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Contoured Cornfield after Harvest

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: A contoured cornfield after harvest, with a distant landscape.
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Farmall M Tractor Pulling a 122 Combine

Date: 1948
Description: View across field of a man harvesting wheat with a Farmall M tractor and No. 122 combine (harvester-thresher).
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Tall-tale Postcard: Beating the Coal Trust

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of a man sawing a giant ear of corn as though it was a log. Beside him an ax is wedged in a stump-like piece of corn. A mound of giant ears ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Overloaded

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of a horse carrying a bundle of giant ears of corn on its back. A boy is struggling to pull the horse towards the side of the road. A young ...
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Man Tending Corn Plants

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man in cornfield, tending a plant.
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Girl Sitting on Woman's Lap

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Description: A young girl pages through a book while sitting on a woman's lap. Another woman wearing gloves and a fur coat hands the sitting girl a book while another g...
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Youth Detasseling Corn

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: From left to right: Carole Ballinger, Joyce Anderson, and Nancy Toepfer detassel corn as part of their summer jobs.
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Indian Village Site

Date: 1907
Description: A well-dressed man stands on barren, sandy soil identified as an Indian village site near Okee. Near him the soil is stained darker than the surrounding ar...
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Cornfield

Date: 1906
Description: Large pile of corn shocks stand in a field identified as the place where Wallace Renan was buried. Farm buildings are visible in the distance.
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Cornfield Landscape

Date: 06 19 1962
Description: View over cornfield with sprouting corn in the foreground and hills in the distance.
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Applying Liquid Fertilizer to Corn

Date: 02 11 1969
Description: View of a man applying liquid fertilizer to a field of corn. He is operating an International 770 High Clearance (Hi-Clear) Carrier with a spraying attachm...
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Cornfield and Cemetery

Date: 09 1967
Description: View over cornfield of a cemetery on the side of a hill surrounded by a fence. On the hill behind the cemetery are more cornfields.
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Flooded Cornfield

Date: 
Description: View of a flooded cornfield with wilted stalks in the foreground.
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Power Lines in the Countryside

Date: 07 30 1960
Description: View towards a field of corn and a farm and the power lines which run along a road. A tall industrial tower rises in the background.
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Cornstalks

Date: 04 29 1961
Description: A close-up of five stalks of uncut corn on a dry clay bank.
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Lifting Fog

Date: 08 20 1961
Description: Fog lifts from a cornfield and low hills along Highway 131.
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Cornfield with Old Sign

Date: 08 20 1961
Description: A weathered sign is posted on a fence near the edge of a cornfield. There is a patch of milkweed in front of the fence.
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Farmland

Date: 06 08 1963
Description: A group of farm buildings, as seen from across a field of growing corn. Several trees surround the farm buildings.
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Sunlight on Hillside

Date: 05 1967
Description: View down hill with rows of crops growing along a fence. On the other side of the fence is a meadow on which rays of sun are falling. A hill with trees is ...
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Strip-Planted Cornfield

Date: 09 07 1964
Description: View of a strip-planted cornfield. A grove of trees grows on a ridge in the background.

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