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Man Plowing Field

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Description: Man with two horses plowing a field.
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Picking Cotton

Date: 06 1931
Description: African Americans picking cotton on a large plantation in Virginia.
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Washburn Observatory on Observatory Hill

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Description: View up hill of Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The President's residence and a rear view of Bascom Hall are to the rig...
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Potato Harvest

Date: 1918
Description: Group of seven people seated in a field and eating raw potatoes. The family dog is also present.
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Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using what appears to be a mower drawn by two horses to work in a field. Farm buildings and other workers are in the background, as well as child...
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Ross Peak

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Description: A view of Ross Peak and wheat fields below, 10 miles from Bozeman. Caption reads: "Ross Peak, 10 miles from Bozeman."
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Tree-lined Dirt Road

Date: 1915
Description: A view looking down a tree-lined dirt highway, with an open field on one side and a mountain in the distance.
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Farm Scene

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Description: Three farmers scattered around a field strewn with piles of hay, and a man standing on a pile of hay on a wagon. There is a farmhouse and other buildings i...
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Wallin Brothers Threshing Rig

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Description: Crew of men harvesting grain using horses, a tractor and a thresher. Three men standing in the field at left are wearing suits and hats.
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Tommy Thompson on a Motorcycle

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Description: Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson wearing a leather jacket and riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle on a rural road. A cornfield can be seen in the backg...
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Hay Mowing

Date: 1947
Description: Young Ralph Quinney driving a horse-drawn hay-mower on his family's farm.
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Corn Cultivation

Date: 1947
Description: Yound Richard Quinney operating a tractor to cultivate corn.
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Harvesting Rice

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Description: View of a field of rice being harvested. A team of horses are pulling agricultural equipment, and several houses/outbuildings are in the distance. Caption ...
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Rice Shocking

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Description: Group portrait of people posing in a rice field, where they have been shocking the rice. A woman sits in a horse-drawn carriage, and in front of her, a you...
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Harvest Scene

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Description: View of a large team of horses pulling harvesting equipment. Several men are on the harvester. Caption reads: "A Harvest Scene At Beautiful Rio Vista, Cali...
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Mule-Drawn Harvester

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Description: A large team of mules is shown pulling a harvesting machine in a field of grain. Several agricultural workers are on the harvesting machine. Caption reads:...
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Thrashing Rye

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Description: Several agricultural workers are shown thrashing rye. Three men are loaingd rye near a thrashing machine, which is operating. Several other men and a pair ...
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Harvesting Grain

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Description: Agricultural workers are shown harvesting grain in the vicinity of Madill. Horse-drawn wagons full of grain are near a large pile of grain. Harvesting or t...
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A Duck Farm

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Description: A view of a fenced area with ducks. Across the road is a cornfield. A telephone or electric line runs along the road from the right into the distance on th...
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Hop Yard

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Description: View of a field of hops. Caption reads: "Hop Yard, Independence, Ore."

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