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Man on Ladder Repairing Farm Building

Date: 1925
Description: R.A. Hayne on a ladder repairing a barn door.
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Uncle Herman's Farm

Date: 08 02 1903
Description: Group of well-dressed people posing outdoors at Uncle Herman's farm. Harry Dankoler is the man in the middle holding the shutter release mechanism. On the ...
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Building a Barn

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Description: Two men are leaning on a fence in the foreground, with other men behind them in a field. Men on scaffolding and ladders are building a barn with a cupola. ...
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N. Lunde Farm

Date: 1874
Description: View framed by trees of a barnyard at the N. Lunde farm. Cattle and three men are standing in an enclosed yard in front of a barn with a cupola. One of the...
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Boys Doing Gymnastics in Field

Date: 1874
Description: Three young men doing gymnastics in a field near a cow, with other people standing and posing behind them. Two people are in a wagon. In the background are...
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Family in Yard of Large House

Date: 1898
Description: View across yard towards a man sitting in a chair, with two woman standing on the left and right. The two women are wearing black dresses with white bows t...
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Building a Barn

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Description: Two men are leaning on a fence in the foreground, with other men behind them in a field. Men are on scaffolding and ladders build a barn with a cupola. Oth...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Onion Mound

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of several farmers working to lift a giant onion onto the flatbed horse-drawn cart. Beside them is a giant mound of onions with a ladder leani...
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Thresher

Date: 1917
Description: A group of farmers feeds grain into a thresher with a horse-drawn wagon nearby.
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Mogul 10-20 H.P. Tractor with Silo Filler

Date: 1916
Description: A group of men use the power take-off of a Mogul 10-20 H.P. tractor to operate a silo filler.
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Men Using Steel Husker and Shredder

Date: 1930
Description: Men use a steel husker and shredder and a Farmall Regular tractor on the farm of J. Peter Peterson.
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J.F. Mosher Residence

Date: 1886
Description: Mosher family standing in front of the J.F. Mosher residence. From the left are J.F. Mosher, daughters Celia Belle, Rhoda Adelaide, and Bertha May, son Her...
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Men Baling Hay with Horse-Powered Hay Press

Date: 1910
Description: Men baling hay near a barn using a horse-powered hay press.
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Hay Press Inside Farm Building

Date: 1914
Description: Men baling hay with a hay press inside the open door of a barn. One man is weighing a bale in the foreground. Another well-dressed man appears to be a visi...
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Men Filling Silo

Date: 1916
Description: Two men are loading silage into ensilage cutter and blower to fill a silo.
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Men Filling Silo

Date: 1918
Description: Men are using a silo filler powered off of a belt attached to a tractor.
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Children Climbing Windmill

Date: 04 23 1926
Description: Two girls climb the base of a windmill surrounded by farm buildings.
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Man Climbing Ladder

Date: 03 11 1926
Description: A man climbing a wooden ladder placed on snow-covered ground. The ladder is leaning against a barn at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Schmitt Barn — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: Ron and Sandy Schmitt stand in the doorway of their barn.
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Straub Barn — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: This antique corn sheller is still in working condition in the Straub barn.

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