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Farmer Filling Manure Spreader

Date: 02 09 1911
Description: Farmer shoveling manure into the box of a horse-drawn International New Low manure spreader in a farm yard.
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Reapers and Mowers Catalog Cover

Date: 1879
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Champion line of reapers and mowers manufactured by Warder, Mitchell, and Company. The cover features a color illu...
Photograph

Men Using International Harvester Hay Press

Date: 09 09 1913
Description: Two men using an International Harvester hay press at Springfield Works in Ohio. On the left is a large haystack. There are farm buildings in the backgroun...
Photograph

Congressional Committee at Lincoln Funeral

Date: 05 1865
Description: Albumen print of the Congressional Committee, in front of the Abraham Lincoln home for Lincoln's funeral. The Congressional Committee accompanied Lincoln's...
Photograph

Family Posed near Fence and Frame House

Date: 1872
Description: An unidentified family, thought to be Yankees, pose at a board fence in front of an upright and wing frame house. The group includes two women with poses i...
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Abraham C. Martin and Family

Date: 1871
Description: Springfield Township, Dane County (Section 22) corner of Fischer Road and Highway 12, Wi. Abraham C. Martin, a farmer and dairyman with his family in fron...
Drawing

Conveying Provisions over the Ozark Mountains

Date: 
Description: "Conveying Provisions over the Ozark Mountains to the Army at Springfield, MO." Men on horseback are riding along a trail carrying supplies.
Drawing

Springfield — Fremont's Army in Possession

Date: 1861
Description: "View of Springfield, MO. Frmonts [sic] Army in Possesion [sic]." Several people and a horse are in the foreground, and city buildings are in...
Photograph

Horse-Powered Hay Press

Date: 01 15 1908
Description: Three men in a field use a horse-powered hay press. Two carriages are on the the left.
Photograph

Milk Cooler in Shed

Date: 11 03 1936
Description: A man places a milk can into a cooler housed in a shed. More milk cans and pails are stored on a wooden shelf outside the shed.
Photograph

General Price's Former Headquarters

Date: 
Description: A view of a man standing in front of the ruins of General Sterling Price's former headquarters. Price served as a United States Army brigadier general duri...
Photograph

Man Operating Lifting Jack for Hay Press

Date: 11 08 1910
Description: Man outdoors operating lifting jack for a hay press. There is a large pile of wood in the background and a fence.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 06 23 1911
Description: View across field towards a man using a horse-drawn manure spreader. In the background is a fence and beyond are tall stacks of wood or pallets, and buildi...
Photograph

Men Baling Cornstalks

Date: 1912
Description: Men baling cornstalks in a field with a hay press.
Photograph

Baling Cornstalks

Date: 01 04 1912
Description: View towards men using a hay press to bale cornstalks. There is a fence and farm buildings in the background.
Photograph

Men Loading Manure Spreader

Date: 11 05 1912
Description: View towards men loading a horse-drawn manure spreader near a barn.
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Low-Steel Kemp Manure Spreader

Date: 11 07 1912
Description: Left side view of a man using a horse-drawn manure spreader in a field on a hill.
Photograph

Man Posing with Hay Press

Date: 05 10 1913
Description: Man posing outdoors with IHC hay press. In the background is a fence and billboards.
Photograph

Powered Hay Press and Baling Operation

Date: 08 15 1917
Description: Group of men standing in a field near a powered hay press during a baling operation. On the left is a stack of hay bales. There are farm buildings in the b...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 10 22 1917
Description: View towards a man using horse-drawn manure spreader in a field.

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