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Children Saluting the Flag

Date: 1919
Description: Miss Summers' pupils saluting as an American flag is raised outside Pleasant View School. The original caption reads: "Loyal U.S. citizens in the making."
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Scale Model of Ox Pushing Cart

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Description: Scale model made to illustrate harvesting methods.
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Scale Model of Reaper

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Description: Scale model of a reaper.
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Man Pulling a Combined Disc and Harrow

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man pulling a "combined disk and harrow" through a field with a tractor.
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Man Walking Behind Horse-Drawn Harrow

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Description: View towards a man walking behind a harrow in a farm field. Farm buildings are in the distance. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Man on Horse-Drawn Peg Tooth Harrow

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Description: Rear view of a man on a horse-drawn peg tooth harrow working in a field. Lantern slide.
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Man Working with Walking Plow

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Description: Left side view of a man working in a field with a horse-drawn walking plow. Lantern slide.
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Man Walking Behind Horse-Drawn Spring-Tooth Harrow

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man walking behind a horse-drawn spring-tooth harrow in a field. Piles of harvested grain are lined up in the field....
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Man and Boy with Horse-Drawn Walking Plow

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Description: Seth Shepard and Willie Bletle with a horse-drawn walking plow in a field. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Children Gathered Around Horse-Drawn Walking Plow

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Description: View of children gathered around a horse-drawn walking plow at Budlong School. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Harvesting Scene

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Description: Elevated view towards seven men working with teams of horses to harvest on the rolling hills, perhaps in the Great Plains. Farm buildings are in the backgr...
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Threshing or Haying Operation

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Description: A large group of men, women and children are posing with threshing machinery, a steam engine and a horse-drawn wagon in front of a barn. Lantern slide.
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Field with Stacks of Freshly Cut Grass

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Description: View towards a fenced field with stacks of freshly cut grass. A farm building is on the hill in the background on the right. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Men in Field with Haystacks

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Description: View towards two men standing and holding pitchforks in a field with haystacks around them. Lantern slide.
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Haystacks in Field

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Description: View down steep hill with haystacks. In the small valley below are farm buildings. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Man Driving Horse-Drawn Wagon

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Description: View across pasture towards a man sitting in a wagon full of hay, driving a team of two horses. There is a large haystack behind the wagon, and a man is lo...
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Shock of Wheat

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Description: Shock of wheat tied with white cloth. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Boy and Girl Sitting on Front Step of House

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Description: A boy and girl are sitting on the top wooden step of a house. There is a screen door behind them. A small wagon is in the right foreground. Lantern slide.
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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Disc Harrow

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Description: Rear view of a man sitting on a horse-drawn disc harrow working in a field. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Man with Horse-Drawn Drag in Field

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man standing on a drag or float pulled by a team of three horses in a field. The wooden draq is weighted down on the...

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