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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Photograph

Rock of Gibraltar in the Richmond Memorial Park

Date: 1902
Description: Two women and a man pose atop Gibraltar Rock in Richmond Memorial Park, which was dedicated by Jens Jensen and the Wisconsin Friends in 1927 in order to co...
Photograph

The Dalles of the St. Croix River

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Dalles and the Saint Croix River, with one man in the center foreground sitting posing on a rock and looking to the left. On the far lef...
Photograph

W.M. Smith and W.H.D. on a Log

Date: 07 1895
Description: Two men, W.M. Smith and W.H.D., rest on a large log over Little Bear Creek.
Photograph

Three People with Horse and Buggy

Date: 1920
Description: A woman in a dress is talking to two men in hats who are riding in a horse and buggy. They are in a field near a tree.
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Depot

Date: 1909
Description: View from railroad tracks of a group of six people standing on the platform of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul depot. Beyond the depot is a water tower...
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Lone Rock

Date: 1910
Description: View across Wisconsin River of men and women in canoes at the base of Lone Rock at the Dells.
Painting

Marquette and Joliet Discover the Mississippi River

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Description: A painting depicting Marquette and Joliet in a birch bark canoe with two other men during their excursion on the Mississippi River, which they discovered o...
Photograph

Man on Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a hat with a wide band is sitting on a horse-drawn grain binder in a field. Both horses are wearing blinders and are covered with blankets.
Photograph

Heart of the Hills Walking Club

Date: 1926
Description: Members and guests of the Heart of the Hills Walking Club pose on a bluff near Devil's Lake. H.E. Cole stands second from right.
Photograph

Men Preparing to Butcher Lambs

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men preparing to butcher sheep at the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. A cabin is visible behind them on a hill.
Photograph

Three Men with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three men use a McCormick grain binder in a field overlooking a body of water, probably the Saint John River, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Men an...
Print

The Nation's Binder

Date: 1890
Description: Color advertising cartoon depicting Uncle Sam with arms outstretched over a Deering grain binder. Hybrids of binders by rival manufacturers are depicted on...
Photograph

Man and Grandsons Standing in a Field

Date: 1880
Description: Albert Ludley Tuttle of Baraboo, standing with his grandchildren and grown sons with farm equipment and horses in a field of young trees. In the field in t...
Photograph

Man Posing with Bicycle

Date: 1894
Description: Cyanotype print of a man standing and holding a bicycle in a wooded landscape. Probably a self-portrait of William H. Dudley of Madison.
Print

Six O'Clock Club Dinner Menu/Program

Date: 11 19 1900
Description: Front cover of the program for a Six O'Clock Club dinner, with a man in a pastoral setting wearing a chef's hat and an apron, reading a Thanksgiving procla...
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Commander Russell and Staff at Dept. Reunion — Camp Logan at Omaha

Date: 09 1887
Description: Outdoor group portrait of six men sitting around a table in military uniform in an open field. On the table are pens, an inkwell, two cigar boxes and paper...
Photograph

Rye Field

Date: 1902
Description: Frank von der Sump is driving a three horse team which is pulling a grain harvester and binder. There are sheaves of rye in the background. Trees cover the...
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Men at Archaeological Dig in Algeria

Date: 11 20 1926
Description: Six people, including Alonzo Pond (standing in the hole on the right side), work at an archaeological dig site in Algeria. The diggings were worked in leve...

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