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Main Street

Date: 1873
Description: Main Street, with its dirt, ruts, cows (and presumably manure), but wide enough for easy hitching of wagons and teams.
Photograph

Horse and Buggy on a Country Road

Date: 1906
Description: View down tree-lined country road near Wausau, taken by Dr. Joseph Smith, talented amateur photographer. It depicts women (probably members of his family) ...
Photograph

Prize-Winning Cabbage

Date: 09 28 1895
Description: Five-acre cabbage field of Martin Anderson near Grantsburg, with several frame houses in the background. Mr. Anderson is holding a prize-winning head of ca...
Photograph

Aerial View of Contour Strip Farming

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial view of contour strip farming with the Obert Olstad farm in foreground. The Carl Backum farm is in the background.
Photograph

Panoramic View of Dudgeon Neighborhood

Date: 1916
Description: Panoramic view of the Wingra area from the railroad tracks north of Gregory Street. Looking towards Lake Wingra, across Monroe Street.
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South Park Street Interchange

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of the South Park Street interchange.
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Camp Randall Field

Date: 1908
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Field on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. University Heights is in the background.
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Aerial View of New Butler

Date: 01 1934
Description: Aerial view of New Butler, in Waukesha County.
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La Pointe from Big Bay Road

Date: 1910
Description: View of La Pointe taken from Big Bay Road on Madeline Island.
Poster

McCormick Grain Binder Advertising Poster

Date: 1882
Description: Advertising poster for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company featuring a color illustration of a well-dressed farmer riding a binder pulled by two horse...
Poster

McCormick Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1915
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick brand farm implements featuring two men paddling a canoe in rough water. Also includes color illustrations of a reaper, ha...
Poster

International "Red Baby" Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1923
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering service featuring a color illustration of a "Red Baby" farm truck. The company offered a $1,000 prize to the deale...
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...
Poster

International K-1 Truck and Farmall H Advertising Poster

Date: 
Description: Advertising poster for International farm trucks and Farmall tractors. Features color illustrations of a K-1 truck and a Farmall H tractor. Includes the te...
Photograph

Steam Tractor with Sod-breaking Plows

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a steam tractor on the right, probably a Linnell, attached to sod-breaking plows steered by two men on the left. Behind them...
Photograph

Woman at Traveling Photographer's Wagon

Date: 1890
Description: A woman, possibly the daughter of C.R. Monroe, holding up an image of Black River Falls Main Street at the back of a traveling photographer's wagon.
Photograph

Farmall 300 Tractor with McCormick Baler

Date: 1955
Description: Color photograph of two men operating a Farmall 300 tractor and a McCormick baler in a field.
Photograph

Osborne Works Wood Shop and Tillage Implement Plant

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Description: Elevated view of wood shop and tillage implement plant at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was owned by the D.M. Osborne Company until ...
Photograph

Laying Rail at Kilbourn Railroad Station

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Description: Three men are laying rail on snow-covered ground at the Kilbourn railroad station.
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Harvesting with McCormick Tractor, Combine and International Truck

Date: 1952
Description: Farmers harvesting grain with a McCormick Farmall Super C tractor, combine (harvester-thresher) and International LM-120 truck. The McCormick Farmall Super...

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