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Women and Children in Field with Walking Plow

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: Two women and two young girls in a field with an ox-driven walking plow. Original caption reads: "This picture was not taken in Egypt nor India nor Africa ...
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Alexander Legge

Date: 09 20 1923
Description: Alexander Legge (1866-1933) with a pitchfork full of hay at a Thresher demonstration at International Harvester's Hinsdale farm. Men are milling around a t...
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Winter Garden

Date: 1913
Description: Dr. Beeson tending to lettuce and onions in his winter garden. Original caption reads: "These vegetables have been under cultivation all winter and have be...
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African American Woman at Work in McCormick Works' Community Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: African American woman tending to her plot in the McCormick Works' garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Harves...
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Woman and Girls in McCormick Works' Community Garden

Date: 08 1932
Description: Mother and her two daughters at work in the McCormick Works community garden. The garden was one of several factory gardens created under International Har...
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Men and Boys in front of Wagon Shop

Date: 1874
Description: Men and boys stand in front of a wagon shop, probably in Edgerton, on Fulton Street. Wagons, wheels, yokes and farm implements surround them. A ramp behind...
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Cutting Weeds

Date: 08 1929
Description: A man using a scythe to cut weeds from a pasture of wild carrots.
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Mowing Weeds

Date: 1921
Description: A man using a scythe to cut weeds in field.
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Feeding Hogs

Date: 07 1923
Description: A farmer is standing on a wagon shoveling ear corn to hogs in a nearby pen.
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Plowing with a 10-20 Tractor

Date: 04 1923
Description: A farmer using a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor to plow a field on the J.W. Esch farm.
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Refilling a Silo

Date: 02 22 1927
Description: Two men are refilling a silo using a silo filler at the IHC Experimental Farm.
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Spreading Lime

Date: 10 07 1927
Description: A man operating a Farmall Regular tractor pulls a man shoveling lime from a farm wagon. In the background on the left is a barn and silo's.
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Monroe Country Club

Date: 10 05 1928
Description: A groundskeeper uses a Fairway tractor to care for the rough of the Monroe Country Club golf course while a group of golfers plays in the background.
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Groundskeeper on Tractor at Golf Course

Date: 05 26 1928
Description: A groundskeeper uses a Fairway tractor to maintain the grounds of what appears to be a golf course.
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Aurora Country Club

Date: 09 12 1924
Description: A groundskeeper uses a Farmall (or Fairway?) tractor with a roller to tend the golf course at Aurora Country Club.
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Tractor in Grapefruit Orchard

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: John Niles operates a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor in a grapefruit orchard.
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Mowing Clover

Date: 1915
Description: A man is using two horses to pull a mower through a field of clover. In the background are hills or mountains.
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Group at Hinsdale Demonstration

Date: 1945
Description: Groups of men examine International equipment on display outdoors at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The equipment on display include...
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Tractor Demonstration at Hinsdale Farm

Date: 1945
Description: A group of spectators gathers around the edge of a field on the Hinsdale experimental farm to view a tractor in use.
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Spectators at Hinsdale Farm

Date: 1945
Description: A group looks on as a man removes what appears to be a burlap bag from a piece of agricultural equipment on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental...

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