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Children Working in School Garden

Date: 1916
Description: Large group of students and teachers working in the Tyler School Gardens. The director of the school (or gardens?) was E.M. Bardwell.
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Farm Girl Feeding Calf

Date: 1921
Description: Young girl feeding a calf from a bucket while standing in a field.
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Holt Crawler Tractor at 1911 Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1911
Description: Man plowing with a Holt crawler tractor, no. 1609, at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada. The tractor was built by the Holt Manufacturing Company of St...
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Boys at Work on Urban Garden

Date: 04 18 1917
Description: Boys from the Newberry School and Boys' Club No. 2 work on ground loaned by the Board of Education for a city garden.
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Wagon Load of Corn

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Description: A man is in a cornfield on the farm of Allen Lewis. He is standing next to a wagon load of corn cobs. The wagon has a "seedcorn" box on the side.
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Experimental Motor-Cultivator

Date: 1914
Description: A large group gathers for a group portrait near an experimental motor cultivator(?).
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Two Men Rake Hay

Date: 1918
Description: Two men work a field of hay with horse-drawn hay rakes.
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Fairmont Implement Company

Date: 10 16 1924
Description: Interior view of the showroom at Fairmont Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership.
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Cherry Picking

Date: 1921
Description: A woman with a bucket clipped to her belt holds up a cluster of cherries in a cherry orchard.
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International Tractor Pulling a Road Grader

Date: 1910
Description: A car with four men in business suits and hats is parked at the side of a road. The men are watching as an International Harvester tractor is pulling a roa...
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Houck and Cherrington Hardware

Date: 04 28 1928
Description: Two men stand on the steps leading into the Houck & Cherrington hardware store while an International sales and service truck is parked alongside the curb ...
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Johnson's Garage

Date: 1931
Description: Two men stand on either side of a truck in front of Johnson's Garage, operated by W.E. Johnson. Johnson's Garage was an International Harvester dealership ...
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California State Fair Exhibit

Date: 09 1932
Description: Exhibit-goers look at an International truck and a line of new crawler tractors (TracTracTors) arranged for International Harveser's display at the Califor...
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Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1915
Description: Rear view of a man sits operating a horse-drawn mower in a field.
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Men Install Pole with Modified 10-20 Tractor

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Men use a modified McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor with an attached trailor and post hole digging rig auger to install a telephone or electric p...
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Exhibit of Adulterated Foods

Date: 1905
Description: Shelves lined with cans, bottles, jars, etc., showing adulterated foods (e.g. maple syrup that contains no maple sap) at a Farmers' Institute Event.
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Platteville School District #10 Rural School

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Description: Small rural clapboard schoolhouse with class posing at entrance. There is a dog sitting on the right side of the building, and cows are in a field in the b...
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Man Outside Barn on Manure Spreader

Date: 1913
Description: Man in a farmyard outside a barn on a Kemp Low Steel manure spreader pulled by two horses. On the left are a group of men wearing overcoats and hats.
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Mogul Powered Farm Machinery

Date: 1916
Description: A man in a yard is using a Mogul stationary engine to power farm machinery, possibly a feed grinder. In the background is a house behind trees.
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Man on Tractor Plowing

Date: 1919
Description: Man plowing with International 15-30 or 12-24(?) tractor on farmland. Another man is standing behind the tractor.

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