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Poster

Deering Grain Binder Advertising Poster

Date: 1883
Description: Color chromolithograph illustration for the Deering All-Steel Binder with steel bundle carrier, produced by William Deering & Co. Includes an illustration ...
Photograph

Farm Family Posing in Yard of Home with Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 
Description: Farm family posing around a house and yard, with the patriarch sitting in the seat of a mower behind two horses.
Photograph

Family and Workers in Field

Date: 1895
Description: A large family group and workers pose in field in front of farming machinery and haystacks.
Photograph

Barn Raising at Paddock Farm

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view of a barn raising on the farm of Alva Paddock in the township of Salem on Geneva Road, Highway 50.
Photograph

Farm Hazard: Chopping Wood

Date: 1926
Description: A man demonstrates the farm hazard of chopping wood.
Photograph

Maintaining International Harvester 5488 Tractor

Date: 1981
Description: Color photograph of a man working on an International Harvester 5488 tractor with maintenance doors open on farmstead. There are silos in the background.
Photograph

Preparation for Pit Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Three men working at a site for a new pit silo on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
Photograph

Poultry House Feed Bins

Date: 05 1924
Description: A man wearing a cap and overalls holding a burlap feed bag while standing near feed bins in the poultry house of Professor Holden. Tools are hanging from n...
Photograph

Farm Irrigation

Date: 1920
Description: A man crouching in a farm field near a wooden tool, possibly doing irrigation work. A dirt road behind the man leads to several buildings and a water tower...
Photograph

Dangers of TNT

Date: 08 1927
Description: A man holding a metal instrument approaching a tree stump to inspect why a dynamite blast did not go off.
Photograph

Man Adjusting 10-20 Tractor

Date: 05 1926
Description: A man is adjusting the hitch of a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor with a hook while working in a field at International Harvester's experimental farm.
Photograph

Man at Tool Cabinet

Date: 04 1926
Description: A man wearing a hat and denim jacket stands near a tool cabinet in a barn or workshop while looking through a drawer at Cutten Farms.
Photograph

Men with Wagon

Date: 1909
Description: Two men standing by the wheel of a wooden horse-drawn wagon while another man is standing behind wooden bars on the wagon bed. A barn, additional buildings...
Photograph

Fence Post Removal

Date: 1915
Description: A man uses a "handy device for pulling old fence post" (original caption).
Photograph

Men Building a Barn

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Description: Outdoor scene of a crew of men building a barn. A smaller building is next to the tower structure for a windmill.
Photograph

Removing Stumps on Uhrenholdt Farm

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Description: A group of men remove a large stump with the help of horses and a winch on the family farm.
Photograph

Killing Hogs

Date: 
Description: Rheinhardt Schmidt, August Krueger, Alex Goetsch, and Fred Hannaman standing in front of farm buildings, next to hogs hanging from a tree.
Postcard

Workmen Build a Stone Wall

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of three workmen building a stone wall next to a shed.
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Advertising Cuts — Hardware, Wire Fencing

Date: 1913
Description: Features at the top an illustration of a tools. Cut reads: "Hardware and Tools." The bottom illustration shows a woman standing at a fence. Cut reads: "Wir...
Photograph

Drilling a Well

Date: 07 1901
Description: Two men drilling a well in the Will's woods using a cable tool drilling rig powered by a team of two horses. One man is standing next to the drill holding ...

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