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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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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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Crew of Men with Husker and Shredder

Date: 1915
Description: A crew of men standing with a wagon and a husker-shredder near a barn. A sixth man in a dark coat and hat is standing under the ladder leaning against the ...
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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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Straub Barn — Interior

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

"Hay-making"

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company of a photograph of a group of men loading bales of hay onto a horse-drawn wagon. Some of the men ap...
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Stacking Timothy Hay

Date: 08 01 1895
Description: A group of farm workers, four men and four children, pose on the farm of H.D. Dutcher. The men are stacking a large pile of timothy hay, using a ladder to ...
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Hay Barn

Date: 1895
Description: Three men posing with an open-air hay barn. Two men stand in front of the barn near two horses, while one man stands on the roof of the barn.
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Garden and Farm Buildings

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Description: View from garden towards two women posing standing near the fence for a garden. Behind them, three men are displaying four horses. Another person in the ba...
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Men Operating Farm Machinery

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Description: Men operating a steam tractor and threshing machinery near farm buildings. Two men are posing on the right with the tractor. On the left a group of men are...
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Group of Men with Threshing Machine

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Description: Group portrait of a large group of men working with a threshing machine. In the left foreground is a belt connected to equipment (out of frame) that is run...
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Plastering Straw Stacks with Clay

Date: 1927
Description: Algerian men are plastering a straw stack with clay. Another straw stack can be seen on the right. Hills are barely visible in the distance. An out-of-focu...
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Farm Scene with Horses and Chickens

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Description: A man is displaying two horses among chickens in front of a barn. There is a dog standing in front of the horses.
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Threshering Operation

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Description: Men are using a tractor to belt-drive a thresher in a field. Women are standing near a ladder in the center. A man wearing a hat, long coat, and holding an...

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