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Farm Family

Date: 1898
Description: A man, his wife and their two children are posing in front of their farmstead. The man is holding a team of horses. Another horse pulling a buggy is in the...
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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Tobacco Field

Date: 08 24 1929
Description: A farmer is standing in a tobacco field, with crop ready to harvest. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Aerial View of Contour Strip Farming

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial view of contour strip farming with the Obert Olstad farm in foreground. The Carl Backum farm is in the background.
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Peter Lagacy Family

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Description: The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom...
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International Harvester F-20 Tractor with M-4 Power Binder

Date: 05 08 1939
Description: Elevated rear view of two men in a field operating a new McCormick-Deering F-20 tractor and M-4 power binder, which was owned and operated by Grover Evans,...
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Rolla B. Shurfelt Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Barnyard scene on the Rollo Shurfelt farm with people milking the cows. Several horses are in the yard as well.
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Down Monona Drive

Date: 09 30 1933
Description: A gas station in a Trachte building on the corner of Highway 51 (Monona Drive) and Highway 30 (Cottage Grove Road). "Johnson Gasoline," and "Defiance Spark...
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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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Farmall M Tractor with Forage Harvester and Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Man driving an International Harvester Farmall M tractor which is pulling a forage harvester next to a truck.
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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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Titan 10-20 Tractor with Belt Drive Running Feed Grinder

Date: 1922
Description: Man standing inside the doorway of a barn pouring feed into a feed grinder. The grinder is powered by a belt attached to a Titan 10-20 tractor.
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Mogul 30-60 Tractor Pulling Elevating Grader

Date: 1915
Description: Mogul 30-60 kerosene tractor pulling an elevating grader in road construction project. The project was part of the "good roads movement" in Missouri.
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McCormick-Deering Farmall H Tractor with Hemp Turning Machine

Date: 1943
Description: Slightly elevated view of farmer Axel Anderson in his barnyard on a Farmall H tractor with a hemp turning machine. The hemp turning machine was made by the...
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Titan 18-35 Tractor Running Ensilage Cutter and Blower

Date: 1922
Description: International Titan 18-35 H.P. tractor running a belt-driven ensilage cutter and blower fed by three farmers. The 18-35 gas or kerosene gear drive Titan wa...
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International 15-30 H.P. Tractor

Date: 1921
Description: International 15-30 H.P tractor running an International 28 x 46 thresher on a rural farm. The tractor was purchased by Oscar Krueger in 1920. The threshe...
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McCormick-Deering 123-SP Combine in Wheat Field

Date: 1943
Description: Slightly elevated view of farmer Ed Frey at the controls of a McCormick-Deering 123-SP combine on his 1400 acre farm.
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Tractor Running Belt-Driven Thresher

Date: 1914
Description: International Harvester tractor (likely a friction drive) running a belt-driven husker-shredder in the snow-covered yard of a farm.
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Farmall M Leveling Gravel at Hinsdale Farm

Date: 1949
Description: Worker leveling gravel with a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor and a no. 7 angle dozer at International Harvester's Hinsdale farm and testing facility.
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McCormick-Deering Farmall M in Field

Date: 1949
Description: Elevated view of a farmer on a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor with cultivator following the curved rows of a soybean field.

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