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Beauty Queen Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1947
Description: A young woman dressed in a bathing suit and wading boots poses for a promotional photograph for the Wisconsin cranberry industry at Thunder Lake Marsh. Tw...
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"McCormick Day" in Small Rural Town

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of farmers lined up in horse-drawn wagons loaded with their new McCormick farm machines. Their wagons are adorned with "McCormick" signs and ...
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Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1901
Description: Cover of a German language advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company. The cover's color illustration features a woman with a rake watching a ...
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Pig Freight Car on the Soo Line

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people standing in front of a Soo Line freight car that was used by the railroad to promote hog transportation. This photograph was donated to the...
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Farmer in Overalls Posing with IH Part

Date: 01 03 1928
Description: Advertising photograph of a man in overalls and hat pointing to an International Harvester part. The photograph was taken in a studio and used in company ...
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Harvey Nelson with a Horse

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Description: Young farmer Harvey A. Nelson, holding onto a large horse's lead, is standing next to an International truck at Gray View Farm. The truck's front bumper be...
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Farmall Regular Tractor in Soybean Field

Date: 1928
Description: A farmer in a field is using a Farmall Regular tractor with a mower attachment to cut soybeans for hay. The tractor is equipped with an umbrella that reads...
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Comparison of Tractor Farming and Horse Farming

Date: 1936
Description: A drawing titled: "The Life of Two Farmers" illustrating the difference in work loads between a horse farmer and a Farmall tractor farmer. According to the...
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Poster Illustrating Old and New Harvesting Methods

Date: 05 15 1928
Description: Poster or display board illustrating the differences between "old" and "new" methods of harvesting grain. Includes images illustrating harvesting methods b...
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Tractor Advertising Illustration

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising illustration showing a farmer using a horse and plow in a field while the image of a tractor and the word "kerosene" is floating above in the s...
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Man with Farmall Tractor Advertisement

Date: 05 1935
Description: Don Saesko (sp?) looks at a Farmall tractor advertisement while three children stand around him.
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Victory Garden Illustration

Date: 1943
Description: Uncle Sam stands in the foreground of an illustration promoting victory gardens and shakes the hand of a farmer with a hoe in his hand. Three women work in...
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Farmall A Advertisement

Date: 1941
Description: Advertisement titled "Take Life Easier with a Farmall-A". The advertisement features two-color illustrations of tractors and a photograph of a farmer using...
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Farmall AV Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1941
Description: Advertisement for the McCormick-Deering Farmall AV tractor. Features one color and one black/white illustration of tractors and a photograph of a man usin...
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Tractors and Thresher Advertising Book

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of an advertising booklet produced by Russell & Co. featuring a color illustration of a man using a Russell tractor to work in a farm field. Th...
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Twin City 12-20 Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Twin City 12-20 tractor featuring six photographs of the machine at work in farm fields along with the caption: "Utility, Performance...
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Corn Crops in Taylor County

Date: 1895
Description: The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional cards showing the plentiful corn crops of John Carstens, created to attract farmers to the agricultural ...
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"We Are Power Farmers"

Date: 1924
Description: A smiling man dressed in coveralls and a hat stands on a lawn next to a sign that reads: "We Are Power Farmers Using Fordson Tractor Purchased from Schoelk...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Push Binder

Date: 1907
Description: Side view of a man using a horse-drawn push binder in a field. The man is standing on a platform under an umbrella which has an advertisement for hardware ...

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