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Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
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Combine Thresher and Tractor

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Two men are posing on a Nichols & Shepard combine thresher and Hart Parr tractor.
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Williamson Family Poses outside with Grandmother

Date: 1873
Description: A family poses in a yard around a table. The grandmother appears to have an embroidery hoop in her lap. In the background on the right is a grindstone. Fur...
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Blaney Farms Shed with Heater

Date: 05 05 1947
Description: Blaney Hybred Seed Co. farm buildings, showing Despatch Super Convection Heater built by Despatch Oven Company, Minneapolis.
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McCormick Grain Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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McCormick Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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No. 2 Ensilage and Forage Blower

Date: 1947
Description: View across farmyard towards a man working with a No. 2 ensilage and forage blower near a barn and two silos. Bowman dairy farm.
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Man Using No. 2 Ensilage Harvester with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: View across harvested cornfield towards a man using a Farmall M tractor to pull a No. 2 ensilage harvester and wagon and box on the Bowman Dairy Farm. Farm...
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Oscar Mayer Farm

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Description: An man is using a pitchfork to move silage off of a wagon into what may be an ensilage cutter, which is near a silo and barn at the Oscar Mayer farm.
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West German Farmers Visit Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 06 17 1960
Description: A group of 75 West German farmers visit Madison on a week-log tour of mechanized farming operations in the Midwest. The group stops at the Bowman Farm Dair...

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