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Automobile Accident on County Trunk M

Date: 04 15 1934
Description: Onlookers surveying damage from a fatal two-car collision. The view is looking south on County Trunk Highway M, between Speedway Road and Middleton. In the...
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McCormick-Deering 123-SP Combine in Barley Field

Date: 1947
Description: Farmers operating a McCormick-Deering 123-SP combine in a barley field. The combine was owned by Roy Kinsey.
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Rural Crossroads

Date: 05 1928
Description: Desolate rural cross roads near Palos Park.
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Parade of Wagons Picking Up New McCormick Machinery

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Description: Elevated view of a parade of farmers and young children with horse-drawn wagons picking up their new McCormick machinery. They are parked along a rural dir...
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Waukesha's Primitive Airfield

Date: 1924
Description: A barnstorming pilot and curious onlookers at a field on the outskirts of Waukesha that served as a primitive airport. Technically, the term barnstorming s...
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Oscar Mayer Refrigerated Rail Car

Date: 06 22 1943
Description: Elevated view of the top of an Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad car, Chicago & Northwestern #URTX 5365 with a view of the Oscar Mayer rail yards. There is...
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Experimental Pea Field

Date: 07 09 1929
Description: Pea field — inoculation experiment. John Bell farms. There are signs in the field.
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Cut Fence

Date: 09 10 1963
Description: A boy repairing the fence at the Golden Guernsey Dairy cooperative McKerrow Farms.
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Farmall C Tractor and C-220 Checkrow Planter

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a farmer in a field operating a McCormick Farmall C tractor with a mounted C-220 checkrow planter.
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Farmall M Tractor with Mower Attachment

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from rear left side of a farmer in a field operating a McCormick Farmall M tractor with attached mower. Farm buildings are in the backgr...
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Land Clearing Train

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Description: View across field towards the Land Clearing Special Train, a program sponsored by the University of Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Depa...
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Commissary Warehouse at Fort Winnebago

Date: 1898
Description: Ruins of the commissary warehouse at Fort Winnebago, about 1898. Fort Winnebago was closed in 1845 and the land and buildings sold. Today, only the Surgeon...
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International Harvester's Auburn Works

Date: 07 19 1935
Description: Exterior of International Harvester's Auburn Works factory (formerly known as "Osborne Works").
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Farm Entrance

Date: 05 1925
Description: View from road of front entrance of the Speedwell Farm. Original caption reads: "Desirable farm entrance -- neat and reasonably constructed. Also showing t...
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Muddy Pathway on Farmland

Date: 1911
Description: View of open gate and a muddy path through farmland along a fence. Corn shocks are in the field on the left.
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Automobile Accident

Date: 05 28 1952
Description: View of the Sauk-Middleton Road where an automobile accident occurred. Taken for Attorney Farrond Shuttleworth.
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McCormick Grain Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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McCormick Binder near Children in Wheat Field

Date: 1900
Description: Four small children are sitting on shocks of wheat in a field as a man is operating a McCormick grain binder nearby. Farm buildings and a fence are in the ...
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McCormick Grain Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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McCormick Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...

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