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Photograph

McCormick-Deering Thresher (Combine) on Film Set

Date: 1929
Description: A production still from the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reap...
Photograph

Camera Crew with Farmall Tractor

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
Photograph

T-40 TracTracTor

Date: 1938
Description: A man operates an International T-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Original caption reads: "International T-40 TracTracTor equipped with bullgrader and us...
Photograph

Sloping Farmland

Date: 05 17 1966
Description: View uphill towards a farmer planting crops on a treeless slope which rises just beyond him, with a cloudy sky above. Various grasses are growing in the fo...
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.
Photograph

Tractor Relocating Building

Date: 1929
Description: Three men use a McCormick-Deering 15-30(?) tractor to move a wooden building, possibly a small home or shed, with a trailer.
Print

Tractor Mowers and Sweep Rakes Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering tractor mowers and sweep rakes, featuring a photo of men mowing a field with a Farmall tractor and m...
Book or Pamphlet

Yuba Ball Tread Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Model 12-20 Yuba ball tread tractor featuring a photograph of two men using a tractor and plow in a farm field. Tr...
Print

"Yuba Bulletin" Spring Cover

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of the "Yuba Bulletin" spring edition, a publication produced by the Yuba Products Company to advertise their line of agricultural machinery an...
Book or Pamphlet

Annual Report

Date: 1955
Description: Front cover of the International Harvester Company's annual report, featuring a color photograph of a man operating a Farmall 400 tractor in a field. Farm ...
Photograph

Tractor

Date: 
Description: View of a tractor fertilizing crops in a field.
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

Operating the Generator

Date: 03 1975
Description: "As a result of the storm some farms did not have electricity for five days. A generator was shared by many farmers and was moved from farm to farm so that...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
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

IH 276 Tractor with B-47 Baler in New Zealand

Date: 01 30 1970
Description: This photograph was likely taken by the International Harvester Overseas Division for promotional purposes, and shows a man wearing a short sleeve polo shi...
Photograph

Tom Nee Farm

Date: 06 1976
Description: Caption on back of photograph: "Tom Nee farm, 3 miles SE of Richland Center. Looking west over Pine River Valley. Early summer, 1976. TION; RIE; S 1/2 NW 1...
Photograph

Driftless Farmyard

Date: 05 2014
Description: View up sloping edge of a farmyard. In the foreground is an open gate, a birdhouse on a post, and rock outcroppings. Along the fence in the background are ...

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