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Farmers Threshing Grain

Date: 10 05 1928
Description: Elevated view of farmers threshing grain in a field with a belt-driven McCormick all-steel thresher run by a Farmall tractor. One person is working inside ...
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Feeding Yard at Chestnut Hills Farm

Date: 1915
Description: Men and cattle in the feeding yard near a barn on E.A. O'Neil's Chesnut Hills Farm.
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International Stripper-Harvester

Date: 06 21 1920
Description: An Australian farmer uses a team of five horses and a stripper-harvester to complete field work.
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Deering Harvester-Thresher

Date: 08 1921
Description: A farmer feeds grain from a wagon into a thresher.
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Deering Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1921
Description: Two farmers are using a Deering harvester-thresher (combine) and horse-drawn wagon to thresh grain.
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Photographer at Cotton Harvest

Date: 1921
Description: A cameraman films a man stooping to pick cotton while other people are looking on from the background.
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Lady Clementine Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Man driving an International truck advertising "Lady Clementine Pure Food Products" is parked on a dirt road in front of a fence near a brick building. The...
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New Hope School Renovation

Date: 02 09 1915
Description: A group of students and teachers stands behind teams of oxen pulling a wagon through a wooded area in front of New Hope School during its renovation after ...
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Group at Alabama Barbecue Pit

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: A group of men, women, and children gathered around an outdoor barbecue pit as meat roasts. The barbecue took place at Louis Frank Sessions' farm during a ...
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Children at Playground

Date: 1925
Description: Children playing games behind a fence. In the foreground other children are playing in a sandbox on a school playground next to several buildings.
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Poor Road Condition

Date: 02 12 1915
Description: C.C. Hudson guiding two horses in pulling a surrey along a poor stretch of dirt road.
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Agricultural Educator on Horseback

Date: 1915
Description: Agricultural Extension lecturer Dr. F.A. Wolfe carrying an educational chart while riding on horseback along a muddy dirt road.
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Man Smoothing Dirt Road

Date: 02 15 1915
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat is standing on a wooden grader while driving two mules along a dirt road. Beside the road behind him are cows in a fenced-in f...
Drawing

Evergreen Shelter Belts and Ornamental Hedges

Date: 1878
Description: Engraved view of a house surrounded by gardens, an evergreen shelter belt and ornamental hedges.
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Couple Selling Pork

Date: 02 15 1915
Description: Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Crumley cutting slabs of meat from a hog placed on a wooden table outdoors among trees. Another woman is in the background near some stea...
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IH Cartage Trucks with Concrete Tubes

Date: 10 15 1928
Description: Two IH trucks for "W.E. Draper Cartage" are parked on the side of the road. Both trucks are hauling large concrete tubes, probably for construction work. T...
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Silver Wedding of Bradford and Alice Gillett

Date: 1905
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the 25th wedding anniversary of Bradford and Alice Gillett — Sherwin Gillett's uncle and aunt, seated in the center. The other gu...
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Truck with Empty Trailer

Date: 06 05 1925
Description: Right side view of a truck parked in front of a tall, sturdily supported wood fence. There are three-story brick buildings and a tall smokestack in the bac...
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Man Driving 10-20 Tractor Pulling Plow

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a 10-20 tractor to pull a plow in a field.
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Man Driving Industrial Tractor Pulling Road Grader

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man driving an industrial tractor pulling a road grader. In the background is a field, and farm buildings and large...

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