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Bell Center Depot

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Description: Exterior view of a locomotive at the Bell Center depot. Men stand on the platform.
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Bell Center Depot

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of the Bell Center depot with five men posing on the platform.
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Super A Tractor

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Description: View towards a man driving a Farmall Super A tractor pulling a plow in a field.
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Horse-Drawn Harvester-Thresher

Date: 09 18 1923
Description: Harvester-Thresher (combine) on a hill in a field drawn by a team of eleven horses.
Poster

Deering Grain Binder Advertising Poster

Date: 1883
Description: Color chromolithograph illustration for the Deering All-Steel Binder with steel bundle carrier, produced by William Deering & Co. Includes an illustration ...
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Plowing the Fields

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Description: Farmer plowing a field with two horses.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Junior Grain Binder

Date: 1887
Description: Back cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of the Milwaukee Junior binder, t...
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At Grandfather's House

Date: 1955
Description: A young boy helps his grandfather unload a cart of split logs.
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Planting Corn with Farmall F-30 Tractor and Four-Row Planter

Date: 06 01 1936
Description: Farmer Glenn Brutus planting corn with a Firestone-equipped Farmall F-30 tractor and a four-row McCormick-Deering planter.
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Farmall C Tractor and C-220 Checkrow Planter

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a farmer in a field operating a McCormick Farmall C tractor with a mounted C-220 checkrow planter.
Postcard

Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
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The Threshing Crew

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Description: Wisconsin threshing crew, with steam operated tractor, in Buffalo county.
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Taliesin

Date: 1953
Description: Aerial view of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and architectural school complex. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin.
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Harvesting Grain by Hand in Mexico

Date: 06 29 1928
Description: Several people harvest grain by hand, while two men on horses look on. All the men wear sombreros; the men on horses wear suits, while the harvesters wear...
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Farm Scene with Grain Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Farm scene including a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder, people, a farmhouse, and a barn.
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Hoisting Machine Loading Pilings on Barge at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 03 1911
Description: Workers use a rail car mounted crane to load pilings onto a barge. Bluffs are in the distance.
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Launch Towing Barge-Load of Pilings to Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 03 1911
Description: A gasoline-powered launch tows a barge loaded with log pilings on the Wisconsin River to the Prairie du Sac dam site. Workmen drive the launch and guide th...
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Pile Driver at Work on Railroad Extension from Prairie du Sac to Dam Site

Date: 04 1911
Description: Workmen pose on a steam-powered pile driver at work at the north end of the slough on the Wisconsin River. The railroad was extended from the village to th...
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First Smoke Stack at Power Plant Construction Site

Date: 05 06 1911
Description: Workmen posing while erecting the first smokestack at the power plant construction site on the Wisconsin River. Two men have scaled the stack.
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Narrow Gauge Trestle and Pile Drivers at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 06 19 1911
Description: Looking west over the Wisconsin River at the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle built for construction of the dam. Two pile drivers are seen in the a...

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