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Steam Tractor with Sod-breaking Plows

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a steam tractor on the right, probably a Linnell, attached to sod-breaking plows steered by two men on the left. Behind them...
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Newly Plowed Field and Tractor

Date: 05 20 1962
Description: A tractor parked in a newly plowed corner of a field.
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Three Men on Tractors Working in a Field

Date: 04 27 1945
Description: View of Wisconsin Conference of Seventh Day Adventists farm field, with two farmers watching three other farmers on Farmall tractors. They are plowing and ...
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Asa Preston in front of Blacksmith's Shop

Date: 1873
Description: Asa Preston (1816-1892) stands in front of his blacksmith's shop with his sons David (1840-1904) and John (1842-1898) behind him and a variety of items mad...
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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Art Giese, Loganville, and state soil conservation committee members, Ben Rusy, Madison; M.H. Ward, Durand; and Paul Weis, Waunakee, inspecting a two-way p...
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Men Plowing Field

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Description: Probably a first plowing of land after the trees and stumps have been removed by grubbing. Many roots still remain, and the "breaking plow" turns a wide fu...
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Man with Plow Driving Team

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Description: A man stands with a team of horses ready to plow a field.
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Man Cultivating Field

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Description: A man uses a hand cultivator in a field of what could possibly be onions.
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Man Tilling Soil with Tractor

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Description: A man tilling soil on a farm with a tractor. Houses and trees are visible in the background.
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Deer Creek

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Description: Elevated view of a farmer using a horse-drawn plow in a field near Deer Creek in Spring Valley, Minnesota. Tall rock formation can be seen on the edge of t...
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Farming With Oxen

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Description: Farming in Cuba, with two oxen pulling a plow through the field, and a few wooden structures with thatched roofs in the background.
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Steam Plowing

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Description: A view of three men on a steam plow in a field. Caption reads: "Steam Plowing, Thomas Ranch, Chico, Cal."
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Steam Tractor

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Description: A view of two men on a steam tractor with a gang plow in a field. An automobile is behind the plow.
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Man Photographing Man Plowing a Field

Date: 1923
Description: A photographer is taking a photograph of another man plowing a field with a tractor. The tractor is probably a Fordson and the implement dealer was probabl...
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Arab Plowing Sand

Date: 12 30 1937
Description: An Arab man plowing sand with a plow harnessed to a camel.
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Plowing on International Harvester Company Farm

Date: 1962
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester employees using the company's tractors and plows to work in a field on a company farm in Tifton. International Har...
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People in Front of Farm Buildings

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Description: In the center is a man posing sitting on a plow pulled by a team of two horses. In front of him is a dog, and another dog is lying behind the plow. Standin...
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Family with Horse-Drawn Plow

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Description: A woman and child are posing sitting on a plow steered by a man standing on their right. The two horses are standing on the left. In the background is a tr...
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Plowing on Horicon Marsh

Date: 10 1914
Description: View of furrowed ground in Horicon Marsh and men on a tractor in the process of plowing a drained portion of the marsh.
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Studio Portrait of a Plow

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Description: Studio portrait of a plow in front of a painted backdrop.

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