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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

Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: View over fence towards men using horse-drawn mowers in a field, while a couple in a horse-drawn carriage are looking on. Fences and farm buildings are in ...
Photograph

Men on Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: A line of men and horse-drawn mowers in a field. One man wearing a bow tie is sitting astride a horse and waving his hat at the camera.
Photograph

Harvesting Cranberries Contained by Booms

Date: 1997
Description: Harvesters wade through cranberries contained by booms in the cranberry marsh as they travel on a conveyor belt into the waiting trucks.
Photograph

Man at Conveyor Belt for Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1997
Description: A man stands in the water next to the conveyor belt that transports cranberries into the truck.
Photograph

Man in a Field on Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1914
Description: Side view of a man operating a horse-drawn mower in a field with farm buildings in the background. The horses are wearing fly-nets and blinders.
Book or Pamphlet

Windrow-Baling Brochure

Date: 1941
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for balers, featuring a photograph of a man pulling a McCormick-Deering baler in a field with a Farmall A tractor.
Photograph

Pea Viner

Date: 1924
Description: A group of farmers, including women and children, pose in front of a pea processing plant.
Print

Aerial Blight Control Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of Aerial Blight Control, Inc., with a man using a hoe while a crop duster sprays the field. Farm buildings and clouds are seen in the distance....

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