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Farmers Threshing Grain

Date: 10 05 1928
Description: Elevated view of farmers threshing grain in a field with a belt-driven McCormick all-steel thresher run by a Farmall tractor. One person is working inside ...
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Indians Thresh Wheat

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Description: Indians thresh the first wheat at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
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Three Men Haying

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Description: Three men with a wagon are on the left, with a barn, broken fence and farm implement on the right.
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Threshing Scene

Date: 1905
Description: View across field of threshing scene, with steam-powered threshing machine and horse-drawn wagons. A large group of workers pose with men in suits. On the ...
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Sweep Horsepower Threshing

Date: 1890
Description: Sweep horsepower threshing. Men and products lined up near the machinery with a large haystack on the left.
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International Machines on Australian Farm

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Description: Men on an Australian farm use an International Harvester engine and hay press, and a Sterling thresher.
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Farmers Threshing

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Description: Numerous farmers participate in the threshing of grain. Left is the straw stack, center is the threshing machine and wagon to haul it to the granary, and r...
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Grain Stacks

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Description: Two of four conical grain stacks which were arranged in "settings" of four to permit all four to be threshed from a single "setting" or position of the thr...
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Farmers and Threshing Machine

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Description: A group of eight farmers resting on or near a wooden threshing machine.
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Two Men and Threshing Machine

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Description: Two men stand near a threshing machine.
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Threshing Crew

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Description: A team of horses working with a steam tractor and threshing machine next to conical stacks of grain.
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Threshing Crew in a Field

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Description: A crew works with a steam tractor and threshing machinery in a field.
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Threshing Team

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Description: A crew of farmers work with threshing machinery and a team of horses.
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Farm Workers and Equipment in Barnyard

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men are working in front of a barn. The equipment includes wagons, a steam engine, thresher, shovels, and extra wheels on the right. One of th...
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Crew of Men with Husker and Shredder

Date: 1915
Description: A crew of men standing with a wagon and a husker-shredder near a barn. A sixth man in a dark coat and hat is standing under the ladder leaning against the ...
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Experimental Harvester-Thresher

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Description: Side view of a man using an experimental No.127 SP harvester-thresher (combine) in a field. Mountains are in the far background. The original caption read...
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Farm Dangers

Date: 08 1927
Description: A farmer is standing on the edge of a wooden wagon pitching hay into a running thresher, demonstrating an unsafe operating position.
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Threshing on August Krenke Farm with First Gas Engine

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Description: Three men from the Frank Otto threshing crew. Seated in foreground is Richarrd Krenke. In the background is Ed Fink of Antigo, and to his left is Bill Henc...
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Threshing Crew on Krenke Farm

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Description: A threshing crew of men pose on tractors and threshing equipment on the Krenke farm. The tractor is powered by an engine and the threshing machine is pulle...
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Frank Otto Threshing Crew

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Description: A group of farmer workers stand with pitch forks in front of the first gas engine for threshing on the August Krenke farm. A horse-drawn vehicle is also vi...

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