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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 on the farm. Includes a large bird's-eye view of a farm, surrounded by ...
Photograph

Farmer Steadying Newborn Calf in Field

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

McCormick Woodcut

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Description: Original woodcut created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. It has three sections and is connected using wood splines. An ...
Historical Object

McCormick Electrotype

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Description: Electrotype created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. A woodcut was created first, the electrotype next, then the letterp...
Print

McCormick Letterpress Print of Wire Binder

Date: 1877
Description: Letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder (wire binder). The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two hor...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Catalog Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Front cover of Buckeye harvesting machinery catalog, featuring a group of men and horses resting under the shade of a tree. In the background is a field wi...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Fold-Out Card — Inside

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Description: Front of foldout card for Wm. Deering & Co. harvesting machinery. This scene depicts a young girl standing on an upturned basket feeding chickens with feed...
Book or Pamphlet

Pages from The Oliver Alphabet

Date: 1889
Description: Interior pages of the pamplet, with illustrations for the letter "H" and "I."
Magazine or Periodical

AL-110 Truck Loaded with Hay

Date: 1950
Description: AL-110 truck loaded with hay, with a man feeding cattle from the truck bed. A farm is in the background. Original caption reads, "The utility truck, an Aus...
Photograph

Herding Cows

Date: 1908
Description: Jennie, Edgar, and August Krueger herding a group of four cows in a pasture. The bull in the middle has a long chain attached to its nose. Edgar and Jennie...
Photograph

Cattle in Pasture near Farm Buildings

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Description: View across field towards cattle in a pasture. There is a farmhouse on the left, and farm buildings in the center. A farmer stands in the field on the left...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. In the background on the left is a herd of cows. In the background on the...
Drawing

Automobile Race

Date: 1948
Description: Pencil drawing depicting the first automobile race held in Wisconsin. The two vehicles each carry two men on a rural road. A handful of spectators, includ...
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View down dirt road towards a man posing on a horse-drawn corn binder. Behind the binder further down the road is a horse-drawn buggy. On the left along th...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. In the background, cows are grazing in a field, and in the far back...
Photograph

Three Men on Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards three men working in a field with three binders. On the right a man is standing near fence with a group of cows. A group of peopl...
Photograph

Farmall M Tractor with No. 24 Two-Row Corn Picker

Date: 1948
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man in a cornfield using a Farmall M tractor to put a No. 24 two-row corn picker and wagon. In the background cows...
Drawing

Farm Scene

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Description: Pen and Ink drawing of a man digging in a small, fenced-in field. Two cows, a haystack and numerous farm buildings are in the yard, and a farmhouse, trees ...

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