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Husking Corn

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of the Krueger family husking corn. From right to left are: Mary, Sarah, August, Florentina, and Jennie Krueger. A dog is lying on the ground...
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Kruegers Husking Corn

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Description: August, Mary, Tina, Saraphina, Jennie and Edgar Krueger husking corn.
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Harvesting Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Harvesting scene with groups of men, women, and boys and multiple reapers hitched to oxen. Foothills or mountains are in the background, behind a row of t...
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Men Harvesting Grain with Self-Rake Reaper

Date: 1905
Description: A man operates a horse-drawn self-rake reaper in a field while another follows behind with a rake. A girl approaches from the side with a jug in her hand.
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Harvesting Cotton

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Description: Two children pose near a pile of harvested cotton, location unknown. Nearby, another child stands next to a woman picking cotton.
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Picking Cotton

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Description: A group of agricultural workers in a cotton field near Temple. Two men use a weighing device to weigh a bushel basket full of cotton. Two small children ar...
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Picking Cotton

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Description: A group of agricultural workers picking cotton in a field.
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In the Cotton Field

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Description: A group of agricultural workers and their children pose with a wagon full of cotton in a cotton field, location unknown. Caption reads: "In The Cotton Fiel...
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Picking Hops

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Description: A group of agricultural workers picking hops. The hops are being put into large wooden baskets. In the center several people are pouring the contents of on...
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Picking Peanuts

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Description: Agricultural workers picking peanuts. Caption reads: "Picking Peanuts In Isle Of Wight, Va."
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Men and Child With Automatic Self-Rake Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: A girl wearing a dress and hat is carrying a metal pail towards men using a McCormick automatic self-rake reaper in a field.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1900
Description: Men, women, and children are sitting and standing in a cranberry bog, with Castle Mound in the background. A number of crates are scattered throughout the...
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Workers Stripping Barley from Stalks

Date: 1910
Description: Workers in a field stripping barley grains from the stalks. The workers are all wearing blue clothing, and some are wearing wide-brimmed hats. The bundles ...

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