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Christian Turck House

Date: 1900
Description: Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant.
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Farmers Unloading Corn into Barn

Date: 1941
Description: Delmer Miller is standing in a farm wagon while farm hand, Gus Setser, is shoveling corn from the back end. The wagon is hitched to a Farmall H tractor and...
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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man weighing a milk can on a new Toledo scale at the H.M. Zander Creamery.
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Farmyard with Implements

Date: 1878
Description: Family in farmyard with farm implements, including a grain seeder and a threshing machine. Men are standing on top of hay in a wagon. Farm buildings and a ...
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Men on Chimneys

Date: 1874
Description: A unusual scene on an unidentified farmstead probably located near Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin. A family is posed in the yard of a frame house, as is usual...
Magazine or Periodical

Case Centennial Advertisement

Date: 1942
Description: Magazine advertisement celebrating the centennial of J.I. Case Co. of Racine, Wisconsin. The advertisement features a photograph of a contemporary tractor ...
Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne World's Fair Souvenir

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back of an advertising folder produced by the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features illustrations of a young gi...
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Horse-Drawn Reaper with Windmill

Date: 1905
Description: Two men, two women and a boy harvesting grain with an early McCormick reaper. A windmill is in the background. The photograph may have been a staged re-ena...
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McCormick Dealership in Ontario

Date: 1913
Description: A group of four men are standing outside the Newell McCormick Implements and High Class Vehicles dealership in Ontario, Canada. A motor car is parked in th...
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Chattanooga Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers working at tables, and long wheeled carts full of implement parts at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Factory Workers at Chattanooga Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers working at tables, and long wheeled carts full of implement parts at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Indian Head Golf Club

Date: 1932
Description: A groundskeeper uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor to care for the golf course at Indian Head Golf Club. A group of people are playing golf in the ba...
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Workers and Foremen (?) Posing in Field with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of men in suits, presumably foremen or supervisors, and several men in work clothes, are in a grain field. Most of the men in suits are either sitt...
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Husker and Shredder Near Barn

Date: 1912
Description: A man operating a Husker-Shredder near a barn and silo. The husker-shredder is powered with a belt connected to an engine.
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Farmer Operating Corn Binder

Date: 1914
Description: Farmer operating a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. Two silos and a barn are in the background.
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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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Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using what appears to be a mower drawn by two horses to work in a field. Farm buildings and other workers are in the background, as well as child...
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Individuals in a Field

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Description: Two men rest in a field, with other individuals visible in the background. There appears to be a child on a horse on the left, and a group in a horse-drawn...
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Men with Cows and Cream Separator

Date: 08 18 1922
Description: Two men are standing and holding a bull and a cow on the farm of Jerry Bacon. An International Harvester cream separator is between the men, and a barn is ...
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Men Working on Silage Operation

Date: 1902
Description: Several men working on silaging operation with a husker and shredder in front of a barn. Men are standing on wagons moving grain, and full bags are leaning...

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