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Men and Boys Sitting on Farmall Tractor and Combine

Date: 08 13 1927
Description: Two men and two young boys wearing overalls and straw hats are sitting on a Farmall tractor and combine (harvester-thresher) in a field.
Photograph

Farmer and Son on F-12 Tractor

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Farmer Sam Tanaka posing with his son on a Farmall F-12 tractor in a cauliflower field.
Photograph

Actors on McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Man and a young girl plowing a field with a McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor in the Fox Film production "Our Daily Bread".
Photograph

Farmall H with Lug Wheels

Date: 1941
Description: John Hanna uses a Farmall H with lug wheels and a Little Genius 2-14 bottom plow to work in a field while a boy looks on from the left.
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.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 242-251

Date: 
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

Stone Picking Bee

Date: 06 1987
Description: The Wagner family and friends stage a stone picking bee on their farm.
Book or Pamphlet

John S. Davis & Sons Catalog Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Catalog cover with text: "Oscillator = Thresher". Also includes color illustration of a young girl sitting on a tree swing. Behind her, men women and child...
Photograph

Elmer Tompkin Driving Farmall M with No. 12 Two-Row Digger

Date: 1940
Description: View from rear of Elmer Tompkin driving a Farmall M tractor down a hilly field. The tractor is pulling a No. 12 two-row digger on Elmer Merrill's 400-acre ...
Photograph

Elmer Tompkin Driving Farmall M with No. 12 Two-Row Digger

Date: 1940
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of Elmer Tompkin driving a Farmall M tractor down a hilly field. The tractor is pulling a No. 12 two-row digger on Elme...
Photograph

Man Driving Tractor-Drawn Binder

Date: 09 09 1923
Description: Left side view of a man using a tractor-drawn binder in a field. In the background down a slop a man and two children are watching. Harvested grain is in t...

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