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Man Posing with Haystacks

Date: 09 1895
Description: A lone man poses with haystacks in northern Wisconsin.
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Farmall Regular Tractor in Soybean Field

Date: 1928
Description: A farmer in a field is using a Farmall Regular tractor with a mower attachment to cut soybeans for hay. The tractor is equipped with an umbrella that reads...
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Deering Corn Binder

Date: 1915
Description: Demonstration for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition showing how the labor swing bundle elevator of the Deering corn binder operates.
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International Stripper-Harvester

Date: 06 21 1920
Description: Farmer using a horse-drawn International stripper-harvester in a field in Australia.
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Corn Binder Demonstration

Date: 1902
Description: Man demonstrating the use of a corn binder. The man may be Alexander Legge, who later became President of the International Harvester Company.
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Engine and Chaff Cutter

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Description: Two farmers use an International Harvester engine and portable chaff cutter on an Australian farm.
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International Machines on Australian Farm

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Description: Men on an Australian farm use an International Harvester engine and hay press, and a Sterling thresher.
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Abandoned Cotton Field

Date: 03 18 1915
Description: View of an abandoned cotton field along the side of a dirt road. A farmhouse and farm buildings are in the distance.
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Man with Jersey Calves on IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 06 1930
Description: A man is feeding a group of Jersey calves from a metal bucket. Another man is using a tool to work in a field in the background.
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Temporary Packing Shelter for Berries

Date: 08 1923
Description: Makeshift shelter for packing fruit, in particular berries. Original caption reads, "a temporary packing shelter for a blackberry patch. Note handled carri...
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Man Sharpening Blade in Timothy Hay Field

Date: 07 16 1895
Description: Man sharpening a scythe blade in a field of timothy hay. Another man stands near him in the field, and in the far background a man sits in a buggy with a t...
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Millet Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Two men stand in a field of millet owned by Henry Higgins.
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C.C. Washburn Homestead

Date: 08 02 1895
Description: Two men stand waist-high in the cabbage, pea, and oat fields of the C.C. Washburn homestead, twelve miles southwest of Florence. Wooden houses or outbuildi...
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Joseph Seipold Pea Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Two men stand in the five-foot tall pea field of Joseph Seipold three miles northeast of Antigo. Another man stands atop a horse-drawn wagon loaded with ha...
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Flint Corn

Date: 09 05 1895
Description: A man is driving a McCormick harvester with a team of horses, cutting and binding a crop of flint ("Indian") corn, on the farm of S.D.D. Newton, five miles...
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Grain Stacks

Date: 09 09 1895
Description: View across field of two men leaning against an enormous stack of grain on the farm of August Schmidt. There are many more stacks of grain leading into the...
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J.C. Lewis Potato Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Two men stand in the potato fields of J.C. Lewis. The man on the right is pointing with his right arm toward the center. There is a hard maple grove in the...
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Barley Field

Date: 07 09 1895
Description: A twenty-acre field of barley on the farm of Chas Parey, with two men standing waist-high in the barley. A hardwood forest lines the edge of the field in t...
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Harvesting Red Clover

Date: 09 03 1895
Description: The Fred Judas family poses with their second crop of red clover, three miles south of Medford. With their rakes and mower, they are converting the red clo...
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Grant Bros. Onion Field in Bloom

Date: 07 16 1895
Description: A man stands in ten acres of flowering onion plants, planted for seed, in the Grant Bros. gardens. A horse pulls a buggy in the field in the background. Wo...

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