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Steam Tractor with Sod-breaking Plows

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a steam tractor on the right, probably a Linnell, attached to sod-breaking plows steered by two men on the left. Behind them...
Photograph

Plowing the Fields

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Description: Farmer plowing a field with two horses.
Photograph

Farmers with Horse-Drawn Walking Plows

Date: 1919
Description: Two men plowing a field with horse-drawn walking plows. The photograph was taken for, or compiled by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Depar...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Plow Competition

Date: 1913
Description: Two men appear to be competing in a plowing competition with horse-drawn walking plows. Onlookers and automobiles are in the background. The photograph was...
Photograph

Man Operates Oliver No. 36 Plow

Date: 1913
Description: Man operating an Oliver no. 36 horse-drawn walking plow in a field with factory buildings in the background. The photograph was taken for, or compiled by I...
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Man Operating Oliver No. 1 Gang Plow

Date: 1911
Description: Man operating an Oliver no. 1 horse-drawn gang plow as another man and a boy look on. The plow was produced from 1911 to 1916 by the Oliver Chilled Plow Co...
Photograph

Farmer with Horse-Drawn Oliver No. 82 Plow

Date: 1913
Description: Man operating an unidentified Oliver plow, with no. 82 moldboard, drawn by two horses. The photograph was taken for, or compiled by International Harvester...
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Farmer with Horse-Drawn Oliver Plow

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Farmer working in a field with an Oliver plow drawn by three horses.
Photograph

African American Farmers with Horse-Drawn Plows

Date: 1918
Description: Two African American farmers in a field operating horse-drawn walking plows.
Poster

Chattanooga Slat-Mold Plow Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Chattanooga slat-mold walking plows featuring color illustration of the implement. Also includes an inset illustra...
Photograph

Farm Plow

Date: 04 10 1935
Description: Two horses pull a spring tooth harrow. The farmer plans to plant barley.
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Russian Man Plowing Field with Homemade Harrow

Date: 1920
Description: Man guides a homemade harrow through a field with a horse. The original caption reads: "Primitive methods of agriculture in Russia (Volga region)."
Photograph

Women and Children Watch Men Work in Field

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Description: Children, men with hats, and women with parasols, are watching men work in a field with a horse-drawn plow and other agricultural equipment. A house is in...
Print

Randall Harrow Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertisement for the Randall Harrow, manufactured by the Warrior Mower Company. Features a color illustration of a farmer using the harrow in a field.
Book or Pamphlet

Chattanooga Plow Company Catalog

Date: 1918
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Chattanooga Plow Company of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Includes an illustration of a man with a horse-drawn walking pl...
Book or Pamphlet

Cotton King Disk Harrow Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Cotton King disk harrows sold by International Harvester. Features an illustration of a view framed by trees and a fenc...
Photograph

New Deering Disc Harrow

Date: 05 22 1913
Description: Right side view of a man using a horse-drawn Deering disk harrow in a field.
Photograph

Farmer with Horses in Field

Date: 06 12 1924
Description: A farmer using a Chattanooga walking plow drawn by two horses.
Photograph

Farmer in Field Plowing

Date: 1924
Description: A farmer is sitting on the seat of a Chattanooga plow pulled by four horses.
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Man with Chattanooga Reversible Plow

Date: 1924
Description: Rear view of a man plowing a field with a Chattanooga reversible(?) plow pulled by four horses.

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