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Field Work

Date: 1920
Description: Two men working with walking cultivators(?) in a field.
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Farmer's Corn Co-op

Date: 1920
Description: Two men standing in a farmers' corn co-op. The sign reads: "Demonstration Corn Plat.; Farmers Co-operation; Demonstration Work; U.S. Department of Agricult...
Photograph

Man Operating Grain Binder

Date: 1920
Description: Right side view of a farmer driving a team of three horses to pull a Keystone grain binder in a field.
Photograph

Two Men Harvesting with International 8-16 Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Two farmers use an International 8-16 tractor and a threshing machine in a field.
Photograph

Two Men Plowing

Date: 1920
Description: Two farmers use an International 8-16 tractor with attached machinery to plow a farm field. Harvested bundles of the crop are in the distance.
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Men Harvesting Grain with Scythes

Date: 1920
Description: Three men harvesting grain with scythes. The men appear to be in period costume and are likely re-enacting harvesting methods of the first half of the 18th...
Photograph

Wisconsin Landscape

Date: 1920
Description: A view of a rolling rural landscape, most likely in Sauk County. In the far distance are houses and farm buildings, a church and a larger building, center ...
Photograph

Potato Field

Date: 1920
Description: A view of a potato field showing the rows of potatoes, with men standing near full bushels. Caption reads: "An Aroostook Potato Field. Houlton, ME."
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Man with Lime Sower

Date: 1920
Description: A man holding a shovel is opening the lid of a lime sower pulled by two horses. He is standing next to a lime pile in a field, and what appear to be haysta...
Photograph

Poor Drainage in Field

Date: 1920
Description: A man is operating an International 8-16 tractor around a wet area in a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. On the right is a tr...
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Men Loading Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: View across a field of two men loading corn into a horse-drawn wagon. On the right are corn shocks.
Photograph

Young Boy Harvesting Beans

Date: 1920
Description: A boy is holding a bushel basket while harvesting string beans in a field. A farmhouse and what appears to be a rabbit hutch or chicken coop are behind him...
Photograph

Collection of Agricultural Education Pamphlets

Date: 1920
Description: Poster board showing the covers of International Harvester Agricultural Extension pamphlets covering topics such as corn, silos, livestock, and crop divers...
Book or Pamphlet

Samson Tractor Harrow Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a brochure produced by the Samson Tractor Company, a division of General Motors Corporation, to advertise the Samson Tractor Harrow. The cov...
Book or Pamphlet

Samson Tractor Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a brochure produced by Samson Tractor Company, a division of General Motors Corporation, to advertise the Samson "Iron Horse." The cover fea...
Print

Waring Tractor-Cultivator Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Page of a mailer produced by the Smith-Waring Corporation of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to advertise the Waring tractor-cultivator. The advertisement feature...
Photograph

Highway 61

Date: 1920
Description: View from hillside of car driving down a winding road. Their are cornfields on both sides of the road.
Book or Pamphlet

Moline-Universal Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Interior pages of a pamphlet advertising the Moline-Universal tractor, featuring photographs of men using the equipment in farm fields in different states ...
Book or Pamphlet

Motor Cultivation

Date: 1920
Description: Interior pages of a pamphlet advertising the Parrett tractor titled: "The Need for Motor Cultivation." The pamphlet features three photographs of the tract...
Print

Cletrac Farming is Better Farming

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Cletrac tank-type crawler tractor featuring illustrations of the machine in use in farm fields; the image at left depicts plowing whi...

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