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Load of Bark with Little Girl

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Description: Men with horse-drawn load of lumber with a little girl standing in front.
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International "Red Baby" Truck Leaving Rural Farmstead

Date: 1923
Description: International "Red Baby" (model S) truck loaded with binder twine(?) and a stationary engine leaving a rural farmstead. In the background a woman holding a...
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Harvesting Grain with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Several farmers and farm laborers, including a handful of children, at work harvesting grain with a McCormick grain binder in a field.
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School Bus Picks up Rural Students

Date: 04 14 1938
Description: International D-30 school bus with Hicks body picking up a boy and girl outside a rural house.
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Children Exiting School Bus

Date: 04 06 1938
Description: Children getting off an International D-30 school bus in front of a rural farmhouse. The bus served Washington township in Grant County, Indiana. The bus f...
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Boy Standing by International School Bus

Date: 03 28 1938
Description: Boy with a book and lunch pail waiting as an International D-30-B or D-35-B school bus pulls up in front of his rural farmhouse. Another mischievous lad is...
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Mexican Workers in Field

Date: 06 29 1928
Description: Group of Mexican workers posing in front of a large stack of hay. Most of the people are wearing hats, many of them sombreros, and worn clothing. Several p...
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Farmer Operating Reaper with Children Nearby

Date: 1905
Description: A farmer operating a horse-drawn self-rake reaper while children are following close by.
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Farmall H with Lug Wheels

Date: 1941
Description: John Hanna uses a Farmall H with lug wheels and a Little Genius 2-14 bottom plow to work in a field while a boy looks on from the left.
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Pepperidge Lake Trout Hatchery Truck

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: A boy sits behind the wheel of an International truck used by the Pepperridge Lake Trout Hatchery. The truck is parked along a dirt road in a wooded area a...
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Horse-Drawn Mowers and Buggy

Date: 1900
Description: A man and a boy are each driving their own mower. Each mower is pulled by two horses. The young boy is waving his hat. A man on the right is riding in a b...
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Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is picking up bundles of grain by hand, while another man is operating a horse-drawn grain binder. In the left background is a group of people in a s...
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Man and Girl with Push Binder

Date: 1902
Description: A man and girl posing in a field with a horse-powered push binder. Hills are in the background.
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Man on Manure Spreader Pulling Out of Barn

Date: 1910
Description: Farmer on a horse-drawn manure spreader pulling out of barn. Another farm building is on the left. A small girl, possibly a daughter, is peering out from b...
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Mogul 30-60 Tractor Pulling Harrows

Date: 1915
Description: Two young boys and a man, possibly father and sons, with a Mogul 30-60 tractor pulling disk harrows with a custom hitch.
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Spring Planting

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Description: A farmer is planting corn using the planter wire method.
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The Cheese Factory

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Description: Horse-drawn wagons, also known as milk buggies, dropping off cans of milk at the country cheese factory during summer.
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Haying Time

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Description: A farm boy is riding the "hay-fork horse" as the farmer is loading hay into the barn during haying time in July.
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Threshing

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Description: A threshing scene during harvest time. In the background, the separater tender stands on the thresher overseeing the whole operation. He has a weighing dev...
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Taliesin II Gardens and Pasture Below Building

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Description: Gardens and pasture below the southeast side of Taliesin II.

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