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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
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...
Photograph

Harold McCormick Family Portrait at Walnut Grove, Virginia

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick family, farm laborers, and various animals on the Walnut Grove estate at Raphine, Virginia. Harold McCormick was the son of Cyrus Hall ...
Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1899
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a farmer in a barnyard w...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
Painting

Seifert Painting

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of farm.
Photograph

Farmer Steadying Newborn Calf in Field

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Description: A farmer holds a newborn calf steady as it stands with its mother in an open field. The mother cow nuzzles the calf.
Photograph

Men Driving Teams of Horses in a Field

Date: 1914
Description: Two men are using teams of horses to pull a hay rake on the left, and a mower on the right. There are farm buildings and cows beyond a fence in the backgr...
Historical Object

McCormick Woodcut

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Description: Original woodcut created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. It has three sections and is connected using wood splines. An ...
Historical Object

McCormick Electrotype

Date: 
Description: Electrotype created for the letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder. A woodcut was created first, the electrotype next, then the letterp...
Print

McCormick Letterpress Print of Wire Binder

Date: 1877
Description: Letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder (wire binder). The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two hor...
Photograph

Farm of Chris Klein near Phillips, Price County

Date: 1895
Description: The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional card created to attract farmers to the agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. The card features an ima...
Photograph

Bringing in the Herd

Date: 1932
Description: Russell, left, and Ira Wepking pose as they pause from bringing in the dairy cows; they have taken off their hats, which are on the ground. A small dog sta...
Photograph

Farmhands and Cattle in a Farmyard

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Description: Group portrait over fence of two men, a woman, and a boy posing in a farmyard with cattle and a team of oxen. In the background are farm buildings and a ph...
Book or Pamphlet

Pages from The Oliver Alphabet

Date: 1889
Description: Interior pages of the pamplet, with illustrations for the letter "H" and "I."
Photograph

Tending the Cattle During Winter

Date: 1906
Description: August, Edgar, and Alexander Krueger feeding cornstalks to the cattle during the winter. The cattle are lined up along the fence eating from troughs. Augus...
Photograph

Herding Cows

Date: 1908
Description: Jennie, Edgar, and August Krueger herding a group of four cows in a pasture. The bull in the middle has a long chain attached to its nose. Edgar and Jennie...
Photograph

Cattle in Pasture near Farm Buildings

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Description: View across field towards cattle in a pasture. There is a farmhouse on the left, and farm buildings in the center. A farmer stands in the field on the left...
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View down dirt road towards a man posing on a horse-drawn corn binder. Behind the binder further down the road is a horse-drawn buggy. On the left along th...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards a man using a team of horses to pull a corn binder. Cows are behind a fence in the background.

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