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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view from bluff looking down on city, with Lake Michigan in background. Detailed foreground with two boys playing with a grounded kite, while a ma...
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Dairymaid Cream Separator Catalog

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Dairymaid line of cream separators showing a woman with her hand on a gate and a pail over he...
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Plano Binder Advertisement

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Description: Flyer for a Plano grain binder, featuring a caricature of a competitor's machine, manufactured by "Horsekiller & Co." The message is that the Plano binder...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ...
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Deering Trade Card

Date: 1890
Description: Advertising card for William Deering and Company, manufacturers of agricultural equipment. Features a color illustration of men, women, and children in a f...
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International Harvester Advertising Proof

Date: 1979
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color photograph of a man and woman having lunch nex...
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International Harvester 1086 Tractor Advertising Proof

Date: 1976
Description: Advertising proof created by Foote, Cone & Belding for the International Harvester Company. Features a color photograph of a woman bringing a thermos to a ...
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 05 1947
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring a color illustration of a man in a uniform driving a truck, with a farm in the background. Includes t...
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Woman Using Auto-Tiller

Date: 1918
Description: Advertisement for the World Harvester Corporation's auto-tiller featuring a photograph of a woman using the machine in a field. The caption reads: "The fir...
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Miss Clara Morris with Yuba Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Miss Clara Morris, actress, poses beside a Yuba tractor in a farm field in "The Yuba Bulletin."
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Selecting Your Tractor

Date: 1921
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Cletrac tank-type tractor. The booklet is titled "Selecting Your Tractor" and features a color illustration of a f...
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A Second Crop of Clover

Date: 1895
Description: The front (top) and back (bottom) of an advertisement for farm land in northern Wisconsin. This card advertises the abundance of clover crop with an image ...
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Fordson Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Fordson tractor at a selling price of $305. The advertisement features an illustration of the tractor set above a photograph of the m...
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The Mail Plane

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Description: Engraved print depicting two people harvesting grain along a fence line in a field. One person holds a scythe while the other carries a bucket, possibly th...
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Deere & Co. Advertising Card

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Description: Advertising card for Deere & Co. "Largest Plow Manfactory, in the World." Features an illustration of a stalk of wheat on the left, partially framing a sce...
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Fuller Clover Machine

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Description: Front and back of advertising card. The front features a color illustration of a man and woman standing in a field of red flowers. The back of the card fea...
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Keller's Advertising Cards

Date: 1880
Description: Front and back of advertising cards for the Excelsior Gleaner and Binder. Front features illustrations of a man using the machinery in a field. The back fe...
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Minneapolis Harvester Works Advertising Cards

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Description: Front and back of three advertising cards with color illustrations of a woman named "Minnie" and the same man in three different scenes. The front of the l...
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Woman with Two Jersey Cows

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Description: An illustration of two jersey cows and a woman holding a milking pail. Text at bottom reads: Two Jersey Cows — Beauty and Jersey — The Property of the Illi...

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