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Photograph

Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
Poster

Deering Grain Binder Advertising Poster

Date: 1883
Description: Color chromolithograph illustration for the Deering All-Steel Binder with steel bundle carrier, produced by William Deering & Co. Includes an illustration ...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company, featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of a young boy and girl playing along ...
Book or Pamphlet

Brantford Steel Binders Catalog

Date: 1889
Description: Front and back cover of an advertising catalog for A. Harris, Son & Company of Brantford, Canada, manufacturers of grain binders, mowers and reapers. The c...
Photograph

Men in Field with Reaper

Date: 1873
Description: Three men with hats are standing in a field with a reaper and grain cradle. Two children (their images are blurred) are sitting in front of them. In the fi...
Photograph

People with Wagon and Carriage on Farm

Date: 
Description: A man stands on grain bundles piled on a wagon in front of the barn, and other people are in a horse-drawn carriage on the left side of the barn. In the ba...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvesting Machinery Catalog Cover

Date: 1889
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company, manufacturers of harvesting machinery. The cover features a framed inset of a scene of...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Advertising Catalog

Date: 1889
Description: Advertising catalog for grain cutting (harvesting) machinery manufactured by William Deering and Company. Features an illustration of children sitting with...
Print

McCormick's Reaper and Mower Flyer

Date: 1859
Description: Flyer and order form advertising McCormick's Reaper and Mower. Features the headline "15,000 sold in the last 4 years" under an illustration of the reaper...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
Photograph

New Osborne Binder

Date: 08 10 1914
Description: A man sitting on top of an Osborne grain binder pulled by three horses. A man in a straw hat, tie, and vest is standing to the left holding cut grain. Hou...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder on the Gary Owen farm. A farmhouse and windmill are in the far background.
Photograph

Man Driving Horse-Drawn Reaper in Valley

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view of field, trees, and valley with farm buildings in background. A man is driving a horse-drawn reaper in a field in the foreground.
Photograph

Men Harvesting Grain in Field

Date: 
Description: Group of men harvesting grain with two McCormick grain binders drawn by horses or mules. In the background are farm buildings and stacks of grain.
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
Painting

Corn Shredding

Date: 
Description: Two farm workers in the righthand foreground toss a corn bundle up to the horse-drawn corn shredding machine to be shredded. To the left, a man loads feed ...
Painting

Seifert Painting

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of farm.
Photograph

Haying

Date: 1929
Description: Oscar Steinkopf and his horse Jim. They are haying on Steinkopf's 40-acre farm. The photograph was taken by Alvin Steinkopf, Oscar's son, a Milwaukee journ...
Photograph

Group of People in Farm Field

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of people posing in a field. Part of the field has been cut and there are stacks of grain piled at regular intervals. In ...
Painting

The Cranberry Harvest

Date: 
Description: Cranberry harvesters at work. Mural painting in the U.S. Post Office at Berlin, Wis.

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