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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...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Mexico

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard of farmers operating grain binders in Mexico. Includes a color illustration of two grain binders pulled by oxen or cattle. Original caption reads:...
Print

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view from bluff looking down on city, with Lake Michigan in background. Detailed foreground with two boys playing with a grounded kite, while a ma...
Photograph

Bossy's Bibacious Bouncing Baby

Date: 1905
Description: Woman feeding calf from a bucket.
Photograph

Playing Croquet on the Farm

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Description: People are playing croquet in a field in the foreground with other people, horses, cattle and carriages also posing in the field. In the background, peopl...
Photograph

Men, Women and Children with their Cattle

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Description: Men, women and children posing standing spaced apart in a fenced-in yard with cattle and sheep. One man in the center is standing on a board fence. In the ...
Photograph

John P. Linde Family in Farmyard

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Description: Family in yard at side of farmhouse, boy with carriage at house front, children on front porch roof. There is a barn in the background on the left, a straw...
Photograph

Boys Fishing near John P. Linde's Farm

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Description: Boys fish in a stream, with cattle, horses, a farmhouse and a barn in the background.
Painting

View of St. Nazianz

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of the Roman Catholic community of St. Nazianz.
Photograph

B.J. Clark Dairy and Farm

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Description: Panoramic view of the B.J. Dairy and Farm. Shows fenced-in yard with various cows in front of a round barn.
Photograph

Men Filling Corn Crib

Date: 1916
Description: A group of men filling a large, circular corn crib. A second corn crib in the background is completely full.
Photograph

Man Operating Mogul 15-30 Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: A man is operating a Mogul 15-30 tractor with a belt attached to its power take-off. A cart is parked behind the tractor, and is carrying a barrel labeled:...
Photograph

Field with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder near Farm Buildings

Date: 1900
Description: View from distance of a man standing in a field with fences and farm buildings behind him. A horse-drawn corn binder is standing in the field, and cows, pi...
Photograph

Men in Field with Cattle

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Description: Two men stand with a small herd of cattle on a path between fenced-in and planted fields on the side of a hill. Two buildings are in the background.
Photograph

Farmer Using Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Farmer in field using a manure spreader drawn by a team of horses. A cow is standing nearby.
Photograph

Man and Child in Farm Field

Date: 1913
Description: A man uses a walking plow led by a team of two horses to work in a farm field while a child watches from behind.
Postcard

Farmer with Cows

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

Wendling Barn

Date: 2004
Description: The Wendling barn was built in 1929 for $10,000. In 1991, cows were milked for the last time.
Photograph

Man with Jersey Calves on IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 06 1930
Description: A man is feeding a group of Jersey calves from a metal bucket. Another man is using a tool to work in a field in the background.
Photograph

Man on Land Leveler

Date: 1915
Description: Man standing on a grader pulled by a team of mules along a dirt road. Cows, a fence and farm buildings are in the background.

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