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Husking Corn

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of the Krueger family husking corn. From right to left are: Mary, Sarah, August, Florentina, and Jennie Krueger. A dog is lying on the ground...
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Alfalfa Field "The Manx"

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Description: Photographic postcard view across harvested field towards a man holding a rake and standing next to a horse-drawn wagon, and two women in the wagon sitting...
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Group of People Posed Along Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of people posed in commercial area on a wooden sidewalk. Leigeois Bar, Implement Store, and Blacksmith Shop. Joseph Leigeois is shown in the fo...
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Husker and Shredder Crew at Barn

Date: 1913
Description: Men working with wagons and husker-shredder near a barn. The husker-shredder is powered by a Titan 18-35 tractor. A dog is walking by a fence, and milk can...
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Farmer with Dog Loading Kemp Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic view of farmer with dog loading manure onto horse-drawn Kemp No. 1 20th Century manure spreader at the base of a hill on farmland.
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Men and Boys Waving near McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of men and boys waving in a field. One man is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder. Another man and a boy are in a horse-drawn bug...
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Stacking Timothy Hay

Date: 08 01 1895
Description: A group of farm workers, four men and four children, pose on the farm of H.D. Dutcher. The men are stacking a large pile of timothy hay, using a ladder to ...
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On the Hay Wagon

Date: 1932
Description: Leland Kopps holds a dog as he poses standing with his father John on top of a load of hay. A team of two horses are harnessed to the wagon which pulls a h...
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Manure Spreader

Date: 1908
Description: Alexander and August Krueger spreading manure with a Litchfield spreader pulled by a three horse team. August is sitting on top of the spreader with the fa...
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Young Boy with Dog in Carriage

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Description: A young boy and a dog sitting together in a horse-drawn carriage. The buggy top is pushed back but not folded.
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Threshing Operation

Date: 07 15 1925
Description: View across field towards three men working with a McCormick-Deering threshing machine. One man is standing on the thresher near the chute, which is shooti...
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Group Portrait of Family

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Description: Family posing with implements for farming. Men are standing on the right with a team of two horses and agricultural equipment. In the background a man, you...
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"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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