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IH Demonstration Farm at Aberdeen

Date: 07 1930
Description: Farm buildings are on either side of a dirt road at an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Mrs. Gillespie Feeding Chickens

Date: 06 1930
Description: Mrs. Gillespie using a metal bucket to feed a flock of White Leghorn chickens outside a farm building on an International Harvester demonstration farm. A s...
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Farmhouse, Animals, and Family

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Description: View of a family posing near their farmhouse and animals. One woman rides a horse-drawn Bain-Wagon, from Bain works, established in 1882. A man stands in f...
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Stommel Barn — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: Marge Stommel shows off some chickens that she is raising.
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Cutting Off Chicken Legs

Date: 04 1927
Description: Person's hands cutting the legs off a recently plucked chicken with pruning shears. A can of Sterno is in the background.
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Grulke Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Steve and Nancy Grulke and children, Alison, Cassandra, and Paul, live at W2346 Zion Church Rd (Section 30). Steve has lived here all his life. Steve and N...
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J.C. Witmer Farm

Date: 07 13 1925
Description: A group of men use a tractor and horse-drawn manure spreaders in a barnyard on the farm of J.C. Witmer. The tractor appears to have a "Lessman" loader.
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Spiegel Family Butchering Chickens

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Description: Six men of the Spiegel family stand outdoors around a long wooden table butchering chickens. The table is covered with large steel pots and pieces of meat....
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Panamanian Women Grinding Corn

Date: 12 1942
Description: Indigenous Panamanian women grinding corn at Yawissa, near the Chucunaque River in Panama. Two women wearing wrapped fabric around their waists are grindin...
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Churning Butter

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Description: Woman using a dasher churn to make butter. She is seated on the stoop of a house and a young girl watches behind her.
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Haying

Date: 1929
Description: Oscar Steinkopf and his horse Jim. They are haying on Steinkopf's 40-acre farm. The photograph was taken by Alvin Steinkopf, Oscar's son, a Milwaukee journ...
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IH Sales Flyer: "My Customers"

Date: 1940
Description: Sales flyer with the title: "My Customers," featuring a cartoon of a mother hen (salesman) with her chicks (customers). Banners and corn cobs are labeled w...
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 05 1947
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring a color illustration of a man in a uniform driving a truck, with a farm in the background. Includes t...
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Belle City Incubator Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Belle City Incubator Company of Racine, Wisconsin, manufacturers of hatching equipment. Includes illustrations of an egg incubator and a ...
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A.K. Porter Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of A.K. Porter, a poultry breeder and egg dealer from Shawano, Wisconsin, with an image of a rooster and a chicken. Printed on lined note paper.
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J.F. Riemer Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of J.F. Riemer, a poultry breeder of "S.C. Rhode Island Reds, S.C. Buff and Brown Leghorns, Barred and White Rocks, and S.C. Black Minorcas," fr...
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Canning Chicken at Holden's Farm

Date: 1925
Description: Two women working at P.G. Holden's Farm canning chicken. On the table there is canning equipment, chicken, and open cans.
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C.W. Klein Farm

Date: 05 30 1916
Description: Farm yard and buildings as seen from a rural road. Original caption: "This farm has been farmed by tenant for at least 10 years. Present tenant J.T. Siebel...
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Bintzler Farm

Date: 06 1949
Description: "Pat Bintzler feeds chickens on her parent's, Herb & Elvira, farm."
Painting

Burch-Bolden Family Homestead

Date: 1906
Description: This oil painting is a fine weave cotton support (perhaps a bed sheet). It is signed and dated (1906) and depicts an early twentieth century rural southwes...

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