Photograph
Barn and Wooden Silo
| Exterior view of square wooden silo next to a barn at "Mr Fox's Farm". |
| Image ID: | 74872 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1915 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Mantua |
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| State: | Ohio |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company, Agricultural Extension Department photograph albums, 1902-1935 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 13Z, Album 43, Box 23, Folder 8 |
| Original Dimensions: | 6.5 x 4.5 inches |
| Original caption reads, in part: "Size 10 x 10 x 31, with cement foundation and clay floor. Construction is as follows: outside lumber 1x8 maple wood with bats. Inside is made of match flooring. Corners are rounded by cutting out a 2x6 and placing it across corners. Frameworks consists of 2x8 girts placed horizontally with short vertical blocks of the same dimension between them... The cost of the silo was approx $120,000. Mr. Fox is using salt around the edges of silo, the idea being that the salt is carried into the wood by the juices of silage and helps preserve the wood." This photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. Folder: Silo's |
| Cement industries |
| Agricultural implements |
| Silos |
| Barns |
| Farm buildings |
| Farms |
| Land use, Rural |
| Outdoor photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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