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| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter left side view of a tractor built by S.S. Morton. The photograph is labeled, "The Predecessor of the International Line." |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Re-enactors demonstrate a replica of the first reaper built by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831. The man raking at the back of the reaper appears to be playing... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Scene from the film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the building of the first practical reaper on the McCormick farm in Virginia. Actors playing the parts... |
| Chemist, Inventor, and Professor |
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| Discover the history of Stephen Moulton Babcock |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the grand exhibition of the McCormick corn binder, endorsed by "King Corn." Features an illustration of a Native American man and a photo... |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Babcock butterfat tester set used in Adams County, Wisconsin, c. 1895. (Museum Object #1948.589; donated to WHS by Elsie Schieber Patrick) |
| View the International Harvester Glass Negative Series featuring images of farmers, animals, factory workers, tractors, small-town life and more. |
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