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Wooden Picket Fence

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Description: View down side of wooden picket fence in a residential section of town. There is a wooden bench against the fence, and stalks of corn can be seen just over...
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Cornfields

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Description: Cornfield and views of houses from a hill.
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Group with Cows in front of House

Date: 1905
Description: Two boys, each with a cow, posing in front of a house and standing on the lawn framing a woman and young child standing on a board sidewalk.
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Two Women and Baby in Field

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Description: Two women playing with a baby while reclining on a blanket in a farm field with two carriages in the background.
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Three Doored Barn

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Description: A barn with three open doors. Through the main door to the barn, hay is visible.
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Man and Cattle

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Description: A man, possibly Virgil Taylor, is standing in a pen that is holding two short-horned cattle, one of which is drinking or eating from a bucket.
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Girl Watching Cows

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Description: A young girl stands in a field watching cows.
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Girl With Cow

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Description: A girl holds a cow by a rope as it grazes. In the background, a large, two-story house is visible.
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Grazing Cow

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Description: A Holstein cow grazes in a field.
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Farmer Feeding Hogs

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Description: A farmer is carrying buckets, presumably to feed his hogs that are following him in the pen.
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Men Plowing Field

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Description: Probably a first plowing of land after the trees and stumps have been removed by grubbing. Many roots still remain, and the "breaking plow" turns a wide fu...
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Men on Hay Wagon

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Description: Two men stand atop a wagon of hay that is pulled by a horse. One man holds a pitchfork while the other holds the reins.
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Man with Plow Driving Team

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Description: A man stands with a team of horses ready to plow a field.
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Woman and Man on Farm

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Description: A woman stands with her hand on one of a team of two horses hitched to a wagon overflowing with hay. Additionally, a man stands nearby attending to another...
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Farmers on Hay Wagon

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Description: Two men stand atop a hay wagon, one holding the reins of a two-horse team wearing fly-nets and one presumably holding a pitchfork. Another man stands on th...
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Group of Men With Hay Wagon

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Description: A man stands on top of a hay wagon holding the reins of a two-horse team with a child sitting at his feet. Another man and a boy also pose on the wagon pre...
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Four Men Posed in front of Hay Wagon

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Description: Four men stand in front of a hay wagon that is pulled by a two-horse team. One of these men could be H. John Dietrich.
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Man Cultivating Field

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Description: A man uses a hand cultivator in a field of what could possibly be onions.
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Family Scything in a Field

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Description: Three men scythe a field, possibly of wheat. Behind the men there are three children and a woman standing in a row.
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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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