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Alfalfa Field "The Manx"

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Description: Photographic postcard view across harvested field towards a man holding a rake and standing next to a horse-drawn wagon, and two women in the wagon sitting...
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Man Loading Silo

Date: 1915
Description: A man is using a silo filler powered by a belt attached to a tractor. Two work horses are tethered on the left, and on the right is a silo and a barn. Ther...
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Farmhouse Garden

Date: 09 1923
Description: View from field of a farm property, including the farmhouse garden.
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Washed and Gullied Field

Date: 06 1927
Description: View of a washed and gullied field on the farm of LeRoy LeFevre. A farmhouse, barns, windmill, and other structures are in the background.
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Professor Holden's Farm

Date: 09 04 1923
Description: A man wearing overalls standing on a walkway leading to the back entrance of Professor Holden's farm. The base of what appears to be a windmill is to the r...
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Children Climbing Windmill

Date: 04 23 1926
Description: Two girls climb the base of a windmill surrounded by farm buildings.
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Man Climbing Windmill

Date: 04 1926
Description: A man climbs the base of a windmill at Cutten Farms. Fences, a farm building, and a silo are around the windmill.
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Barnyard Scene

Date: 1899
Description: View down dirt road of farm buildings and a windmill. In the background in front of a barn men stand with horses near a fence.
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Automobile and Residence

Date: 1921
Description: Automobile parked outside a rural house. Milk cans are stowed in the back of the automobile. The portion of a base of what is probably a windmill is on the...
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Irrigation Ditch

Date: 1917
Description: Irrigation ditch with a silo and farm buildings in the background. Original caption reads: "Union Pacific Silo Special Trip; irrigation ditch, Mrs. Carolin...
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Men and Automobiles at Train Station

Date: 1917
Description: Group of men walking alongside train cars and a line of automobiles at a train station. The men are likely gathered for an event on the "Union Pacific Silo...
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Group of People Gathered Beside Train

Date: 1917
Description: Group of men, with a few women and children, gathered around a passenger train on a stop of the Union Pacific Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign.
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Boys Gathered at Train Stop

Date: 1917
Description: View of a group of boys gathered near and on the railroad tracks near a group of adults at a train stop, listening to two well-dressed men speaking. Origin...
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Farm Home with Dilapidated Yard

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior view of a farmhouse, windmill, and an adjacent barn, all standing in a dilapidated yard. A partially collapsed fence is in the foreground, and wha...
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Farm Buildings and Windmill

Date: 1914
Description: View over a pond of several farm buildings surrounded by trees and a windmill.
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Farm House and Garden

Date: 1908
Description: View over front garden of a single-story farmhouse with a wrap-around porch. A woman is sitting in a rocking chair on the porch. Other farm buildings and a...
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Water Tank and Wind Mill

Date: 1920
Description: Water tank and wind mill among farm buildings. Original caption reads: "Concrete base for water tank and concrete walk to barn yard. Sterling Holt's farm, ...
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Silo and Barn

Date: 1920
Description: Farm buildings, including a barn, silo and windmill. There is a man dressed in overalls and a wide-brimmed hat standing near an automobile. Caption reads: ...
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John W. Hoover Maple Farm

Date: 1915
Description: Barn labeled: "John W. Hoover Maple Farm, 1892." In front of the barn are two automobiles and a field. Next to the barn is a windmill and other farm buildi...
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International 10 HP Engine

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Description: Group of men and young boys standing around an International 10 HP engine pumping 953 gallons per minute.

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