcard

Farmer with Cows

Date: 02 1910
Description: Farmer and two cows standing outside near a barn in winter.
Photograph

International Trucks Packer Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Poster advertising International trucks featuring an illustration of a man behind the wheel of a truck used by Wilson & Co. and featuring the headline: "Th...
Postcard

The Return From the Alps

Date: 
Description: Color postcard of a Swiss farmer returning home with his animals. Many of the animals, and five of the shepherds, are labeled with a name. The path loops b...
Print

Webster Bros. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Webster Bros. of Danville, Wisconsin, breeders of short horn cattle and Spanish Merino sheep, with text and a stock image of a cow printed in...
Print

Oshkosh Packing & Provision Co. Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Oshkosh Packing & Provision Company, a meat packer and preserver, with an illustration of the company buildings on the waterfront, with w...
Postcard

Pecatonica River, Most Crooked River in the World

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Description: Colorized, elevated view of the Pecatonica River with several of its many curves. Cows are grazing in the pasture in the foreground. The landscape is dotte...
Print

The Universal Food Chopper

Date: 1899
Description: A reproduction of an ad or counter card for the Universal Food Chopper. Text on the image reads, "The Universal Food Chopper, and a few of the things it ch...
Map or Atlas

Paul Sample's America: Its soil

Date: 1946
Description: This bird's-eye-view map shows scenes of land use and farming superimposed on a map of the United States. Agricultural scenes of farming, livestock, and cr...
Postcard

View on Rock River

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Description: View of the Rock River with a herd of cattle wading in the shallow water. The far shoreline is in the background. Caption reads: "View on Rock River, Edger...
Postcard

Farm Scene Near New Glarus, Wis.

Date: 06 1925
Description: Several cows are grazing in a field. In the background are houses, barns, and other buildings. Image caption reads: "Farm Scene near New Glarus, Wis."

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