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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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Combine on Hilly Terrain

Date: 09 09 1926
Description: Farmers harvesting with a combine on hilly terrain with a horse-drawn no. 7 Hillside combine on the farm of J.B. McMurray.
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Experimental Combine Harvesting Grain

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering 12 foot experimental combine (harvester-thresher) pulled by a Farmall M tractor. There is a ...
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J. Leroy Farmer Hemp Mill

Date: 1943
Description: Field of shocked hemp with stock pile, and the J. Leroy Farmer Hemp Mill in the background.
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Experimental Harvester-Thresher

Date: 
Description: Side view of a man using an experimental No.127 SP harvester-thresher (combine) in a field. Mountains are in the far background. The original caption read...
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Man on Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a hat with a wide band is sitting on a horse-drawn grain binder in a field. Both horses are wearing blinders and are covered with blankets.
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Wisconsin Landscape

Date: 1920
Description: A view of a rolling rural landscape, most likely in Sauk County. In the far distance are houses and farm buildings, a church and a larger building, center ...
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Man with Horse-Drawn McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A farmer operates a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder through rolling fields. In the field there are several piles of hay and several trees. Woodlands are...
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IH 8-71 Combine in Wheat Field

Date: 1969
Description: This photograph was likely taken by the International Harvester Overseas Division for promotional purposes, and shows a man driving an International Harves...
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Man and Grandsons Standing in a Field

Date: 1880
Description: Albert Ludley Tuttle of Baraboo, standing with his grandchildren and grown sons with farm equipment and horses in a field of young trees. In the field in t...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view across field of a man using a horse-drawn mower in a field. There are sheaves of wheat lying in the field. In the background are farm buildi...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view across field of a man using a horse-drawn binder on the left. Men are working along a fence on the right. Farm buildings are in the backgrou...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view across field towards a man using a horse-drawn binder. In the background are buildings and hills.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view across field towards a man using horse-drawn binder in a field with harvested grain. In the background are farm buildings, and in the far ba...
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Elevated View of Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated landscape view of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field with harvested grain on a hill. Trees, hills and farm buildings are in the backgroun...
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Men Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view across field towards a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. Four other men are working with sheaves of wheat nearby. There is a barn a...
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Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view down field towards a horse-drawn binder in a field with harvested grain. A man near the road is standing in a horse-drawn wagon on the left....
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view across field towards a man using a horse-drawn mower in a field. Other men are working in the field with sheaves of wheat. There is a fence ...
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Horse-Drawn Reaper in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view across field with horse-drawn reaper. One man is on the reaper, and a man and young boy are standing in the field among the piles of wheat. ...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field surrounded by a fence. Two men in the background near the fence are collecting sheaves of hay...

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