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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Wooden Picket Fence

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Description: View down side of wooden picket fence in a residential section of town. There is a wooden bench against the fence, and stalks of corn can be seen just over...
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Farm Buildings

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Description: View across harvested field, of what was probably corn, of frame house and barn.
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Field with Workers

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Description: View from grassy field of a field of crops on a low slope. The crops are supported by wire or rope attached to posts at the end of each row. There are work...
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Berry Bushes

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Description: View down row of what may be a field of berry bushes. A wood post in the foreground on the right has wire or rope supporting the row of plants. Trees and h...
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Elderly Woman and Girl Sitting Near Cornfield

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Description: Portrait of an elderly woman, and a young girl on her left, each sitting in a chair in front of a wire fence. Behind the fence is a cornfield.
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Field Work at Luke's Nursery

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Description: Slightly elevated view of plants supported with stakes in a field. There is a water tower in the background on top of a hill on the right. People are worki...
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Tobacco Field

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Description: A tobacco field next to a wooden building.
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Binder and Threshing

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Description: View across field towards three men operating a binder and threshing machinery pulled by a team of four horses.
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Threshing Scene

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Description: View across field towards men working with two threshing machines, each pulled by a team of horses wearing flynets. There is a boy on the left standing nea...
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Plowing Scene

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Description: View across field towards a man sitting on a plow pulled by a team of four horses.
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Threshing Scene

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Description: A group of men are standing and working around a thresher.
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Threshing Scene

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Description: View towards six men posing standing in and on top of a large haystack. In front of the haystack is a man standing on a large pile of hay on a wagon near t...
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Women Displaying Horses

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Description: Outdoor view of two European American women posing standing and displaying two horses in a field. There is a wooden building in the background.
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Milk Maid

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Description: View towards a woman wearing a dress and a bonnet posing standing and holding a pail near cows. There are fields on the left and right, and wooden building...
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Strawberry Fields at Lake's Nursery

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Description: A view of the strawberry fields at Lake's Nursery located north of Harrison and Tenth Streets. In the foreground is a rake standing upright in the ground. ...
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First Water

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Description: View across empty field towards a field with fences and vegetation, and a cylindrical tower next to a field of vegetation.
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Field of Leafy Greens

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Description: View of a field of leafy greens. A farm is in the background.
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Man in a Field of Vegetation

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man standing in a field of vegetation, perhaps tomatoes. He is wearing a suit, and a boater hat.

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