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Manure Pile Near House
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View of a manure pile near a barn. Used to demonstrate the dangers of placing waste too near to a house. A rooster is standing atop the pile, and a bicycle and cat are in the background at a lean-to entrance to the farmhouse.
April 1926
International Harvester Company
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Farmhouse and Barnyard
April 1926
Chickens stand in a barnyard surrounding a farmhouse. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrate the hazards of keeping a manure pile too...
Manure Storage
1911
Manure is piled against the side of a barn in a yard surrounded by farm buildings. A wooden wagon wheel is near a building in the background.
Manure Storage
1911
A pile of manure lying against a weathered wooden barn in front of what appears to be a field of corn.
Woman Disposing of Ashes
April 23, 1926
A woman wearing a dress and bonnet empties a pail of ashes into a refuse pile in the front yard of a farmhouse.
Salting Ice-Covered Steps
March 11, 1926
A man uses salt from a metal pail to cover ice-covered steps to the farmhouse at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
