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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...
Poster

Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions, with an address for Budapest, Hungary. The poster was printed by the H...
Poster

Gasoline Engine

Date: 1913
Description: Color advertising poster of an International gasoline engine serving many functions on the farm. Includes a large bird's-eye view of a farm, surrounded by ...
Photograph

Farmall MV Harvesting Sugar Cane

Date: 1943
Description: The caption states the "Farmall MV shown is owned by C.R. Tschirn of Donaldsville, Louisiana, who operates a 350-acre farm, 225 acres of which were in suga...
Poster

Neil Young Promotional Poster

Date: 07 1972
Description: Poster created by Madison-based Johnathan Chritton, most likely to commemorate the release of the album "Harvest" (1972), featuring Neil Young playing an a...
Photograph

Farmall B Tractor

Date: 10 20 1943
Description: Engineering photograph of right side of a Farmall B tractor parked in a dirt lot. Cows and an additional tractor are in a field in the background. The text...
Photograph

Donald and DNR Barn

Date: 2004
Description: Pam Donald and her children, Joey, Jimmy and Mary, live at N8914 N. Pole Road (Section 11).
Photograph

Donald and DNR Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: The Donald property is located on a very high hill. The old silo dates to 1911. The Department of Natural Resources owns and uses the old barn.
Postcard

Threshing Time on the Old Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored postcard showing a farm crew with horses, a tractor, and other agricultural implements threshing grain crops in a field. Women in dresses pose...
Photograph

Buildings at Saltillo Works

Date: 1973
Description: Buildings near International Harvester's Saltillo Works in Mexico. A donkey stands at left, and a tractor is parked in front of a building near a large, st...
Photograph

Harvesting a Field

Date: 10 17 1895
Description: Elevated view from hill of a large group of men harvesting a field. Four men are standing atop a mound of what appears to be straw or hay. A steam thresher...
Photograph

Men Operating Farm Machinery

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Description: Elevated view of men and boys operating a steam tractor used for belt-driven threshing machinery. Farm buildings are on the right, and one has a thatched r...
Print

Why Best Tractors are Tracklayers

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of an advertisement for Best tractors featuring a color illustration of a man using a plow pulled by two oxen to work in a field. The headline ...
Photograph

Sawmill

Date: 1932
Description: A steam tractor provides power for a portable sawmill owned by Jake Karken. The large sawblade is still as men pose for the photographer. There is a team o...
Drawing

Threshing

Date: 1945
Description: A threshing scene in a field. One man pitches grain into a threshing machine while standing on the load of grain in the wagon pulled by two horses. A secon...
Photograph

Ruins of Tornado at Kruel Farm

Date: 06 17 1932
Description: View down hill of the aftermath of a tornado at a farm. There are two collapsed barns, and an intact silo, outbuildings and farmhouse. A horse is standing ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 242-251

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Description: The world is flat; we get around
this stretched credulity
by going straight as an arrow
and meeting ourselves in a space of time
Photograph

Steam Tractor

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Description: Side view of left side of steam tractor. A man holding either a pipe or an oil can is leaning on the back of the tractor just behind the seat. A dog sits o...
Photograph

Copy Photograph of Farm Crew Using Steam Tractor

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Description: Copy photograph of a farm crew using a steam tractor and separator. Haystacks are in the background.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor at Work in New Zealand

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Description: McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor pulling a plow in New Zealand. Two men and a dog watch as the tractor ascends a hill.

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