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Photograph

Women and Children in Field with Walking Plow

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: Two women and two young girls in a field with an ox-driven walking plow. Original caption reads: "This picture was not taken in Egypt nor India nor Africa ...
Print

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ...
Photograph

Double Yoke of Oxen Pulling Wagon

Date: 02 09 1915
Description: A double yoke of oxen are pulling an empty wagon down the road while a group of people is looking on in the background. There is a stream of water going th...
Photograph

Woman Operating McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A woman wearing a dress and hat is operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two oxen through a field. Well-dressed men, women and a young child look on...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — France

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a harvesting scene: a grain binder pulled by ox in the fields of ...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — France

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of harvesting scene: a grain binder pulled by ox the the fields of F...
Photograph

Harvesting Scene in Italy

Date: 1915
Description: Harvesting scene taking place in Italy featuring oxen-drawn machinery and a group of men near trees.
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Photograph

Jacob Plow

Date: 1910
Description: From Carrie's journal from Palestine: "There were many terraced hills, covered with olive orchards. Men, women and children were gathering the olives, clim...
Photograph

Men with Horse-Drawn Corn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: View across cornfield of large group portrait of men and children posing with horse-drawn vehicles, including wagons and binders. A few men are standing ne...
Photograph

Man on Ox-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Right side view of a man on an ox-drawn mower. In the background are trees and in the distance is a large building. The ox has a muzzle.
Photograph

Man on Ox-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of a man using an ox-drawn McCormick binder in a field.
Photograph

Man on Ox-Drawn Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man using an ox-drawn reaper in a field. There are large buildings in the background.
Photograph

Man Using Ox-Drawn Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view of a man using an ox-drawn reaper in a field.
Photograph

Man Using Ox-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested section of field towards a man using an ox-drawn binder. Two men wearing suits are standing on the left, and one is gesturing with a ...
Photograph

Man Using Ox-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man using an ox-drawn mower. A man wearing a suit is standing near the mower on the left. Another man is standing in the background behind t...
Photograph

Binders on Display in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of large number of binders on display in a field. Men, women and oxen are standing among the binders. In the foreground a woman is standing w...
Photograph

Man Driving Ox-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: A man is driving an ox-drawn mower. On the left a British man is standing. In the background is a large building.
Photograph

Man Driving Ox-Drawn Dump Rake

Date: 1900
Description: A man is driving an ox-drawn dump rake. Another man is standing on the left near the ox.
Photograph

Man Using Tractor in Field in India

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of a man using a MRA 2940 International tractor in a field in India. Behind him in the field a man is walking with oxen. On the edge of the f...

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