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Harvesting Hemp

Date: 1912
Description: A man in a field gathering long stalks of hemp into a bundle. The hemp was used to produce binder twine.
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Picking Cotton in Field

Date: 
Description: African American workers picking cotton in a cotton field. Possibly in Mississippi.
Photograph

Rear View of a Farmall MV in Field

Date: 1943
Description: The caption for this photograph states that this Farmall MV tractor is "shown at work on the 2800-acre Triangle Farm near McCall, Louisiana, some 1800 acre...
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Rear View of Farmall MV Working in Field

Date: 1943
Description: The caption for this photograph states that this Farmall MV tractor is "shown at work on the 2800-acre Triangle Farm near McCall, Louisiana, some 1800 acre...
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Side View of Farmall MV at Work

Date: 1943
Description: The caption for this photograph states that this Farmall MV tractor is "shown at work on the 2800-acre Triangle Farm near McCall, Louisiana, some 1800 acre...
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Rear Side View of Farmall MV in Field

Date: 1943
Description: The caption for this photograph states that this Farmall MV tractor is "shown at work on the 2800-acre Triangle Farm near McCall, Louisiana, some 1800 acre...
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Farmall MV on Farm

Date: 1943
Description: The caption for this photograph states that this Farmall MV tractor is "shown at work on the 2800-acre Triangle Farm near McCall, Louisiana, some 1800 acre...
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Farmall MV Harvesting Sugar Cane

Date: 1943
Description: The caption states the "Farmall MV shown is owned by C.R. Tschirn of Donaldsville, Louisiana, who operates a 350-acre farm, 225 acres of which were in suga...
Photograph

Farmall MV Unloading Sugar Cane from Trailers

Date: 1943
Description: The caption states the "Farmall MV shown is owned by C.R. Tschirn of Donaldsville, Louisiana, who operates a 350-acre farm, 225 acres of which were in suga...
Photograph

Farmall MV Waits while Sugar Cane is Unloaded from Trailer

Date: 1943
Description: The caption states the "Farmall MV shown is owned by C.R. Tschirn of Donaldsville, Louisiana, who operates a 350-acre farm, 225 acres of which were in suga...
Photograph

Rear View of Farmall AV Working in Field

Date: 1943
Description: The caption to this photograph indicates that Edward Aucoin of Belle Alliance, Louisiana, is operating a Farmall AV.
Book or Pamphlet

Picking Cotton

Date: 06 1931
Description: African Americans picking cotton on a large plantation in Virginia.
Photograph

Farmers with Large Haystack

Date: 
Description: Several farmers posing with a very large haystack. A man identified as "Uncle Dave" is standing on top of the hay.
Poster

War Poster Promoting Farm Jobs

Date: 
Description: Poster depicting a young shirtless man pitching hay with text that reads: "Put your muscle on a war basis! Sign Up For A Farm Job ... at your local U.S. Em...
Photograph

Threshing with Engine and Horses

Date: 12 20 1907
Description: Men are working with horses, a threshing machine, a push binder(?) and stationary engine in a field. A group of men and women with a horse-drawn buggy are ...
Photograph

Farmer and Workers Harvest Grain with McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field, while workers are gathering sheaves of grain. The farmer is holding a raised switch.
Photograph

Men Examining McCormick Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1899
Description: Several men appear to be examining a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder as it sits in a field. One man in work clothes is sitting idle on the seat of the b...
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Farmer and Farmhand Harvesting Grain with McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a McCormick horse-drawn right hand open elevator grain binder (?) in a field while another man is gathering the bound sheaves of grai...
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Fairchild Grain Elevator

Date: 12 28 1906
Description: Landscape photograph of the Fairchild grain elevator on a winter's day. There are workers steering two horse-drawn carts in the foreground.
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I-14 Tractor and Beam Sprayer in Apple Orchard

Date: 1940
Description: Three men operating an International I-14 industrial tractor and a 300-gallon beam sprayer in an apple orchard. One man is sitting on the tractor while the...

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