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International Harvester Postcard — Algiers

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard of a harvesting scene in Algiers. Includes a color illustration of a horse-drawn grain binder. Caption reads: "Algiers — In this far off country o...
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Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
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Sauk County Farm

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn towards buildings. Caption reads: "County Farm, Reedsburg, Wis."
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Cow Near Rustic Barn

Date: 1914
Description: A cow standing outside the door of a rustic barn with a thatched roof.
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Tall-tale Postcard: Fishing with Turtle

Date: 1919
Description: Photomontage of a fisherman in a rowboat catching a giant turtle. The male companion of the fisherman has fallen in and lost his hat amidst the excitement....
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Stacking Alfalfa

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Description: Horse-drawn wagons surround a large stack of alfalfa while men are using horses to lift more on the pile. Cornfalfa Farms.
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Tall-tale Postcard: Bringing in the Sheaves

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a farm scene with giant produce. A man and a woman stand on top of a giant ear of corn, resting on a horse-drawn cart. Around them are mor...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Onion Mound

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of several farmers working to lift a giant onion onto the flatbed horse-drawn cart. Beside them is a giant mound of onions with a ladder leani...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Gold Mine On The Farm

Date: 1911
Description: Photomontage of a giant pig in a pen. A man, standing in the pen, is holding a giant ear of corn for the pig to eat. Numerous ears of oversized corn litter...
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Deering Ideal Corn Binder

Date: 1911
Description: A man and three children gather around a man operating a horse-drawn Deering Ideal corn binder in E. Nyquist's cornfield.
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Harvester-Thresher

Date: 09 18 1925
Description: Theo Klemmer using a harvester-thresher (combine) sold by the Lind Hardware Company. Two other men are on the combine with him.
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Car on Dirt Road

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Description: Near Lake Minocqua. View of rear of car driving on narrow dirt road lined with trees along lake which is on the right. A barn and silo are on the shoreline...
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Men in Car on Dirt Road

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Description: Four men in a car with the number four on the front is driving up a dirt road surrounded by fields. Hay bales are in the field on the right.
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Race Car

Date: 10 02 1912
Description: Race car #26, possibly driven by Spencer Wishart, driving down a country road during the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Two houses are on the right behind fences and...
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Motorcyclist on Dirt Road

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Description: Man riding a motorcycle on a country road. Two men are standing along the side of the road, and a horse is in the background.
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Deitz Cabin and Barn

Date: 12 1910
Description: Exterior view of Deitz cabin and barn, fences, and other outbuildings in winter, about two weeks after shooting of deputy. No members of Deitz family were ...
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W.P. Ruggles Barn

Date: 1926
Description: A barn with a large cupola, built in 1852, on "The Capt. W.P. Ruggles Estate."
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Binder Teams in South African Field

Date: 01 21 1924
Description: Three-quarter view of men using teams of horses and mules to drive two McCormick grain binders through a field in DeLectus, Riebeek West, South Africa. In ...
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Farmer with Cows

Date: 02 1910
Description: Farmer and two cows standing outside near a barn in winter.
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Calf

Date: 1910
Description: A young spotted calf is tethered with a rope to an open barn door at the Middleton family farm. There is a ladder in the background.

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