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Farmer's Birthday

Date: 07 07 1983
Description: John Fitzsimmons and Barton Voegeli take a break from discing the fields to eat the birthday cake that Voegeli's wife made to celebrate the occasion.
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Hammer Mill Used on Wilke Farm

Date: 1931
Description: A man using an International Harvester No. 1 Hammer Mill on the farm of Herman Wilke.
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Farmer with Steel Husker and Shredder

Date: 1930
Description: Robert Romley uses a steel husker and shredder near a silo and barn on his farm.
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Steel Shredder

Date: 1930
Description: Men use a Farmall tractor and a steel husker-shredder(?) on the farm of Robert Rawley.
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Farm Buildings

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Description: View across lawn of a Quonset hut-style building and metal grain bin. A barn and other farm buildings including a silo are on the right. To the left is a f...
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Townsend Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1916
Description: Advertisement for the Townsend heavy duty 12-20 horsepower tractor featuring three photographs of the tractor at work on a farm along with testimonies from...
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Maintaining Engine Temperature Diagram

Date: 1916
Description: Inner pages of a booklet advertising Townsend oil tractors featuring a diagram of the equipment along with a paragraph of text entitled: "Maintaining Right...
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Townsend Tractors Advertisement

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Description: Advertisement for the Townsend Tractor Company entitled: "Townsend Tractors Can't Be Beat When It Comes to Steady Belt Power."
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Townsend Oil Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Townsend Oil Tractor featuring an illustration of a man using a telescope to watch another man rake in a pile of money. The headline ...
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Ruins of Tornado on Eugene Hull Farm

Date: 09 21 1931
Description: Destroyed farm building next to a standing barn. Agricultural equipment is in the foreground.
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J. Thompson & Sons Advertisement

Date: 1860
Description: Advertisement for plows, cultivators, harrows, corn planters, mowers, rakes, sulkies and gangs.
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Ford and Fordson Exhibit

Date: 1924
Description: View across field towards a large canvas tent set up for the Ford and Fordson Exhibit by the Rock County Authorized Dealers. There are a number of Fordson ...
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Man Harvesting Corn with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 09 09 1948
Description: View across harvested field towards a man using a wagon and an ensilage harvester drawn by a Farmall M tractor on 132 acre farm of A.W. Reisseeum. In the b...

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