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McCormick Reaper Illustration

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Description: Illustration of a McCormick reaper of 1858 in the field near a farm house. A crowd of onlookers is gathered near the field.
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Hand-colored image of a Wisconsin cranberry bog and harvest. Men are harvesting in the flooded cranberry marshes.
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Hand-colored image of field hands harvesting with cranberry rakes from a flooded cranberry marsh.
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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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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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Harvesting by Hand (Copy of Painting The Gleaners)

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Description: Women are bending over in a field, harvesting by hand. In the background people are working near large haystacks and a horse-drawn wagon. Lantern slide.
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Ready for the Threshers

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Description: View of cone-shaped stacks of harvested grain in a field. There is a windmill in the background. Lantern slide.
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Men in Field Harvesting Potatoes

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Description: View of a group of men and boys standing in a field. They are harvesting potatoes with horses and horse-drawn implements. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Men and Women with Corn

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Description: Group of men and women in a barn with piles of corn. They appear to be shucking the corn. Hay is piled in the hay mow above the group. Hand-tinted lantern ...

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