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Photograph

N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
Photograph

Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 05 10 1928
Description: The Lutheran Church and buildings, seen from Lutheran Church Hill.
Poster

International Harvester Centennial Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Poster commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the invention of the reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick (reaper centennial). The poster features a color repro...
Postcard

Church and Farmhouses

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of a church with cemetery and farmhouses and rolling hills in the distance. Caption reads: "Ashippun, Wis."
Photograph

River, Cemetery, and Farms

Date: 02 16 1978
Description: "The long lens compresses this view from the frozen Rock River in the foreground, the Catholic cemetery, and the Haag farm buildings in the distance."
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 154-160

Date: 
Description: Patience we learned and requiem
to rest the tense who die
For we forgot the brazen earth
in courtship of the sky
Photograph

View of Zion Church and Cemetery

Date: 09 1986
Description: Zion Church on Zion Church Road.
Photograph

Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 1928
Description: View down valley towards the back of the Lutheran Church and cemetery. Houses and barns are in the valley below, and more hills are in the far background. ...
Photograph

Watching the Musical "Song of Norway"

Date: 1967
Description: View down hill towards actors performing the musical "Song of Norway" on an outdoor stage at the Song of Norway Festival. People are sitting on blankets or...
Postcard

Bird's Eye View of Strum

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View of Strum, Wis." Elevated view of a small town with hills on the horizon. A church and cemetery can be seen on the rig...

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