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Steam Tractor with Sod-breaking Plows

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a steam tractor on the right, probably a Linnell, attached to sod-breaking plows steered by two men on the left. Behind them...
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Ed Linnell on Steam Tractor

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Description: Ed Linnell stands on a steam tractor. Steam drives the horizontal piston, just behind the smokestack which runs the flywheel, on opposite side, which spu...
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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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Railroad Depot

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Description: Men approaching a train at the railroad depot carrying farm machinery from the J.I. Case Company.
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Self-Binders in a Field

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Description: Two teams of horses pull two self-binders through a field. The self-binder came into use after the reaper, both of which were superceded by the combine.
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Farmers Threshing

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Description: Numerous farmers participate in the threshing of grain. Left is the straw stack, center is the threshing machine and wagon to haul it to the granary, and r...
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Farmers and Threshing Machine

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Description: A group of eight farmers resting on or near a wooden threshing machine.
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Two Men and Threshing Machine

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Description: Two men stand near a threshing machine.
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Blowing Grain Into Barn

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Description: A blower is attached to a steam tractor by a belt and blows grain into a barn. A man stands by the tractor while others stand on the blower near the barn.
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Threshing Crew

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Description: A team of horses working with a steam tractor and threshing machine next to conical stacks of grain.
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Threshing Crew in a Field

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Description: A crew works with a steam tractor and threshing machinery in a field.
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Men Working With Tractor and Threshing Machinery

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Description: A crew of men inspect a tractor next to a barn, while other men work with a threshing machine in the background.
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Threshing Team

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Description: A crew of farmers work with threshing machinery and a team of horses.
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Farm Group Posing in Field

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Description: A group of men and women stand in a field with a stump extracting rig.
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Girl With Team of Horses

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Description: A girl stands with two horses turning a winch, probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J. H. Carnahan.
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Group Posing Near Winch

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Description: Five men and four girls stand, while one girl poses on a winch turned by a team of two horses. The winch is probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J. H. Carnah...
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Men and Horse Teams Working in a Field

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Description: Teams of men and horses work in a field. Two smokestacks and additional agricultural machinery are visible in the background.
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Men With Steam Machinery

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Description: A group of men use steam machinery to clear a field or saw lumber. In the foreground, men stand on a horse-drawn wagon and sled.
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Windmill

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Description: View of a farm with machinery attached to the bottom of a windmill. Windmills were usually used to pump water for livestock. The water was pumped into a ta...
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Farmers with Team of Horses

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Description: A farmer drives a team of three horses hitched to a manure spreader. Another man stands next to the team, holding an additional horse by its reins.

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