Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 21

Poster

Central Pacific Railway California Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Pacific Railway's route from New York to California, encouraging people to "Go and See the Great American Pa...
Photograph

Men in Field with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Two men stand near a man driving a team of four horses to pull a McCormick harvester through a farm field. Mountains are in the background.
Photograph

McCormick Binder near Mountains

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a McCormick grain binder led by a team of horses to work in a field near a range of mountains.
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Mexico

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a harvesting scene: four people in the fields of Mexico operating...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — United States

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a harvesting scene in the United States. The illustration depicts...
Photograph

McCormick Grain Binder against Mountain Backdrop

Date: 1900
Description: A man is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder amid stacks of grain in a field. A mountain is in the background.
Photograph

Men Raking Hay in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: A young man is operating a horse-drawn hay rake in a field, while other men are raking by hand. There are large piles of hay scattered in the field. In the...
Photograph

Jacob's Ladder

Date: 1900
Description: View of a railroad engine with passengers before it ascends Mount Washington Railroad's 'Jacob's Ladder,' built around 1868 with a grade of 37.41%.
Photograph

Coffee Patio in Costa Rica

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of a coffee patio in Costa Rica. The patio consists of several flat cement compartments each with a pile of coffee beans in them. Workers are...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Man using a team of horses to pull a mower in a field. Another man is standing and watching on the right. There are buildings on a hill in the distance on ...
Photograph

Men Using Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view of three men posing together while sitting on horse-drawn mowers. The horses are wearing fly-nets. A man stands with them on the right. In t...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards men and a young girl posing near a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder. Farm buildings and fences are in the backg...
Photograph

Group Posing with Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards a group of people posing near a man in a horse-drawn McCormick binder. A man is standing on the left, and in the backgr...
Photograph

Two Men with Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from rear left of two men operating two horse-drawn McCormick binders in a field. Mountains are in the far background.
Photograph

Men Using Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of two men using horse-drawn mowers in a field. Mountains are in the far background.
Photograph

Men Using Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of two men using horse-drawn mowers in a field. Mountains are in the far background.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across field, with mountains in the distance. On the left is a man coming down the field driving a horse-drawn binder. A man on the right appears to b...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. Another man in the background is driving a horse-drawn buggy. In the fa...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a man using a horse-drawn mower. Two men are standing nearby. Mountains are in the far distance.
Photograph

Harvesting Operation

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across field towards men harvesting in a field near large haystacks. In the background is a mountain village at the lower level of a mountain...

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: