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Diagram of McCormick's Reaper

Date: 1867
Description: A diagram of McCormick's cultivator-reaper, which was patented in 1845. The illustration, titled "The Cultivator" depicts a man using a rake to remove the ...
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View of Madison, the Capital of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: Bird's-eye view of Madison over rooftop and across lake with sailboats and steamers. A group of people are standing on a viewing platform on the roof in th...
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Newly-built Farmhouse

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Description: A man standing on a hill with his back to the camera surveys newly-built farm buildings and a large frame house with symmetrical features. Fencing runs thr...
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Main Street, First Street Intersection

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Description: Buildings on the southeast section of the intersection of Main and First Streets. Two freight wagons with teams of two horses in front of stores. Man cross...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis

Date: 1881
Description: Watercolor painting of farm and farmhouse, residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis.
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Hiawatha Stagecoach

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Description: View toward the right side of an original 19th century stagecoach, called "Hiawatha," known for carrying passengers along the banks of the Delaware, the Un...
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Church Street

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Description: A view of Church Street. Trees line both sides of the street, with telephone and/or electricity poles. The trees obscure the buildings to the left, and two...
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Cowboys Standing in Front of the Ranch House

Date: 1908
Description: A group of men pose on horseback in front of the ranch house, with some men sitting in a the carriage. Behind the carriage are the outbuildings on the left...
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Camp Logan

Date: 1918
Description: A view of hores-drawn artillery and wagons. The man leading the artillery drill carries a flag.
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers transporting artillery across a plain on horseback at Camp Travis, named in 1917.
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Wagon Train

Date: 06 1982
Description: "Bill Zahn of Juneau organized this wagon train as it traveled on Y near Knowles."
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View of Madison the Capital of Wisconsin : Taken From the Water Cure South Side of Lake Menona

Date: 1855
Description: This bird's-eye-view map of Madison is looking north across Lake Monona. The map features two women and two men on a lookout on top of a building in the fo...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: People are gathered in a field near a man using a horse-drawn mower in a field. There are horse-drawn buggies and farm buildings on the left.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower near Shoreline

Date: 1900
Description: View from rear of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a sloped field on the right. On the left a group of people are posing. Men and a young boy ...
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Group of Men with Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of men working around a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. One man is siting on the binder, and another man is standing in front. Behind ...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards a man using a horse-drawn binder. There is a man on horseback on the left near the front of the binder. Behind the bind...
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Harvesting Operation

Date: 1915
Description: View across field towards men with a thresher. On the left is a horse-drawn buggy. A few men are standing on a pile of sacks of grain near the thresher, an...
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Austrian Cavalry Asking for Directions

Date: 1914
Description: An Austrian cavalry soldier asking a wagon driver for information and directions.
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In the Wind and Rain through Serbia

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian supply column of soldiers on horseback and on wagons trudging through the rain and mud in Serbia during World War I.
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Supply Column in Serbia on the March to Valjevo

Date: 1914
Description: Supply column of soldiers on horseback and on wagons trudging through the rain and mud in World War I.

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