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Woodchuck Problem

Date: 1915
Description: At Cornfalfa Farms two men try automobile exhaust to deal with their woodchuck problem.
Photograph

International F-31 Trucks for Geo. E. Morse Farms

Date: 1919
Description: Two International model "F" or "31" trucks operated for Geo. E. Morse Farms of Ladora. Both trucks are driven by male drivers on a dirt road leading from a...
Print

Russell Kerosene Tractor Brochure

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of brochure advertising Russell standardized kerosene tractors. The cover features several photographs of tractors being used on farms and to h...
Map or Atlas

West Kewaunee Township

Date: 1912
Description: A plat map of the township of West Kewaunee.
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland County, Wis. and Portions of Bayfield and Sawyer Counties

Date: 1910
Description: This map shows the locations of school houses, farms, roads, railroads, and Bad River Indian Reservation. Relief is shown by hachures. Yellow and red manus...
Photograph

Crop Sprayer

Date: 1913
Description: A horse-drawn power sprayer being used on truck crops in the Racine area.
Print

Why You Should Have a Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Illinois Super-Drive tractor with six photographs of the machinery in use on farms. The headline reads: "Here Are Reasons Why You Sho...
Photograph

Men on Manure Spreader

Date: 1916
Description: Two men with shovels on a horse-drawn manure spreader.
Photograph

Threshing Operation

Date: 1914
Description: Group of men, and two young boys, using a thresher near a barn.
Photograph

Tractor Powered Ensilage Cutter

Date: 04 17 1917
Description: Men working with a tractor powered ensilage cutter near a wagon, silo and barn.
Photograph

Farmstead

Date: 1912
Description: View down dirt road leading to the Carlson farm at Nelson Bay in Peninsula State Park. A man stands in the background among the farm buildings near a parke...
Photograph

Wagon and Ensilage Cutter

Date: 1914
Description: Three farmers processing corn stalks with a wagon and ensilage cutter near a barn.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Fishing with Turtle

Date: 1919
Description: Photomontage of a fisherman in a rowboat catching a giant turtle. The male companion of the fisherman has fallen in and lost his hat amidst the excitement....
Map or Atlas

Map of Taylor and Portion of Lincoln Counties, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: This map shows the Wisconsin Central Railroad land grant lands owned and for sale by the Soo Line in Taylor County, Wisconsin, as well as in southwestern L...
Photograph

Droster Farm

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the Droster farm located on Felland Road. The house was built in 1854.
Photograph

Men Filling Barn with Hay

Date: 1915
Description: Men load hay into a barn with the help of an International 15-30 tractor.
Photograph

Krueger Family with an Automobile

Date: 1918
Description: Jennie, Florentina, and Edgar Krueger posing next to a 1917 Chevrolet touring car on the Krueger farm.
Photograph

International Model M Truck Near Cornfield

Date: 1913
Description: A man is leaning out of an International Model M truck near a cornfield.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View of Town

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view from hill of the town and hills in the distance.
Map or Atlas

Map of Ashland County and Portion of Bayfield Co., Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: This map shows school houses, churches, farms, and railroads. Chequamecon Bay and Bad River Indian Reservation are labeld. The map reads: "All lands shown ...

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