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Men Work on Streetcar Power Lines with International Model H Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Two men working on trolley car electrical wires (catenary) in the middle of a street. The men are standing on a platform in the back of an International Mo...
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University of Wisconsin Coeds

Date: 1920
Description: University of Wisconsin students sitting on the base of the Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill.
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Russian Man Plowing Field with Homemade Harrow

Date: 1920
Description: Man guides a homemade harrow through a field with a horse. The original caption reads: "Primitive methods of agriculture in Russia (Volga region)."
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Farm Couple

Date: 1920
Description: Farm couple seated together outdoors on the lawn, his arm around her shoulders.
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S.W. Truesdell Home

Date: 1920
Description: The home of photographer S.W. Truesdell. A man is standing in the snow in front of the fence near a horse and sleigh.
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Farm Demonstration

Date: 1920
Description: A group of farmers listening to a talk by an agricultural extension representative (probably the man on the left).
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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.
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Farmer in Barnyard with Milk Cans

Date: 1920
Description: A farmer stands in a barnyard holding a milk can.
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International G-61 Pipe Company Truck

Date: 1920
Description: International Model G-61 truck parked on the side of a dirt road where several men spread gravel(?) for the Shenandoah Valley Pipe Company.
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International G-61 Pipe Company Truck

Date: 1920
Description: International Model G-61 truck parked on the side of a dirt road where several men spread gravel(?) for the Shenandoah Valley Pipe Company. The trailor att...
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International F-31 Truck for Geo. E. Morse Farms

Date: 1920
Description: International model "F" or "31" truck operated by Geo. E. Morse Farms of Ladora. A man stands behind a barbed wire fence with tools in his hand near the t...
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International F-31 Truck

Date: 1920
Description: International model "F" or "31" truck with a man in the driver's seat. Buildings in the background may be that of a small farm or house.
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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...
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Three People with Horse and Buggy

Date: 1920
Description: A woman in a dress is talking to two men in hats who are riding in a horse and buggy. They are in a field near a tree.
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Seven Ho-Chunk Men in Field

Date: 1920
Description: Outdoor group portrait of seven Ho-Chunk men standing outdoors in a cranberry bog, They are holding the hand scoops used to harvest cranberries. The long n...
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Man with International Friction Drive Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Man standing next to an International friction drive tractor, parked in the snow next to a farm building.
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John Quinney

Date: 1920
Description: John Quinney, Richard Quinney's grandfather, standing in front of a horse-drawn harrow on the fields of his farm.
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Well-Dressed Man with a P&O Plow

Date: 1920
Description: A man wearing a hat and overcoat is standing near a P&O plow with his hand on a lever.
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Tractor Pulling P&O Plow

Date: 1920
Description: Tractor pulling a P&O plow in a field.
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Man using Horse-Drawn Walking Planter

Date: 1920
Description: A man is using a walking planter pulled by a work horse or mule through a field.

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