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McCormick Harvesting Machinery Advertising Poster

Date: 1914
Description: Color illustrations advertising poster for McCormick harvesting machinery showing two steers looking over a fence with images of a reaper, mower, binder an...
Photograph

Feeding Yard at Chestnut Hills Farm

Date: 1915
Description: Men and cattle in the feeding yard near a barn on E.A. O'Neil's Chesnut Hills Farm.
Photograph

International Model F Truck Used at Stock Farm

Date: 1918
Description: Two men load cattle onto an International Model F (or 31) truck operated by the Campbell Brother's Highland Stock Farm.
Photograph

Man with Dog and Calves

Date: 1909
Description: A man wearing a hat and overalls standing in an orchard with a Holstein calf eating from a bucket to his right, and a dog to his left. Another calf is stan...
Photograph

Man and Child in Farm Field

Date: 1913
Description: A man uses a walking plow led by a team of two horses to work in a farm field while a child watches from behind.
Postcard

Farmer with Cows

Date: 02 1910
Description: Farmer and two cows standing outside near a barn in winter.
Photograph

Man with Jersey Calves on IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 06 1930
Description: A man is feeding a group of Jersey calves from a metal bucket. Another man is using a tool to work in a field in the background.
Photograph

Silo at IH Demonstration Farm in Grand Forks

Date: 1927
Description: View from field of cattle, barn, and silo at an International Harvester demonstration farm. Original caption reads: "IHC silo 20 feet below ground level an...
Photograph

Group with Jersey Cows

Date: 1918
Description: Two men and a woman standing on the lawn of a home while holding four Jersey cows.
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Chili

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a harvesting scene in Chili. The scene depicts multiple people wo...
Photograph

Foreign Harvesting Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Men with hand harvesting tools and an ox-drawn hay cart in a foreign field (possibly India?).
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

Dairy Calf Demonstration

Date: 06 28 1932
Description: J.C. Nisbet (center), an editor of Hoard's Dairyman magazine, addresses a crowd of men, women and children at the Walworth County 4-H Club Picnic at...
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...
Magazine or Periodical

AL-110 Truck Loaded with Hay

Date: 1950
Description: AL-110 truck loaded with hay, with a man feeding cattle from the truck bed. A farm is in the background. Original caption reads, "The utility truck, an Aus...
Photograph

Landscape View of Farm with Man on Mower

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a man on a horse-drawn mower. Behind him on the left men are working on and around a large haystack with horses. Behind a split-r...
Photograph

Tony Vielhuber and his Cattle

Date: 10 14 1978
Description: Tony Vielhuber picking up the tail of his 32 cattle on Highlow Road near Rock Springs.
Photograph

Adda Howie with a Cow

Date: 1905
Description: Adda Howie and her pet cow at Sunny Peak Farm.

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