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Farm Wife Brings Lunch to Her Husband in the Field

Date: 1970
Description: Ingrid Bengtson bringing lunch to the field to help her husband, Norman, get the planting done faster. They are having lunch on top of the McCormick Intern...
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Farmer's Birthday

Date: 07 07 1983
Description: John Fitzsimmons and Barton Voegeli take a break from discing the fields to eat the birthday cake that Voegeli's wife made to celebrate the occasion.
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Turkey Farm

Date: 1940
Description: A farmer standing near a tractor amidst turkeys at Reif Turkey Farm. The original caption reads: "Mr. Glenn Reif uses Farmall H for general farm work, belt...
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Man on Manure Spreader in a Field

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic view from the rear of man on manure spreader drawn by two horses in field.
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Manure and Manure Spreaders on Farm

Date: 08 08 1908
Description: Men loading horse-drawn manure spreaders on farm land.
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Man Operating Manure Spreader on Farmland

Date: 1911
Description: Panoramic view of man operating a horse-drawn manure spreader on farmland close to farmhouse and farm buildings.
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Farmer with Dog Loading Kemp Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic view of farmer with dog loading manure onto horse-drawn Kemp No. 1 20th Century manure spreader at the base of a hill on farmland.
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Gus Borg with Titan Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Man with a Titan tractor on farmland.
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Men Loading Hay Into Wagon

Date: 1911
Description: Two men loading hay onto a horse-drawn wagon in a field. A farm dog is standing nearby.
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Men with International Motor Hay Press

Date: 1915
Description: Men baling hay with engine powered hay press.
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
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Man Loading Wagon with Corn Stalks

Date: 10 22 1922
Description: Man in field loading a horse-drawn wagon with silage corn.
Book or Pamphlet

Men with Corn Harvest

Date: 1908
Description: Men with a mule team pulling a wagon beside bins filled with ears of corn. One of the men appears to be holding a goose near the pile of corn.
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Woman at Wood Pile

Date: 1923
Description: A woman, possibly Anna Neary, gathering pieces of chopped wood in her arms as she kneels near a wood pile on the A.E. Bancroft farm.
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Young Man Sitting on Hay Rake

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a young man sitting on a horse-drawn dump rake pulled by a team of horses. In the background are hills.
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Man with Hay Tedder

Date: 07 05 1935
Description: Farmer in a field with a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering hay tedder.
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Workers Raking Hay

Date: 1937
Description: Man with a horse-drawn hay rake in a field. Other field workers gather hay by hand in the background. Original caption reads, "raking heavy timothy hay int...
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Man on Reynolds Tedder

Date: 1919
Description: Man on a Reynolds hay tedder pulled by team of work horses. Another man stands supervising. In the far background beyond a fence are two separate farmstead...
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Man Riding on Hay Rake

Date: 1936
Description: Man seated on hay rake pulled by two work horses. Original caption reads, "raking alsike clover with new McCormick-Deering Sulky rake owned and operated by...
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Three Men Harvesting Corn

Date: 1900
Description: Three men are harvesting corn in a field. One of them is operating a horse-drawn corn binder. In the background a woman is standing holding a child in the ...

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