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| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the blacksmith shop at Walnut Grove farm where Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) invented and built his first reaper in 1831. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | W.J. Miller mowing his field with a horse-drawn No. 7 mower. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a barn and its two attached silos. Adjacent to the barn there is a fenced-in area with two horses and a rider wearing a hat. Farm located ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A small herd of Holstein cows graze in a field. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Farm of Frank Johns of Hastings, Florida. Two men wearing hats are standing among stacks of filled burlap bags. There is a birdhouse on the right atop a lo... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man using a Farmall tractor to pull a McCormick-Deering windrow harvester in a field of rye. Original caption reads: "Elliot A. Pritchar... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance to the Devi-Bara Resort. There is sign on the fence that reads, "Saddle Horses - 1/2 block" and another sign on a tree denoting that t... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View across yard of three people standing on the porch of the two-story Northern Lakes Hotel on Rest Lake. There is a stone chimney and brickwork around th... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the road and entrance to Mercer Tourist Park on Grand Portage Lake showing the fences, road and buildings. The larger building on the left has a st... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A wagon and crates full of cranberries sitting in the shade in a field. A group of people harvesting cranberries are in the background. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Two metal rowboats are pulled up on the shoreline of Lake Wilipyro. The lake and trees on the opposite shore are visible in the background. A small animal... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View across water of people standing on the shoreline and a dock. Two people are in a boat on the lake. Cooper Cottage is visible on land and another dock ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Teacher Marian Violet Metcalf, center, stands among her students as they prepare to roast marshmallows at the school picnic. Picnic baskets and a large mar... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a group of pupils from the Dyer School fishing from the banks of a stream "about a mile south of school." They are using long can... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | The Smith School, Joint Districts 5 and 7, Towns of Medina and Deerfield, stands on a rise. It is a small brick structure with enclosed front porch, square... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A simple sign over the front door identifies the one-room Fairbanks School. A flag hangs from a pole mounted on the roof. The top of the door is ornamented... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View from side of road towards main building of Nettland's Roll Inn, with a service station, restaurant and registration office for their campsites. A grou... |
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