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Photograph

Elephant Posing on International Cub Cadet

Date: 1967
Description: Shirley, a half-ton elephant, poses on an International Cub Cadet 122 lawn tractor with IH dealer Carl Kelton looking on. Several cub cadets are in the bac...
Photograph

CUNA Office in Cottage Grove Coop

Date: 02 05 1941
Description: Claire Onsgard, treasurer of the Dane County Farmers Equity Union Coop Credit Union in Cottage Grove showing member Fritz Swenson where to sign his loan ap...
Photograph

Unloading Oats at Stock Pavillon

Date: 12 09 1929
Description: Unloading oats at the Stock Pavillon. In front a man is standing on a horse-drawn wagon near a tractor powering a grain elevator.
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

Relief Tractors

Date: 04 01 1925
Description: Men readying a line of McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractors for delivery for "tri-state tornado" victims. The tractors are parked in a row near what appears to...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Thresher Poster

Date: 1931
Description: Poster advertising all-steel threshers, featuring a color illustration of the machine in use. Also included is an illustration showing both faces of the Mc...
Print

"Three Bears for Work!" Sales Flyer

Date: 1939
Description: Sales flyer for International Harvester's Farmall tractor line, showing a photograph of three bears and the text: "Three Bears for Work!" Also includes the...
Print

Russell and Company Agricultural Machinery Advertising Booklet

Date: 1921
Description: Front cover of the Year Book of the Russell & Co. The text on the cover reads: "Yesterday and To-Day. Steam and Gas Tractors. Threshing Machinery Etc. 80th...
Book or Pamphlet

Samson Tractor Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a brochure produced by the Samson Tractor Company, a division of General Motors Corporation, to advertise the Samson Model-M Tractor. The co...
Magazine or Periodical

Tractor Tilling Cartoon

Date: 07 1917
Description: Cartoon entitled :"A Hint to The Sceptic" featuring a conversation between a farmer and a mule, intended to entice farmers into trying Smith Form-a-Tractor...
Book or Pamphlet

Threshing Machinery Booklet Back Cover

Date: 1918
Description: Back cover of a booklet advertising Nichols & Shepard Company threshing machinery, which features a color illustration of a tractor powering a threshing m...
Book or Pamphlet

Lauson Tractor Usages

Date: 1925
Description: Inside pages of a pamphlet advertising the Lauson tractor, depicting six usages of the equipment on a farm: plowing, silo filling, discing, corn shelling, ...
Book or Pamphlet

Pioneer 30 Tractor

Date: 1923
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Pioneer 30 tractor. The text on the cover reads, "Pioneer 30 On The Firing Line. Features an illustration of men ...
Print

Lauson 15-25 Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Lauson 15-25 tractor featuring a color illustration of a farmer using the tractor and plow in a field, surrounded by an Art Deco-styl...
Print

Yuba Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement comparing the power of the Yuba Manufacturing Company's Yuba 12-20 tractor to a horse. Part of the caption reads: "A horse big enough to do t...
Book or Pamphlet

Road Building with Cletrac Tractors

Date: 1921
Description: Front and back cover of a pamphlet advertising Cletrac tank-type tractors featuring a photograph of a man using a Cletrac crawler tractor to haul a wagon. ...
Print

John Deere Tractor Specifications

Date: 1928
Description: Listing of John Deere farm tractor specifications. The text is set against a background photograph of men working on a farm with a silo and donkeys in the ...
Book or Pamphlet

The Baker Line

Date: 1929
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Baker line of agricultural equipment, including gas tractors, steam engines, and grain threshers. A photograph at ...
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Tractor Sizes

Date: 1919
Description: Back cover of a pamphlet advertising multiple sizes of Avery tractors. The cover features photographs of Avery tractors at use on farms, along with two ill...
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the 5-10 horsepower Avery tractor featuring an illustration of a man using the tractor on a farmstead. An inset illust...

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