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Diagram of McCormick's Reaper

Date: 1867
Description: A diagram of McCormick's cultivator-reaper, which was patented in 1845. The illustration, titled "The Cultivator" depicts a man using a rake to remove the ...
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Men on Horses in Barnyard

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Description: Two men are on horseback near a man sitting on a dump rake in a barnyard with the barn in the background. Another man is standing near a horse on the right...
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Family Playing Croquet near Farmstead

Date: 1878
Description: A family is posed in farmstead front yard playing croquet and looking at a farmer on a horse-drawn sulky cultivator in cornfield.
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Village Blacksmith at Pioneer Village

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Description: A man in a plaid shirt and heavy apron holding the hoof of a horse in one hand, and a long file in the other. They are surrounded by metal wares and metal ...
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Diorama of Development of Grain Harvesting Machines

Date: 1944
Description: An exhibit depicting the development of grain harvesting machinery at the Northwestern University Technological Institute. The exhibit includes scale model...
Painting

Sweet Clover School

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Description: Exterior view of Sweet Clover School near the end of the school year in late April or early May. Cows graze in an adjoining pasture and a farmer is complet...
Photograph

Cranberry Harvest Party

Date: 1885
Description: Large group of cranberry harvesters posing with implements. Many of the individuals are wearing boutonnières and corsages made from cranberry sprigs. Many ...
Photograph

Farmall M at Cheyenne Frontier Days

Date: 1947
Description: View across ring towards a Farmall M pulling a peg-tooth harrow at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo. Two men are riding on horseback near the tractor. Peop...
Photograph

Tractor-Drawn Cultivators in Field

Date: 04 30 1927
Description: View across field towards ten or more men on tractors pulling cultivators. The men are lined up behind each other, and on the far left is a man on horsebac...
Photograph

Tractor-Drawn Cultivators in Field

Date: 04 30 1927
Description: View across field towards ten or more men on tractors pulling cultivators. The men are lined up behind each other, and on the far left is a man on horsebac...
Photograph

Tractor-Drawn Cultivators in Field

Date: 04 30 1927
Description: Rear view looking down field towards a large group of men on tractors pulling cultivators in a field. The men are spaced equally across the width of the fi...
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Farmall-Drawn Mower

Date: 10 05 1928
Description: View across golf course towards a man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a mower. In the background on a hill behind a fence, cows are grazing.
Postcard

"Hammer the Hun" Parade

Date: 1917
Description: A children's parade is marching down a street. In front are several boys dressed in overalls and carrying pitchforks and other farm implements. Behind them...

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