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Women and Children in Field with Walking Plow

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: Two women and two young girls in a field with an ox-driven walking plow. Original caption reads: "This picture was not taken in Egypt nor India nor Africa ...
Book or Pamphlet

Case Centennial Plow Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising the Case Centennial Plow. The brochure is titled "Plows on Parade" and tells the history of the steel plow business t...
Photograph

Farming With Oxen

Date: 
Description: Farming in Cuba, with two oxen pulling a plow through the field, and a few wooden structures with thatched roofs in the background.
Photograph

Harvesting with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Men use a McCormick grain binder to harvest a crop on a hill overlooking a valley. Town buildings are on a hill in the far background. Two women and two ch...
Photograph

Jacob Plow

Date: 1910
Description: From Carrie's journal from Palestine: "There were many terraced hills, covered with olive orchards. Men, women and children were gathering the olives, clim...
Photograph

Man Using Ox-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man using an ox-drawn mower. In the background are the ruins of an abandoned house.
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People Harvesting with Hand-Scythes

Date: 1900
Description: Men harvesting in a field with hand-scythes near a man driving a ox-drawn binder behind them.
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Team of Oxen in Front of Sod Shanty

Date: 1885
Description: Team of oxen in front of a sod shanty on the Dakota plains. Two men stand behind the team on the right. The animals are hitched to a plow.
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Plowing with Oxen

Date: 09 1946
Description: Team of oxen pulling a hand plow with farmer, Oscar Sayles, walking behind. The animals are named Tom and Jerry.
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Plow Drawn by Teams of Oxen

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Description: A man is standing near a plow drawn by four teams of oxen. Location: France.

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