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Workers Hauling Sisal Leaves

Date: 1910
Description: Workers hauling sisal leaves with rail carts and burros to a decortication mill in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The mill was likely part of Internation...
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Harvesting Grain

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards farm workers posing while harvesting grain. Two McCormick grain binders are being drawn by mules in the distance.
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Man Sitting on McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Well-dressed man in a field sitting in a McCormick grain binder drawn by mules.
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Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 08 14 1929
Description: Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium foundation under construction. 1202 Northport Drive. J.P. Cullen, Contractor.
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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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Farmer with Walking Planter

Date: 1925
Description: Farmer in a field walking behind a P&O planter drawn by a mule. There is an automobile on a road near a house behind a fence in the background.
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Farmer with McCormick Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Farmer in a field using a McCormick mower drawn by two mules.
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Mule Drawn Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Corn binder hitched to two mules in field in Algeria. In the distance are low hills. One bearded man, wearing what appears to be a full-length hooded jella...
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Cotton Market

Date: 02 09 1915
Description: A group of wagons filled with cotton bales in the street at market.
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Hauling Alfalfa

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Description: W.L. Trammel drives a mule-drawn wagon full of alfalfa.
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Deering Reaper

Date: 1914
Description: A farmer driving four mules pulling a Deering reaper.
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Push Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A farmer uses a team of six mules to power a push binder through a field. The farmer is shaded by an umbrella. The advertisement on the umbrella reads: "Ha...
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Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1917
Description: A farmer is using a large team of mules and horses to pull a harvester-thresher (combine) through a field.
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Grain Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A man leads two mules pulling a McCormick grain binder.
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Boy and Mule with Experimental Implement

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: A bare-footed boy sitting on the seat of an experiment farm implement holds the reins of a mule pulling him through a field.
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Weighing Cotton

Date: 1920
Description: Men weigh(?) bales of cotton on a wooden platform, while other men load or unload bales onto a wagon drawn by mules.
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Men with Cotton Bales

Date: 1920
Description: Men lead two mules in hauling a wagon full of cotton bales near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform.
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Cotton Bales on Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: Two men place a bale of cotton on top of a pile on the back of a mule-drawn wagon. They are near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform...
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Boy Driving Weber Wagon

Date: 1930
Description: A young boy leading two mules in pulling a Weber wagon full of corn.
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Alice in Dairyland Parade

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Mr. Vollerud of Hollandale portraying Daniel Boone on a mule during a parade in Highland to celebrate the crowning of Margaret McGuire as Wisconsin's first...

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