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Shop at Eilert Farm Equipment Company

Date: 1938
Description: Interior view of the shop in Eilert Farm Equipment Company, showing the drill press and the big vise, in the center.
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Eilert Parts Department

Date: 1938
Description: The parts department of Eilert's Farm Equipment, showing bins and racks. Eilert's was an International Harvester dealership.
Print

Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing Letterhead

Date: 1901
Description: Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing letterhead. Fuller & Johnson was run by John A. Johnson and was one of Madison's largest employers.
Photograph

Advance Thresher Company

Date: 1899
Description: Exterior view of the Advance Thresher Company, 601 Williamson Street, as seen in "Madison, Wis. And It's Points Of Interest." The dealer was one of many wh...
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Group with John Deere Tractor

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Description: Group in a John Deere Farm Equipment yard. Three women are in the background and two men in the foreground, one on top of the tractor.
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Group of People Posed Along Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of people posed in commercial area on a wooden sidewalk. Leigeois Bar, Implement Store, and Blacksmith Shop. Joseph Leigeois is shown in the fo...
Photograph

Russell? Automatic Corn Reaper

Date: 1862
Description: Automatic Corn Reaper, most likely on display at the London Exhibition of 1862. A sign above the reaper suggests that the reaper may be "Russell's."
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Guernsey Cow Exhibition

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Description: A Guernsey cow exhibition at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City, New York. Milking equipment is being used on the cows, who stand in a circular paddock...
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Motorcycle Police in Front of Badger Ordnance Sign

Date: 1944
Description: Motorcycle police at the Badger Ordnance plant in Baraboo, Wisconsin, between 1942 and 1945. These men patrolled the fence line of the plant. One of the gu...
Book or Pamphlet

Inside Covers of Eureka Mower Co. Catalog

Date: 1882
Description: Inside front and back covers of Eureka Mower catalog. The top illustration is a three-quarter view of "The Famous Broad Cut Centre [sic] Draft Eureka Mower...
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"Those Country Days Surely Are It"

Date: 1920
Description: Two men, Fred and Oscar Getto, sitting on the steps of two doors, one on the left and one on the right, of a store owned by Henry Getto. A sign above the t...
Postcard

Jefferson Fair

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a community fair with tents set up for exhibits. Two buildings with signs are just beyond the tents on the midway, with signs that read, o...
Photograph

Four Wheel Drive Tractor

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Description: Two men are standing next to the back of an International Harvester four wheel drive tractor in a field.
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Chattanooga Cane Mill No. 72

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Description: Model no. 72 of a cane mill created by the Chattanooga Plow Company.
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Chattanooga Cane Mill No. 112

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Description: Model no. 112 of a cane mill created by the Chattanooga Plow Company.
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Workers Cleaning Seeds

Date: 1938
Description: A roomful of workers are cleaning seeds using "The Clipper Cleaners" manufactured by A.T. Ferrell & Co., Saginaw, Michigan. The machines are arranged in fo...

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