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School Milk Cooler

Date: 11 02 1936
Description: A man loads a milk can into a McCormick-Deering milk cooler at the State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children.
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Cranberry Harvester

Date: 
Description: Cranberry harvesting machine on the property of the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company in Wisconsin Rapids.
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Green Pea Combine

Date: 1969
Description: A pea combine in use on an unidentified Wisconsin farm.
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N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
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Cranberry Cleaning Equipment

Date: 1960
Description: Men loading freshly harvested cranberries into a cleaning machine. Plant debris is still visibly mixed in with the berries.
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Barge of Cranberries

Date: 10 1968
Description: Elevated view of a full barge of cranberries set down along the edge of a cranberry marsh. Also pictured is cranberry harvesting equipment.
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Farmall Cub

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of a man driving a Farmall Cub. Subject: "Farmall Cub." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Farmal...
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Men with Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1965
Description: Two men, in waders, posing with cranberry harvesting equipment and freshly harvested berries. The berries have been loaded onto small barges.
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Farmall C — C-15, C-46 Rear Mounted Lister

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of Farmall C tractor. Subject: "Farmall C - C-15, C-46 Rear Mounted Lister." Information with photograph reads: "C-15 m...
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Farmall H Tractor with Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of man driving a Farmall H tractor in a field. Information with photograph reads: "Farmall H tractor with HM-278 plant...
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Inter. Super A — Mowing

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Inter. Super A — Mowing." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Photo shows first International Super A tractor and AI-23 highwa...
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IHC Executives at McCormick Works Public Event

Date: 12 15 1926
Description: Cyrus McCormick, Jr., Cyrus McCormick III, and other International Harvester executives stand near a replica of the original McCormick reaper as a crowd lo...
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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 09 1972
Description: Unidentified man working to harvest cranberries. As the berries are picked from the bog they are deposited in a small barge that moves along with the harve...
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Inter. Super A — Mowing

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Inter. Super A — Mowing." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Photo shows first International Super A tractor and AI-23 highwa...
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...
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Transporting Cranberries

Date: 1978
Description: Barges of cranberries being lifted from the marsh and loaded into the back of a truck for transport. Two men stand in a bog near more barges filled with cr...
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Farmall H

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Farmall H in field. Subject: "Farmall H. HM-277 & HM-278 (Forward Mounted) Tractor Corn Planter." Where Taken: "MW...
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UD-14A — Irrigation

Date: 1950
Description: A UD-14A in a small building with an open door. There is a storage tank on the left. Subject: "UD-14A — Irrigation." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with ...
Print

Testing of the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1915
Description: Copy of chromolithograph of the testing of the first reaping machine at Steele's Tavern, W. Virginia." The scene includes racist depictions of enslaved Afr...
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Cotton Tractor Planter & Farmall MD

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man on a Farmall MD. Subject: "M-57 Cotton Tractor Planter & Farmall MD." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with pho...

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