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Men Standing on their Heads

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Description: In the foreground, two men are doing headstands while another man is holding their legs together over his head. Women and children are watching from behind...
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G. Gullockson Farmstead

Date: 1876
Description: View, from above, of what may be the G. Gullockson farmstead. A frame house is in the left foreground, with a large group of men, women and children standi...
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Cattle Drive In Alma

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Description: Farmers driving their cattle to a stockyard near the Burlington Depot, a weekly occurrence.
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Men in Field Pointing at Livestock

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Description: Two men are in a field in the foreground, one sitting in a carriage, one standing next to it, and both men pointing to the background. There we see cows, h...
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Hogs on Main Street

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Description: Boy herding hogs through town on Main Street, probably on the way to the stockyards near the railroad station on the east side of the Black River. Storefro...
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Feeding Hogs

Date: 07 1923
Description: A farmer is standing on a wagon shoveling ear corn to hogs in a nearby pen.
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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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Livestock Judging at Union High School Agricultural Fair

Date: 10 05 1912
Description: Elevated view of crowd around horses during livestock judging. In the background are fields, a road, power lines, and in the far distance along the horizon...
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Man Feeding Cows

Date: 1947
Description: A man takes bales of hay from a wheeled cart and places them in a wooden livestock feeder. Farm buildings and a herd of cows are behind the man.
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Man Feeding Cows

Date: 1947
Description: A man fills troughs with silage for a herd of cows at a farm. The text on the wheeled container holding the feed reads: "McCormick-Deering."
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Harvesting Hay

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Description: A man is piling hay onto a wagon pulled by oxen.
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Harvesting Hay

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Description: Two men are shown harvesting hay, loading it onto a wagon pulled by a team of oxen. A steep hill with a small footbridge is in the background. Caption read...
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In the Cotton Field

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Description: A group of agricultural workers and their children pose with a wagon full of cotton in a cotton field, location unknown. Caption reads: "In The Cotton Fiel...
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Loading Sugar Cane

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Description: Agricultural workers loading sugar cane onto a cart pulled by two donkeys. Caption reads: "Loading Sugar Cane, Morgan City, LA."
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Dangers while Unhitching Horses

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man unhitches horses from a wagon. Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Department to illustrate the dangers of leaving one tug un...
Painting

Seifert Painting

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of farm.
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Man Smoothing Dirt Road

Date: 02 15 1915
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat is standing on a wooden grader while driving two mules along a dirt road. Beside the road behind him are cows in a fenced-in f...
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Stock Days

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Stock Days. Horses and wagons loaded with livestock are lined up in a row on the snowy street. On the right is a train decorated with Amer...
Book or Pamphlet

Fleetstar Advertising Brochure Back Cover

Date: 1962
Description: Back cover of a brochure advertising International Harvester's Fleetstar semi-truck. The cover features text describing the vehicle and an illustration of ...
Photograph

Stock Day

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Description: Elevated view of horses and wagons on the road at Stock Day. There is a cattle pen in the foreground.

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