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Women Engaged in "Tractorette" Training

Date: 1942
Description: Dan Downey, International Harvester blockman from Philadelphia, teaches three women how to operate a Farmall M tractor and a McCormick-Deering harvester-th...
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Woman on a Tractor in a Field

Date: 1928
Description: Elevated view of a woman in a field on a McCormick-Deering 15-30 or 10-20 tractor with attached disk harrow.
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Farmer in Field with Farmall 544 Hydro Tractor

Date: 1968
Description: Left side view of a farmer operating an International Farmall 544 Hydro tractor in a field.
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Man Operating Ox-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1899
Description: A man wearing dress clothes and holding a raised switch is driving an ox-drawn mower down a path in a field. The man is also wearing a bowler or derby hat ...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 2010
Description: Portrait of Maija Liimatainen of Monroe, Wisconsin with her soap box derby car posed on the racing hill at Derby Downs, Akron, Ohio. Maija won the super st...
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Biplane over Field

Date: 1938
Description: A biplane is flying low over a field with a barn in the background.
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Woman Hoeing in Garden

Date: 
Description: A woman wearing a checkered dress uses a hoe in a small garden plot. Trees, shrubs, and an open field can be seen in the background.
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Cranberry Growers

Date: 10 1984
Description: Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries.
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Tobacco Weeding

Date: 06 1968
Description: Farmer weeding in a tobacco field.
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Pipeline on the Larry Luhn Farm

Date: 06 1988
Description: "This photo of the pipeline looks north on the Larry Luhn farm. The opposite looks south from the same point on the farm."
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Gas Line on Luhn Farm

Date: 06 1988
Description: "Shirley Widmer stands near a gas line on Luhn farm."
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 562-573

Date: 
Description: A fire is not a place, but a containment
to keep burning.

A reassembly of inner flames around the patriarch,
A school and script for golden we...
Photograph

Bhend Family with First Car

Date: 1922
Description: The Bhend family posing with their first car, a Ford Model T, on the Krueger farm. Posing and looking out of the car windows are John Bhend, sitting in the...
Photograph

Kruegers, Bruetzmans, and Bhends

Date: 1932
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Kruegers, Bruetzmans, and Bhends on the Krueger Farm. The women are kneeling on the ground, while the men are standing behind...
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Annual City Track Meet

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: Madison East High School sprint medley relay team sets a new record at the annual Madison city track meet. Left to right are: Dick Best, Larry Tyler, Jim L...
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James Zimmerman

Date: 05 28 1964
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jim Zimmerman, the school forester, standing in a field.
Photograph

Farmall M and Hay Sweeper

Date: 
Description: Man on a Farmall M with hay sweeper mounted on front.
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Woman Driving Tractor Pulling Disk Harrow in Canada

Date: 11 22 1927
Description: Elevated view of a woman driving a tractor to pull a disk harrow in a field.
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A Heavy Load

Date: 1910
Description: A woman, identified as Mrs. Wallace, is bending forward as if to grasp the handles of a wooden wheelbarrow. Leta von der Sump, left, and a girl identified ...

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