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Farm Laborers with Reaper

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Description: A crew of farm laborers taking a break from harvesting wheat while a young woman is offering food and drinks. They are posing in front of a reaper with the...
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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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International 15-30 H.P. Tractor

Date: 1921
Description: International 15-30 H.P tractor running an International 28 x 46 thresher on a rural farm. The tractor was purchased by Oscar Krueger in 1920. The threshe...
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International 8-16 Tractor in front of Barn

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Man in the seat of an International 8-16 tractor on the farm of E.V. Babcock. Mr. Babcock was mayor of Pittsburgh at the time.
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African American Farm Laborer at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young man sitting in a planter drawn by two mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
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Woman Carrying Straw

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Description: Woman carrying straw into a log shed. The straw is probably bedding for cattle.
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Feeding a Calf

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with Bertha Gesell feeding a calf from a pan.
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Horses and Central-rig

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Description: Men are in a farmyard (possibly at a sorghum mill) with horses hitched to a central-rig. A haystack, barn, wagons and farm machinery are in the background.
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Women and Children Watch Men Work in Field

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Description: Children, men with hats, and women with parasols, are watching men work in a field with a horse-drawn plow and other agricultural equipment. A house is in...
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Workers in newly Sprouted Grain Field

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Description: Farm workers are in a newly sprouted grain field with a harvest rake and a grain cradle. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing on the left watching the ...
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Farm Laborers with Reaper

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Description: A crew of farm laborers take a break from harvesting wheat while a young woman offers food and drinks. They are posed in front of a reaper with the family ...
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Cranberry Drying and Storage

Date: 1934
Description: Two workmen stack crates of cranberries in an open air drying shed. The original caption which was supplied by the Agriculture Department noted that Wiscon...
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Green Pea Combine

Date: 1969
Description: A pea combine in use on an unidentified Wisconsin farm.
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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 09 1934
Description: Harvesting cranberries at the Cranberry Lake Lake Development Company in Wood County.
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Crop Sprayer

Date: 1913
Description: A horse-drawn power sprayer being used on truck crops in the Racine area.
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Harvest by Hand

Date: 1921
Description: Men cutting and gathering grain by hand. One man appears to be holding a scythe, or possibly a cradle.
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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 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...
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Drying Sisal Fibers in Cuba

Date: 1949
Description: Women wearing straw hats spread sisal fibers out to dry on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Native women are s...
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Bundling and Transporting Fiber

Date: 1949
Description: Workers bundle and transport fiber at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Bundling the dry fiber or transporting ...

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