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Second Herman Amberg Preus Spring Prairie Parsonage

Date: 1869
Description: This is the second Herman Amberg Preus Spring Prairie parsonage. Four men in the foreground pose with rakes and tools. One man sights along a shotgun. Oth...
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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.
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Mogul Jr. Engine and Keystone Corn Sheller

Date: 1915
Description: A man in open doorway of a farm building using a Mogul Jr. 1 H.P. stationary engine to power a belt-driven Keystone corn sheller.
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Powered Elevator with Silo

Date: 1916
Description: A farmer with a team of two horses working with an elevator or silo filler near farm buildings and a silo. A Titan stationary engine is powering the elevat...
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Engine Powered Silo Filler

Date: 1915
Description: Men using a stationary engine to power a silo filler. Two men are loading the silo filler while another man is standing in a horse-drawn wagon. Another man...
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Mogul Stationary Engine

Date: 1916
Description: Men standing in a farmyard with a Mogul engine running what appears to be a belt-driven ensilage cutter, which is near the open door of a barn.
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Engine Powered Elevator

Date: 1915
Description: Farmer using a Titan engine to power an elevator into a corn crib from a wagon.
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Men Baling Hay Inside Barn

Date: 1913
Description: Men standing inside a barn and use an International Motor Baling Press, or hay press to bale hay.
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Men Filling Barn with Hay

Date: 1915
Description: Men loading hay into a barn with the help of an International 15-30 tractor. In the foreground a man is standing near the tractor.
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Engine Powered Hay Press

Date: 1919
Description: A man baling hay with a hay press powered by an International Type M engine. Bales of hay are loaded on flatbed behind men observing on the left.
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Men with International Motor Hay Press

Date: 1915
Description: Men baling hay with engine powered hay press.
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Engine-Powered Saw

Date: 10 1923
Description: A man wearing overalls and a cap is using a saw powered by a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine to cut wood on International Harvester's Hinsdale expe...
Postcard

Chipping Wood on the Farm

Date: 
Description: An early wood chipper with belts and a steam engine is closely watched by the William Fiebelkorn farm workers. The postcard is addressed to Anna Fiebelkorn...

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