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Farmers Baling Hay with IHC Hay Press

Date: 01 15 1908
Description: Three men are posing in a field while baling hay with an IHC horse-driven hay press.
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Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
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Father and Young Sons on Farm

Date: 1919
Description: A father standing with his two young sons near a stationary engine. Many farm implements and equipment are lay in the yard.
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Three Men Operating Horse-Powered Hay Press

Date: 01 15 1908
Description: Three men working with a horse-powered hay press. The horse is on the right. There are bales of hay stacked in the background.
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La Crosse Tractor Plowing on Hilly Field

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Description: Man driving a La Crosse Happy Farmer tractor plowing in field up a hill with several men in long coats, suits, and hats watching nearby.
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La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor

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Description: Front three-quarter view of a man driving a La Crosse Happy Farmer tractor in a field plowing. Several men in long coats, suits, and hats are standing on e...
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Group of Men Watching Man Plow with Mogul 8-16 Tractor

Date: 1916
Description: Group of men watching as a man plows with a Mogul 8-16 tractor. Women and children stand on the left in the background. The event may be a demonstration.
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Well-Dressed Man with a P&O Plow

Date: 1920
Description: A man wearing a hat and overcoat is standing near a P&O plow with his hand on a lever.
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Tractor Powered Silo Filler

Date: 1915
Description: Two men wearing long overcoats and hats are standing directly behind a large tractor or stationary engine being used to power a belt-driven ensilage cutter...
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Testing a Corn Shocker

Date: 1915
Description: Two men using a team of two horses to pull a corn shocker through a farm field. Both men are wearing hats, and one of the men is wearing a long overcoat an...
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Crowd at Farm Sale

Date: 01 1924
Description: Large crowd gathered at a sale on the farm of Bert Dunbar. Harrows and other farm implements are on the snow-covered ground. Several automobiles are in the...
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Farm Equipment in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: Farm equipment, including a grain binder and mower, are lying in the snow outside a farmhouse. In the background on the right two children are standing nea...
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Cranberry Growers

Date: 10 1984
Description: Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries.
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Farm Implement used in Cranberry Fields

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Description: Newell Jasperson of the Whittlesey Cranberry Company with machinery used in cranberry fields. There is snow on the ground, and behind him is a parked autom...
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Elephants and McCormick-Deering No. 2 Manure Spreader

Date: 04 26 1923
Description: Two elephants pull a McCormick-Deering No. 2 manure spreader. One man is sitting on the head of the elephant on the far left, while another man stands on t...
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1980
Description: Man driving machine used to harvest cranberries on a flooded marsh.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Corn Planter Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering corn planters featuring photos of seeding disks and the with the text: "Planters for the Corn Belt."...
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Men with Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1965
Description: Two men, in waders, posing with cranberry harvesting equipment and freshly harvested berries. The berries have been loaded onto small barges.
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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 09 1972
Description: Unidentified man working to harvest cranberries. As the berries are picked from the bog they are deposited in a small barge that moves along with the harve...
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A Complete New Line for Industrial Power Users

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International Harvester Industrial Power, featuring a color illustration of a man operating an International TracTracT...

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