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Unloading the Arkansas

Date: 1870
Description: The sternwheel packet, Arkansas, loaded with gunny sacks of wheat taken between 1872 and 1878. Men are unloading barrels and gunny sacks on a gangpl...
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International Model E Truck with "Prosperity" Display

Date: 1916
Description: International Model E highwheeler truck adorned with American flags, advertising banners, and a statue of a sprite named "Prospy." "Prospy" was a little ma...
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Hauling Wheat and Grain

Date: 08 1930
Description: A man leaves the Acme feed mill with a truckload of wheat and grain.
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Grain Delivery to Caton Station

Date: 08 1930
Description: A farmer delivering grain to the elevator at Caton Station.
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Farm and Field near Road

Date: 08 14 1936
Description: Farm and field near a rural tree-lined road. Cars and trucks can be seen in the distance.
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Harvesting Grain

Date: 07 20 1921
Description: Horse-drawn cart stacked with grain shocks out in a field. One man is standing on top of the already stacked grain, while another man is passing shocks up.
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Threshing Wheat

Date: 07 20 1921
Description: Five men threshing wheat in a field.
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Harvesting Wheat

Date: 07 06
Description: Three men harvesting wheat. One man is driving a tractor, while the other two men are on top of the hay loaded onto a wagon.
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IH Historical Exhibit at Wheat Show

Date: 09 1922
Description: A cradle, model truck, International 8-16 tractor and several informational posters on display at the "Wheat Show," a "historical exhibit furnished by Inte...
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Farmer Operating Corn Binder

Date: 1914
Description: A man operates a horse-drawn corn binder in a field while others load stalks into wagons. A silo and two barns are in the background.
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Man with Hammer Mill and Power Unit

Date: 11 08 1938
Description: A man loads what appear to be stalks of harvested wheat onto a #10-C hammer mill operated by a P-30 power unit. The entire outfit was mounted on a tractor-...
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Threshing Day

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Description: Threshing day in the fields at the Quinney family farm. View includes, two workers, a tractor powering the thresher, a horse-drawn cart full of straw, a t...
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International Model E Truck with "Prospy"

Date: 1915
Description: International Model E truck adorned with American flags, International Harvester pennants and a display of "Prosperity" or "Prospy" for short. "Prospy", th...
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Harvesting Wheat

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Description: Two teams of horses aren pulling agricultural machinery, and a horse-drawn carriage is nearby. Most of the large field has been harvested, and bundles of w...
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Drilling Wheat

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Description: Elevated view of two men using agricultural machinery to drill (plant) wheat. "Superior" sign is on the machinery. A boy and a dog stand nearby. A horse an...
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Harvest Scene

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Description: Agricultural workers harvest wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling harvesting machinery. Workers gather the wheat into bundles. Caption reads: "Harves...
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Harvesting Wheat

Date: 1907
Description: Agricultural workers harvesting wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling agricultural machinery while workers gather the wheat into bundles. Caption read...
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Harvesting Wheat

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Description: Agricultural workers harvesting wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling agricultural machinery while workers gather the wheat into bundles. Caption read...
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Reaping Wheat

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Description: Many teams of horses are shown pulling reaping machinery in a wheat field in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Harvested wheat is in the field. Two men sit in a h...
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Carriage in Wheat Field

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Description: A man sits in a horse-drawn carriage in a wheat field in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. The field has been harvested and there are piles of wheat. Several hous...

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