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Experimental Motor Cultivator

Date: 12 03 1920
Description: Engineering photograph of a man testing an experimental motor cultivator. Original caption reads: "In this job the cultivator is set farther ahead than in...
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Farmer Stacking Hay in Barn

Date: 07 14 1926
Description: Farmer loading hay from a wagon into a large barn using a winch. There are other farm buildings, a water tower, and a farmhouse in the background.
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Farmall Regular with Attached Harrow

Date: 06 06 1924
Description: Man operating an early Farmall Regular tractor with attached harrow.
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Tower Foundation

Date: 1898
Description: View from water tower, showing the grove where Black Hawk's pursuers were supposed to have camped in 1832. The group of men in the foreground are digging f...
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International Harvester Engine in a Wagon

Date: 1921
Description: A man stands in a wagon next to an International Harvester engine while other people look on. There is a water tower in the background on the right.
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Fairway 12 Tractor

Date: 1937
Description: Man uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway 12 tractor and mowing attachment to care for lawns (and golf course?) at a country club. Sun bathers are in the backgr...
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Cotton Bales on Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: Two men place a bale of cotton on top of a pile on the back of a mule-drawn wagon. They are near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform...
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Farmer Filling Water Tank(?)

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: A farmer fills what appears to be a large water tank on a farm using a stationary engine.
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Train Carrying McCormick-Deering Combines

Date: 1930
Description: A train carries McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines) bouind for North Dakota farms. A sign on the train reads: "McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thr...
Painting

The Cheese Factory

Date: 
Description: Horse-drawn wagons, also known as milk buggies, dropping off cans of milk at the country cheese factory during summer.
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Man with Tractor and Wagon

Date: 1917
Description: A man is pulling an eight-wheeled wagon down a dirt road using an International 8-16 tractor. A fence and water tower are in the background.
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Water Tower

Date: 07 1987
Description: "This workman is painting 'Theresa' on the water tower."
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Ester Point, Turkey River

Date: 1905
Description: View down railroad tracks, showing the switching station, water tank, and buildings. Two men stand on the railroad tracks. Ester Point is near Cassville, W...
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Waiting to Load Sacks on Train

Date: 09 1902
Description: Farmers with wagon loads of sacks of potatoes(?), probably waiting to load them on a train.
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Farmers Waiting to Ship Harvest

Date: 09 1902
Description: Elevated view of farmers with horse-drawn wagons waiting to ship their harvest goods, probably potatoes, at an unidentified town. There are railroad tracks...
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Landscape View of People and Farm

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards people posing standing. In the center is a binder, and on the right are men on a wagon. Down the hill in the background is a farm...
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Haying Operation

Date: 07 14 1926
Description: Farmer loading hay from a wagon into a large barn using a winch. There is another barn, a water tower, and a truck on the left.
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Man Using 10-20 Tractor with Peg-Tooth Harrow

Date: 06 1926
Description: Rear view of a man using a 10-20 tractor to pull a peg-tooth harrow in a field. Another man further down the field on the left is using a team of horses to...
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Man Driving Farmall Tractor Pulling Plow

Date: 09 03 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a plow in a field. In the background are farm buildings and a water tower.
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Tractor-Drawn Corn Picker

Date: 09 23 1927
Description: View towards a man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a corn picker in a cornfield. Another man is standing on a wagon pulling cornstalks out of the picker....

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