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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
Photograph

Farmer with Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 1916
Description: Farmer operating an International Harvester corn planter with fertilizer attachment drawn by two horses or donkeys. The photograph was taken for, or compil...
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Farmer in Field with Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 06 16 1926
Description: Rear view of farmer LeRoy Hansen in a field with a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering corn planter.
Book or Pamphlet

Hoosier Corn Planters and Drills

Date: 1903
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Hoosier corn planters and drills manufactured by the American Seeding-Machine Company. The company was later purchased ...
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Planting Corn on Bainridge Farm

Date: 05 20 1924
Description: A man changing the check wire while planting corn on Bainridge Farm.
Photograph

Deering Grain Drill

Date: 1910
Description: A farmer is walking behind a horse-drawn Deering grain drill.
Photograph

Man Using a Corn Planter

Date: 1912
Description: A man sitting on an International Harvester corn planter pulled by two large horses.
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No. 11 Corn Planter and Cultivator

Date: 1916
Description: A man operates a No. 11 3-row corn planter and cultivator for Angel Vivanco & Cia., in Ibarra, South America.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 1910
Description: A man uses a horse-drawn planter (most likely a corn planter) in a field near International Harvester's Richmond Works factory.
Photograph

Purdue University Livestock Farm

Date: 1938
Description: Two men use a McCormick-Deering grain drill with a team of four horses and an International D-2 truck to work in a field on the Purdue University livestock...
Painting

Spring Planting

Date: 
Description: A farmer is planting corn using the planter wire method.
Photograph

Young Man with P&O Planter at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young African-American man sitting on a P&O planter pulled by mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
Photograph

Man Using Walking Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: Man using walking planter pulled by a mule in a field.
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Man Seated on Horse-Drawn Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: African-American man seated on a P&O planter pulled by four work horses or mules in large field.
Photograph

Man with Walking Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: Man with horse-drawn walking planter in a field. A small dog sits in a furrow nearby on the right.
Photograph

Man using Horse-Drawn Walking Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: Man using walking planter pulled by a horse through a field. A small dog sits in a furrow nearby on the right.
Photograph

Men with Walking Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: A man using a P&O walking planter pulled by one horse in a field. In the background another man works using a walking plow pulled by two horses near a row ...
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Man using Horse-Drawn Walking Planter

Date: 1920
Description: A man is using a walking planter pulled by a work horse or mule through a field.
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Planter with Bean Attachment

Date: 06 15 1926
Description: A man is driving a team of two horses who are pulling a McCormick-Deering planter with a bean attachment across a field while planting corn and soy beans. ...
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Planting Soybeans

Date: 06 25 1925
Description: A man is emptying soybeans from a bag into a planter outfitted with a bean attachment pulled by two horses through a field.

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