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Main Street

Date: 1873
Description: Main Street, with its dirt, ruts, cows (and presumably manure), but wide enough for easy hitching of wagons and teams.
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Men Cutting Wood with Engine Powered Saw

Date: 1905
Description: Men cutting logs with a saw powered by an International Harvester gasoline engine on the farm of Casper Kaster.
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African American Farm Laborer at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young man sitting in a planter drawn by two mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
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Farmall F-22 Tractor

Date: 1938
Description: Man plowing a field with an experimental Farmall F-22 tractor.
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Inexpensive Poultry House

Date: 1914
Description: A young child feeding a flock of chickens outside of a poultry house. A farmhouse is in the background.
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Two Men with Disc Harrow and Tractor

Date: 1912
Description: Two farmers use an International tractor to pull a disc harrow through a field. Several farm buildings are in the background.
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Farm Family on Bales of Cotton

Date: 1921
Description: A couple with two children sitting on a bale of cotton in a barnyard posing for a portrait.
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Harvest by Hand

Date: 1921
Description: Men cutting and gathering grain by hand. One man appears to be holding a scythe, or possibly a cradle.
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Farm Scene

Date: 08 30 1938
Description: Front view of a farmhouse with a barn, silo, and windmill in the background.
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Man Weighing Milk

Date: 1940
Description: A man inside a building uses a hanging scale to weigh a can of milk. He writes the weight on a chart hanging adjacent to the scale.
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Cream Separator at Farmhouse

Date: 1923
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing on the porch of a farmhouse to look at a McCormick cream separator at the base of the stairs. Nearby a man wearing ove...
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Men with Motor Hay Press

Date: 1919
Description: Two men use a hay press to bale hay near a farm building. One man loads the press with hay while the other binds hay with twine. The press is powered by a ...
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Engine Powered Hay Press

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of men baling hay with engine powered hay press near a barn or farm building. The press is connected with a belt to the power take-off of a T...
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Men with Knife Grinder

Date: 1921
Description: Two men standing near the open doorway of a shed while using a hand-operated knife grinder to sharpen a sickle bar or blade.
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Man Cleaning Barn Gutter

Date: 08 1930
Description: A man using a shovel and a litter carrier on a track system to clean the gutter of a dairy barn at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. Th...
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Manure Management

Date: 10 1930
Description: A man is using a pulley on a track system to release manure from a litter carrier into a manure spreader at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental...
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Manure Piles near Barn

Date: 03 1930
Description: A cow standing near manure piled behind a barn.
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Mixing Superphosphate

Date: 10 1930
Description: A man standing on the back of a McCormick-Deering manure spreader to pour superphosphate over manure at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental far...
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Loading McCormick-Deering Manure Spreader

Date: 04 1930
Description: A man is using a shovel to load a McCormick-Deering manure spreader pulled by two horses.
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Manure Pile Near House

Date: 04 1926
Description: View of a manure pile near a barn. Used to demonstrate the dangers of placing waste too near to a house. A rooster is standing atop the pile, and a bicycle...

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