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Koehler Family in a Garden

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: Julius Koehler family in their garden in front of their newly built frame home. The original Koehler farm was destroyed by forest fire in July of 1894, evi...
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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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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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Man Posing with Haystacks

Date: 09 1895
Description: A lone man poses with haystacks in northern Wisconsin.
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Two Men with Tractor

Date: 1912
Description: Two men use an International tractor to pull a disc harrow through a farm field.
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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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Thordarson Estate

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Description: View across lawn or field of numerous buildings on Chester Thordarson's estate. There are greenhouses on the left.
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McCormick-Deering Engine

Date: 11 26 1923
Description: Motorized water pump powered by a 1.5 H.P. McCormick-Deering engine on the farm of Walter Stange(?).
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Road Construction with an International T-14

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of two men working with an International T-14 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and an Adams grader to level a new road.
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Laying Wire for Radio Station with a T-20 Crawler

Date: 1937
Description: Three men laying wire in a forested area for W.H.A.S Radio. One of the men is operating an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor).
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Russell Motor Patrol

Date: 07 20 1929
Description: Emil Anderson operates a road grader marked "Russell Motor Patrol No.3" on Highway 12.
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Gilbert Grader on Yellowstone Trail

Date: 07 14 1927
Description: A man uses a Gilbert road grader with a twenty foot blade to work on the Yellowstone Trail.
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Stockland Whippet Grader

Date: 07 14 1927
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor with a Stockland Whippet grader attachment to smooth a rural road.
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Industrial 10-20 Tractor with Grader

Date: 11 14 1925
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor with a grader to smooth a dirt road. Shadows of the photographer and the camera standing on a tripo...
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Mogul 8-16 Tractor with Plow

Date: 1915
Description: Man plowing a field with a Mogul 8-16 tractor.
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Man with P&O Cultivator

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: Man seated on a horse-drawn International Harvester P&O cultivator in a field.
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Young Man with P&O Planter at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young African-American man sitting on a P&O planter pulled by mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
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Man with Walking Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: Man with horse-drawn walking planter in a field. A small dog sits in a furrow nearby on the right.
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Man using Horse-Drawn Walking Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: Man using walking planter pulled by a horse through a field. A small dog sits in a furrow nearby on the right.
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Men with Walking Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: A man using a P&O walking planter pulled by one horse in a field. In the background another man works using a walking plow pulled by two horses near a row ...

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