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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...
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T-20 TracTracTor and Subsoiler in Field

Date: 10 02 1934
Description: Man pulling a subsoiler with a McCormick-Deering T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). A note with the original print reads: "not a McCormick-Deering subsoil...
Photograph

Young Girl on Farmall F-12 Tractor

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Eighteen-year-old Juanita Washington operating a McCormick-Deering Farmall F-12 with attached plow. According to the original caption, Ms. Washington "regu...
Photograph

Farmer with Horse-Drawn Oliver Plow

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Farmer working in a field with an Oliver plow drawn by three horses.
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Actors on McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Man and a young girl plowing a field with a McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor in the Fox Film production "Our Daily Bread".
Photograph

McCormick 634 H-W-D Tractor

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Description: Color photograph of a man plowing a field in Great Britain with a McCormick 634 H-W-D tractor.
Photograph

Boy Sitting on Chattanooga Plow

Date: 1924
Description: A boy is sitting on a Chattanooga plow pulled by horses, and perhaps a donkey, in a field. Another boy is on the right in the background.
Photograph

Man on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: A farmer is using a Farmall H tractor to work in a hilly field. Shocks of corn are behind the tractor.
Print

DYRR 4 Gang Disk Model N Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the DYRR 4-gang model N disk plow. Includes the text: "Farmers who use our implements are our best salesman."
Book or Pamphlet

Yuba Ball Tread Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Model 12-20 Yuba ball tread tractor featuring a photograph of two men using a tractor and plow in a farm field. Tr...
Photograph

Spring Planting

Date: 04 1987
Description: "Paul O. Koll readied his hilly terrain for spring planting."
Photograph

People in Front of Farm Buildings

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Description: In the center is a man posing sitting on a plow pulled by a team of two horses. In front of him is a dog, and another dog is lying behind the plow. Standin...
Photograph

Family with Horse-Drawn Plow

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Description: A woman and child are posing sitting on a plow steered by a man standing on their right. The two horses are standing on the left. In the background is a tr...
Book or Pamphlet

Canton Plows Advertisement

Date: 10 10 1909
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for P&O Canton plows, manufactured by Parlin and Orendorff. Includes an illustration of a farmer using a horse-drawn plow ...
Photograph

Peasant Plowing with Horse

Date: 1918
Description: A peasant farmer plowing a field with the plow harnessed to a horse. The farmer's daughter is wearing a light-colored patterned dress and stands on the lef...
Print

Gale Manufacturing Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1878
Description: Front of advertising card featuring a color illustration of a man using a Gale Chilled Plow (Albion, Michigan) with a donkey in a field. Another man is wal...
Photograph

Plowing with Oxen

Date: 09 1946
Description: Team of oxen pulling a hand plow with farmer, Oscar Sayles, walking behind. The animals are named Tom and Jerry.
Photograph

Man Using Tractor to Plow in Field

Date: 1910
Description: Right side view of a man using a tractor to plow in a field. In the background is a line of power poles.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering 10-20 with Plow Working in New Zealand

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Description: Two men plow this New Zealand landscape using a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and plow.
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10-20 Tractor, New Zealand

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Description: Left side profile view of a man smoking a pipe while driving an International 10-20 tractor, without a engine cover, up a small hill in New Zealand. The tr...

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