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McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1896
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. A small illustration at the top right is of a man using a horse-d...
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Man Inside Agricultural Exhibit

Date: 1916
Description: African American man sitting inside an agricultural display of corn, potatoes, canned goods and International Harvester agricultural lecture charts. A bann...
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Tractorette Field Demonstration

Date: 1942
Description: Instructor Mr. Schweitzer reviewing the operation of a Farmall M tractor with a group of women. The women are (L to R): Donna Mehaffy, Oakville; Marian Hul...
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Farmer's Corn Co-op

Date: 1920
Description: Two men standing in a farmers' corn co-op. The sign reads: "Demonstration Corn Plat.; Farmers Co-operation; Demonstration Work; U.S. Department of Agricult...
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Tall Corn

Date: 07 04 1933
Description: An unidentified man wearing a shirt and necktie poses with corn "shoulder high July 4, 1933."
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Louis Hanson and Laurence Day

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Description: Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Louis Hanson and farmer-State Legislator Laurence Day chat while inspecting an ear of corn in a cornfield.
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Men Using Horse-Drawn Binders in Cornfield

Date: 1900
Description: Two men using horse-drawn corn binders in a field. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing on the right.
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Group of Men with Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men posing with a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. The machine is lifting the corn shock up in the air.
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Men Posing with Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men posing with a corn binder in a field. The man sitting on the corn binder on the right is holding a dog in his lap.
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Four Men Posing with Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are posing on a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. Two men, wearing vests, neckties, and hats are standing behind the binder.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across rows of harvested corn towards left side of a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. On the right a group of four men are walking behi...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view across rows of harvested corn towards a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. A man wearing a hat, vest, sleeve protectors and a n...
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Group of Men and Boys Harvesting Seed Corn

Date: 10 04 1916
Description: Superintendent K.C. James, Club Leader Walter Cowan, and County Agent, R.A. Chitty, checking upon the ears selected by the boys.
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Teachers

Date: 1914
Description: A group of male and female Cook County teachers studying corn, preparatory to taking up this work in their rural schools.
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Judging Corn

Date: 1920
Description: A group of Native American men, women and children are posing around a table piled with ears of corn in front of a stage in an auditorium. Several of the m...
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Group of Men with Farmall Tractor and Corn Binder

Date: 08 18 1926
Description: A group of four men are posing in front of a man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a man sitting on a corn binder in a field.
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Men and Boys Examining Corn Cobs

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Description: A man and three boys are in a sitting room examining corn cobs. Lantern slide.
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Holts and Garrisons Roasting Corn

Date: 1922
Description: A group of Holts and Garrisons are roasting corn around a smoking campfire on the Island, with Archibald Lake in the background. W.A. Holt is on the far le...

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