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Farmer Making Soap

Date: 1910
Description: The farmer and his wife are making soap outdoors. Lye is made by letting rain water seep through wood ashes for several months. Lye and fat produce soap. T...
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Farmer Baling Hay with Farmall C Tractor

Date: 1949
Description: Color photograph of a farmer baling hay with a Farmall C tractor and baler.
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Farmall H Tractor and Combine

Date: 1949
Description: Farmer harvesting grain with a Farmall H tractor and harvester-thresher (combine).
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Farmall H Tractor and Manure Spreader

Date: 1950
Description: Farmer spreading manure in a field with a Farmall H tractor and manure spreader (possibly a model 100).
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Farm of Alex Smith

Date: 1875
Description: View from a distance of a farm in a valley owned by Alex(ander?) Smith. There is a wooden fence in the foreground surrounding the farm.
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"McCormick Day" in Small Rural Town

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of farmers lined up in horse-drawn wagons loaded with their new McCormick farm machines. Their wagons are adorned with "McCormick" signs and ...
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Farmall C Tractor and Hay Rake

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of a farmer in a field pulling a hay rake with a McCormick Farmall C tractor.
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Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
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Plowing with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: Right side view of a man plowing a field with a Farmall M tractor and a breaking plow.
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Baling Hay with a Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1949
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man driving a McCormick Farmall M tractor, and a man baling hay with a power hay baler, and trailer. The baler is powered by an...
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Farmall C Tractor with Attached Cultivator

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man operating a McCormick Farmall C tractor with attached cultivator in a field.
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Making Irrigation Laterals with 10-20 Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: A dog sits on a 10-20 tractor beside Paul M. Dazier as he makes irrigation laterals with an orchard cultivator outfitted with an irrigation attachment.
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Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 1910
Description: A man uses a horse-drawn planter (most likely a corn planter) in a field near International Harvester's Richmond Works factory.
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Farmall H with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a McCormick Farmall H tractor with a forward cotton planter to work in a field. The original caption reads: "'Blackla...
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Farmall H Tractor with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a McCormick Farmall H tractor outfitted with a cotton planter to work in a field. The original caption reads: "'Furro...
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Farmall H with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a McCormick Farmall H tractor with a HM-278 cotton planter to work in a field. The original caption reads: "'Bed' pla...
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Super A Tractor with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a Farmall Super A tractor with a cotton planter attachment to plant in a field. The original caption reads: "'Bed' pl...
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Farmall C with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a Farmall C tractor with a cotton planter attachment to plant cotton in a field. The original caption reads: "C-277 b...
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Planting Cotton with Farmall Cub

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a Farmall Cub with a forward-mounted cotton planter attachment to work in a field. The original caption reads: "Plant...
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Man on Manure Spreader on Farmland

Date: 1910
Description: Side view of a man posing in a field on a horse-drawn International Low-Lift manure spreader.

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