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N.C. Wyeth Depiction of McCormick Reaper Demonstration

Date: 1931
Description: Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh...
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Food Storage

Date: 1931
Description: Jars of food are stored in an opened cabinet within a farmhouse kitchen.
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Breakfast Nook

Date: 1931
Description: Two benches, and a table covered with a cloth is set with a vase of flowers and a creamer dish, are standing beneath curtained windows in a farmhouse break...
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Woman in Farmhouse Living Room

Date: 1931
Description: Miss Lielle Geddis sitting in a rocking chair while reading an issue of "Country Gentleman" magazine in the living room of her home.
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Grading the Road

Date: 1931
Description: Men using horse-drawn and gasoline powered road equipment work on Highway 80 near Rockbridge. A wooded bluff rises steeply behind a farmhouse. Barns, a sil...
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Gustave A. Schulz House

Date: 1931
Description: Vines cover trellises on two porches of the Schulz house, a large wood frame Victorian farmhouse. There is fretwork in the gables and a band of decorative ...
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Jens L. Gregerson Farm Tourist Home — Highway 16 East

Date: 1931
Description: Farmhouse with accommodations for tourists. There are bushes and trees in the lawn, and a bench and lawn swing.
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Atop a Windmill

Date: 1931
Description: View from below of Alexander Krueger standing on top of a windmill on the Krueger farm.
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Below a Windmill

Date: 1931
Description: Florentina Krueger, Elna Krueger, and William Sommerfeld posing next to the base of a windmill, while Edgar Krueger is standing on the first row of support...
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Wern Farms

Date: 1931
Description: Aerial view of a farm complex, including a farmhouse and several large buildings. Caption reads: "Wern Farms, Waukesha, Wis."

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