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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve...
Photograph

McCormick Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: Man operating a McCormick horse-drawn grain binder in a field. A tugboat is pulling sailing ships on a body of water in the distance. The photograph appear...
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Farmstead with McCormick Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Scenic view of rural farmstead with horse-drawn McCormick grain binder and wagon in field in front of farmhouse.
Postcard

First Wisconsin Aviator-A.P. Warner

Date: 11 04 1909
Description: Color postcard depicting Arthur Pratt Warner of Beloit flying his Curtiss Pusher for the first time, November 4, 1909. Warner was the first person in Wisco...
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Tandem Zebra Team

Date: 1909
Description: Two men sit in a two-wheeled buggy hooked up to zebras, next to a fence near the Ring Barn on the left (which is still standing), with several male spectat...
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Corn Drills Catalog Cover

Date: 1906
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Empire Corn Drills sold by International Harvester. Features an illustration of a man walking behind a horse-drawn corn...
Book or Pamphlet

Hoosier Broadcast Fertilizer Sowers Catalog Cover

Date: 1903
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Hoosier broadcast fertlizer sowers manufactured by the American Seeding-Machine Company. The company was later purchase...
Book or Pamphlet

Hoosier Corn Planters and Drills

Date: 1903
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Hoosier corn planters and drills manufactured by the American Seeding-Machine Company. The company was later purchased ...
Photograph

First Four-Wheel Drive

Date: 1909
Description: Five men pose with the first successful four-wheel drive vehicle, which was made in Clintonville in 1909. The inventor, Otto Zachow, is the man seated at t...
Photograph

American Fur Company

Date: 1901
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the offices of the American Fur Company. The roof is damaged or deteriorating.
Photograph

American Fur Company

Date: 1901
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the offices of the American Fur Company. The roof is damaged or deteriorated.
Photograph

Husker-Shredder Powered by Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Farmers using a husker-shredder(?) powered by an engine. A man and two children look on from the doorway of a barn. Another man is standing on a horse-draw...
Photograph

Grain Binder Traveling Down a Country Road

Date: 08 14 1909
Description: A farmer rides on a grain binder as it is transported down a country road by a pair of horses.
Photograph

Men Cutting Wood

Date: 1900
Description: Three men cutting points on logs for fence posts.
Photograph

Lake Park Streetcar Terminal

Date: 1900
Description: Lake Park streetcar terminal. There is a streetcar in the station with engineers standing in front.
Photograph

George E. Thompson, as a Cowboy

Date: 1905
Description: George E. Thompson, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a cowboy. Pictured riding a horse and wearing a cowboy hat. Part of a ye...
Photograph

Rural Scene with Field, Homes, and Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Several farmhouses and farm buildings are located near each other in a rural setting. A field with corn(?) and lettuce(?) is in the foreground. A man is op...
Photograph

McCormick Reaper of 1847

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a team of two horses to pull a McCormick reaper in a field, while other women and men are raking the cut grain.
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Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using what appears to be a mower drawn by two horses to work in a field. Farm buildings and other workers are in the background, as well as child...
Photograph

Man Riding Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man wearing a banded hat and riding a mower drawn by two horses. The man is lifting the sickle bar on the mower to avoid a tree stump. A roa...

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