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Poster

McCormick "Westward" Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Advertising poster showing color illustration of pioneers on a bluff overlooking a McCormick binder harvesting grain in the valley below. The poster bears ...
Photograph

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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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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Man Driving Horse-Drawn Reaper in Valley

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view of field, trees, and valley with farm buildings in background. A man is driving a horse-drawn reaper in a field in the foreground.
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Bear Town Mountain

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Description: Bear Town Mountain from Cherry Hill. A man and a horse-drawn wagon are posing near homes that are scattered through the valley setting.
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Norwegian Mountain Village

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Description: Elevated view of a town and body of water in a valley in Roldal, Norway. Two people in a horse-drawn vehicle are in the foreground on the road leading from...
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Mule Train

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Description: View downhill of a mule train with mail and freight in the mountains on the Fairbanks-Valdez Trail. Published by A.J. Johnson and Hall's Book Store. Copyr...
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Man Using a Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. In the background are hills and a valley.
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Man Using Mule-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view down hill towards man sitting on a mule-drawn binder in a field. In the background is a valley.
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Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view across field with sheaves of wheat towards two men standing near a horse-drawn binder. A valley with buildings and trees is in the backgroun...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field surrounded by a fence. Two men in the background near the fence are collecting sheaves of hay...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Binder in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: View down slope of hill towards a man standing in a field and working near a man who is using a horse-drawn binder in a field. A valley and hills are in th...
Photograph

Three Men with Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards three men with a horse-drawn binder. The man on the left is wearing a suit and hat and is carrying a case. The man on t...
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Man on Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across partially harvested cornfield of a man on a horse-drawn corn binder. Behind the horses is a tower structure, perhaps for a windmill. The cornfi...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Binder in Field on Hill

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill towards a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a hilly field. Three men are standing on top of the hill on the right. On the left is ...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Push Binder Header on a Hill

Date: 1900
Description: View along side of hill towards three men standing in the field. Behind them further up the hill is a man using a horse-drawn push binder header. A valley ...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 63

Date: 
Description: You came to know that book by its covered distance,
well remembered by the measure
of the trudging barefoot mile
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a horse-drawn mower on a hill. In the background is a tree further down the hill, and in the distance is a...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man using a horse-drawn binder on top of a hill. In the background is a valley and farm buildings below. Shocks of ...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: View looking down towards a man using a horse-drawn mower on a hill. Behind the horses are trees and bushes below on the edge of the hill. Far below on the...

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