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Tall-tale Postcard: A Carload of Corn

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of flatbed train car holding a giant corn cob. Additional train cars and tracks visible in the background. Red text in the upper left corner r...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Bringing in the Sheaves

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a farm scene with giant produce. A man and a woman stand on top of a giant ear of corn, resting on a horse-drawn cart. Around them are mor...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Our Watermelons Grow Big

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a horse-drawn cart that is hauling giant watermelons broken down in the middle of a road. The driver of the cart inspects the broken wheel ...
Photograph

Man on Horse-Drawn Mower near Farm

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is sitting on a mower pulled by two horses in the middle of a field. Two other men appear to be herding cattle along a path beyond the field. A fa...
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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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Union Railroad Station

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Description: Slightly elevated view of people walking through the main lobby of the Union Railroad Station, built in 1914. A fruit and candy shop with a soda fountain i...
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IH Kansas City Branch House

Date: 1925
Description: Train cars rest on tracks leading past International Harvester's Kansas City branch. Farm equipment stands on loading dock on the side of the building, and...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. Two men and a young boy are standing in the background holding sheaves of ...
Photograph

American Eagle Model A-129

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of an American Eagle Model A-129. The tail identifier reads: "5691." The airplane body has a distinctive steel texture w...
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American Eagle Model A-101

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Description: Left side view of an American Eagle Model A-101, a light 2/3-seat biplane, sitting in a field. There is a man sitting in the rear cockpit wearing an aviato...
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American Eagle

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Description: Rear view of an American Eagle sitting in a field. The tail identifier reads: "5321." The airplane body has a distinctive shiny steel texture with a circul...
Photograph

American Eagle Model A-129

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Description: Right side view of an American Eagle Model A-129 sitting in a field. The tail identifier reads: "6520." The airplane body has a distinctive shiny steel tex...
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American Eagle Model A-101

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Description: Right side view of an American Eagle Model A-101, a light 2/3-seat biplane, sitting in a field. The tail identifier reads: "5839." Four men are posing with...
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American Eagle Model A-129

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Description: Left side view of an American Eagle Model A-129, a three-seat open-cockpit sports/utility biplane, sitting on a runway. A man is sitting in the rear cockpi...

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