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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Poster

P&O Plows Advertising Poster

Date: 1927
Description: South African advertising poster for P&O plows, "made especially for South African conditions" and "sold by Champions Limited, Durban, Bloemfontein, East L...
Poster

Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions, with an address for Budapest, Hungary. The poster was printed by the H...
Poster

Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions on the farm. Includes a large bird's-eye view of a farm, surrounded by ...
Photograph

Mr. Olson with Brown Swiss Bull

Date: 08 25 1931
Description: Mr. Olson is standing outdoors with a Brown Swiss bull at the Dane County fair. Automobiles and wagons are parked along a wooden building in the background...
Photograph

Livestock Grazing

Date: 
Description: View down hill towards sheep, horses and dairy cattle grazing in a pasture in the foreground. Men and women are posing among the farm animals in the field....
Photograph

G. Gullockson Farmstead

Date: 1876
Description: View, from above, of what may be the G. Gullockson farmstead. A frame house is in the left foreground, with a large group of men, women and children standi...
Photograph

Norwegian-style Barn with Cupola

Date: 1876
Description: Distant view from hill of a barnyard with people, split-rail fencing, cattle, a Norwegian-style barn with cupola and rooster weather vane and an animal bui...
Photograph

People in Field with House in Background

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Description: A man rides a haymower while two women milk a cow nearby. Other farmhands ride wagons and behind them is a double house.
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...
Poster

International Tractor and Engine Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for International tractors and engines featuring an illustration of a farmer using a cultivator in a field beside a herd of cows. The ma...
Poster

IHC Gasoline Engine Advertising Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester stationary, portable and traction engines. Features color illustrations of engines and tractors in a number ...
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.
Painting

Seifert Painting

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of farm.
Photograph

Small Ranch

Date: 
Description: View down hill toward a small ranch with log buildings. Horse-drawn carriages are on the dirt road near cattle around the ranch.
Photograph

Parish Farm — Scottish Highland Cattle

Date: 2004
Description: The Parishes pose with Lily, one of the 115 Scottish Highland cattle that they raise. They have been raising this type of cattle for six years.
Photograph

Farmer Helping Newborn Calf in Field

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Description: A farmer helps a newborn calf in a field. The farmer is bending over the calf while the mother cow watches.
Photograph

Farmer Steadying Newborn Calf in Field

Date: 
Description: A farmer holds a newborn calf steady as it stands with its mother in an open field. The mother cow nuzzles the calf.
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 05 1947
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring a color illustration of a man in a uniform driving a truck, with a farm in the background. Includes t...
Photograph

Men Driving Teams of Horses in a Field

Date: 1914
Description: Two men are using teams of horses to pull a hay rake on the left, and a mower on the right. There are farm buildings and cows beyond a fence in the backgr...

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