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Barn Raising at Lars Davidsen Reque's Home

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Description: Barn raising at Lars Davidsen Reque's home. Crew members can be seen mortising freshly hewn timbers with a hand-operated boring machine. Men are also seen ...
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Family and Workers in Field

Date: 1895
Description: A large family group and workers pose in field in front of farming machinery and haystacks.
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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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Boys Working in Field

Date: 04 15 1925
Description: Boys using hand tools to work in a field. A mule-drawn wagon is in the background. They are all wearing hats and overalls.
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Preparation for Pit Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Three men working at a site for a new pit silo on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Poultry House Feed Bins

Date: 05 1924
Description: A man wearing a cap and overalls holding a burlap feed bag while standing near feed bins in the poultry house of Professor Holden. Tools are hanging from n...
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Man at Tool Cabinet

Date: 04 1926
Description: A man wearing a hat and denim jacket stands near a tool cabinet in a barn or workshop while looking through a drawer at Cutten Farms.
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Making Germination Boxes and Corn Racks

Date: 1917
Description: Rural school teachers using tools to make wooden germination boxes and corn racks outdoors in front of what is possibly a school building.
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Teachers Constructing Germination Box

Date: 1917
Description: Rural school teachers working outdoors using tools to construct a sawdust germination box for corn.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools Catalog

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure with the title "Make Good Work Easy with McCormick-Deering Tillage Tools." Flanking the cover photograph is a list of McCo...
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Men with Wagon

Date: 1909
Description: Two men standing by the wheel of a wooden horse-drawn wagon while another man is standing behind wooden bars on the wagon bed. A barn, additional buildings...
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Studio at Hickory Hill Farm

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of mechanics working with a farm machinery at International Harvester's Hickory Hill Farm.
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Factory Workers at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Male workers standing at stations positioned along a wall of windows inside the McCormick Reaper Works. A belt-driven power system is suspended from the ce...
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Four Workers Seated Below Parts Display

Date: 1910
Description: Factory workers sit on a wooden bench with a large wheel or gear resting on their legs below a display of implement parts, most likely at International Har...
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Harvesting Machinery

Date: 1883
Description: Inside spread of 4-page brochure featuring illustrations accompanying blocks of text explaining the features of Champion machines. The top left shows a man...
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Man with Scythe and Dog

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Description: A man is standing in front of a barn holding a scythe while sharpening it. A dog is in the foreground.
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Ancil Rich and Lamont Brooks Rich

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Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Ancil Rich and his nephew Lamont Brooks Rich. Full-length standing portrait, posed with farming tools. Ancil is holding ...
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Man Cutting Sorghum with Large Knife

Date: 08 24 1927
Description: A man is standing on a wagon or bench. He is cutting sorghum, which is in a large pile, with a large knife he is holding with both hands.
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Men Working on Assembly of Part for Cultivator

Date: 01 26 1921
Description: Men are working on benches in a factory to assemble parts for a cultivator. Three men are using hand drills. Parts are stacked on the far right.
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Construction Sequence

Date: 02 11 1921
Description: Two men are working in a factory. Other men are working in the background.

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