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Canning Corn

Date: 1927
Description: Husband and wife canning corn in kitchen using Burpee Can Sealer.
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Woman Operating Cream Separator

Date: 11 1919
Description: Mrs. Robert Viall operating a belt-driven cream separator. The separator is powered by an International engine.
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Woman Chopping Wood

Date: 06 1923
Description: Woman chopping wood on the farm of E.A. Bancroft.
Book or Pamphlet

IHC Cultivator Catalog

Date: 1914
Description: Advertising catalog for International Harvester cultivators. Features an illustration of a woman feeding birds.
Photograph

Man Pumps Water from Well with International Engine

Date: 1930
Description: Man pumping water from a well with a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 HP engine.
Photograph

Woman Candling Eggs

Date: 06 1925
Description: A seated woman candling eggs at Holden Farm.
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Zula Belle Walker with Poultry Flock

Date: 1917
Description: Six year-old Zula Belle Walker of McDonald Chapel, Jefferson County, feeding her mongrel flock of poultry.
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Boy Feeding Chickens

Date: 1914
Description: A boy is feeding a flock of chickens near a fence and a barn. Two horses are standing inside the open doorway of the barn.
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Inexpensive Poultry House

Date: 1914
Description: A young child feeding a flock of chickens outside of a poultry house. A farmhouse is in the background.
Photograph

"Let's Get a Good Cow"

Date: 02 1914
Description: A woman wearing a bonnet and apron kneeling in a field to milk a cow.
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Farm Family on Bales of Cotton

Date: 1921
Description: A couple with two children sitting on a bale of cotton in a barnyard posing for a portrait.
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Horse-Powered Saw

Date: 1925
Description: Photographic illustration of two men cutting wood with a saw powered by horses on a treadmill. The horses and treadmill were added by an artist's drawing.
Photograph

Dutch Farmhouse

Date: 01 21 1924
Description: View across field towards a Dutch farmhouse. A dog is sitting in the foreground, and chickens are running near a building, and a woman is standing under a ...
Photograph

Engine Powering Various Farming Machinery

Date: 1910
Description: Man and woman (husband and wife?) with machinery powered by stationary engine.
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Man and Boy on Manure Spreader in Field

Date: 1911
Description: Man and boy (possibly father and son) on farmland near a cornfield operating a horse-drawn No. 3 Clover Leaf manure spreader. A barn is in the background.
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Men Loading Manure Spreader

Date: 09 28 1910
Description: Two men loading manure into a horse-drawn manure spreader.
Photograph

Men and Boy with Kemp Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic view of man on horse-drawn Kemp No. 2 20th Century manure spreader. Sitting on the ground on the left is a man and young boy (possibly father and...
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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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Man on Manure Spreader Pulling Out of Barn

Date: 1910
Description: Farmer on a horse-drawn manure spreader pulling out of barn. Another farm building is on the left. A small girl, possibly a daughter, is peering out from b...
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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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