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Farm Scene

Date: 1940
Description: Farmhouse with several barns, a silo, and a windmill surrounded by fields and a bright, cloud strewn sky.
Photograph

Farmall M with Number 8 Bottom Plow

Date: 1940
Description: Rear view of a man using a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor with a Number 8 bottom plow to do field work on a hillside. Farm buildings are in the backgr...
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Wm. Harris Estate Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Two men handle bags near a barn. One of the men is standing on a wooden ramp leading up to the open barn door, the other is standing in the back of an Inte...
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Iowa Farm

Date: 1940
Description: The William Langenbaw farm, viewed against a cloud-filled sky.
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Man Milking Cows

Date: 1940
Description: Roger Thomas uses a McCormick-Deering milker on a Holstein cow at the Lee Thomas farm.
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Stone Barn

Date: 1940
Description: A crowd has gathered at a well preserved large stone barn with a cupola. Two men with cameras watch the scene from a hatch in the roof; there is a van wit...
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The Farm Kitchen

Date: 1940
Description: A barn, windmill and shed on the grounds of The Farm Kitchen, a restaurant near Baraboo and Devil's Lake State Park. Stones line a parking area, and a swin...
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Hunters with Deer

Date: 1940
Description: A group of 14 hunters poses in front of seven field dressed deer which hang from a rack made of metal pipe. There is a barn in the far background, left, an...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for tillage tools, featuring a photo of a man in a field with a Farmall M tractor and a disk harrow. Also includes the text...
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International D-30 Truck at Lumber Mill

Date: 1940
Description: Lumber is loaded onto the bed of an International D-30 truck parked at a lumber mill. A team of oxen pulling a load of timber stands near piles of cut lumb...
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Construction Crew on Silo

Date: 1940
Description: Construction crew on Kastenmeier farm. They are standing at the top of a silo they are building. A barn is on the left and a shed is on the right. Names fr...
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Sport, the Family Dog

Date: 1940
Description: Sport, the family dog, sitting in the middle of the driveway. In the background is a car parked next to a garage or farm building, with a stack of lumber i...
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Mr. Bagley on Farmall M

Date: 1940
Description: Alden G. Bagley driving a Farmall M pulling a wagon loaded with barrels of seed potatoes. Behind him is his 6,000 barrel storage house.

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