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Steam Tractor with Sod-breaking Plows

Date: 
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

Unloading Oats at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion

Date: 12 09 1929
Description: A cargo of oats is unloaded from a horse-drawn wagon with the assistance from a tractor, via a grain elevator at the Stock Pavilion on the University of Wi...
Photograph

Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
Book or Pamphlet

Case Centennial Plow Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising the Case Centennial Plow. The brochure is titled "Plows on Parade" and tells the history of the steel plow business t...
Painting

Steam Power

Date: 
Description: Painting of farmer with a steam powered tractor.
Photograph

Poster Illustrating Old and New Harvesting Methods

Date: 05 15 1928
Description: Poster or display board illustrating the differences between "old" and "new" methods of harvesting grain. Includes images illustrating harvesting methods b...
Photograph

Farm Workers and Equipment in Barnyard

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men are working in front of a barn. The equipment includes wagons, a steam engine, thresher, shovels, and extra wheels on the right. One of th...
Photograph

Miniature Farm Display at Muscatine Imp. Co.

Date: 07 02 1929
Description: A tabletop display of a miniature farm, including a house, barn, garage, windmill, fences, plants, tractor, truck, animals, and two water pumps. A sign on ...
Photograph

Husker and Shredder in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Two men loading corn stalks into a husker-shredder from a horse-drawn wagon in a snow-covered field. A building with windows near a sloped roof is behind ...
Photograph

Husker and Shredder Crew at Barn

Date: 1913
Description: Men working with wagons and husker-shredder near a barn. The husker-shredder is powered by a Titan 18-35 tractor. A dog is walking by a fence, and milk can...
Photograph

Crew with Husker and Shredder

Date: 1915
Description: Six men are standing by a husker-shredder, wagon, and two horses in a farm yard. A tractor, possibly a Mogul 8-16 is on the right. Barns and farm buildings...
Photograph

Farmer Operating Corn Binder

Date: 1914
Description: A man operates a horse-drawn corn binder in a field while others load stalks into wagons. A silo and two barns are in the background.
Photograph

Purdue University Livestock Farm

Date: 1938
Description: Two men use a McCormick-Deering grain drill with a team of four horses and an International D-2 truck to work in a field on the Purdue University livestock...
Photograph

Mogul 8-16 Tractor and Corn Picker

Date: 1916
Description: Men with Mogul 8-16 tractor, corn picker(?) and wagon in a cornfield.
Photograph

Mogul 8-16 Tractor and Corn Picker

Date: 1915
Description: Men with a Mogul 8-16 tractor, corn picker and horse-drawn wagon in a cornfield.
Photograph

Man Loading Manure in Winter Weather

Date: 11 28 1940
Description: Man using a Farmall A tractor with loader to load manure in 10 degree weather outside a silo and farm building. Two horses are pulling the manure spreader.
Photograph

Tractor Powered Silo Filler

Date: 1915
Description: Two men wearing long overcoats and hats are standing directly behind a large tractor or stationary engine being used to power a belt-driven ensilage cutter...
Poster

The Cheapest Farm Power

Date: 1932
Description: Poster for McCormick-Deering's Farmall agricultural machinery and implements, advertising them as "The Cheapest Farm Power." The poster also features illus...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Spreader

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering spreaders. The poster features large color illustrations of a spreader and a man using a spreader in field and sma...
Photograph

Kentucky Grain Drill

Date: 1915
Description: Rear view of man operating a Kentucky grain drill with a team of two horses. A decal with the "Kentucky" name is on the back of the drill.

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