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Farmyard with Windmill

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Description: View up hill of a Woodmanse Mfg Co. windmill. Three men seated are posing near the top of the windmill, which stands in a field where cows are grazing. In ...
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Powered Elevator with Silo

Date: 1916
Description: A farmer with a team of two horses working with an elevator or silo filler near farm buildings and a silo. A Titan stationary engine is powering the elevat...
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The Old Wind Mill

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Description: View toward the Old Wind Mill in a field, with a forest in the background. Caption reads: "The Old Wind Mill, East Brewster, Mass."
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Windmill in Field

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Description: A windmill in an open field, with a pitched tent and trees in the background.
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The Old Mill

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Description: A view of "The Old Mill," a small thatched tower in an open field.
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Old Windmill

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Description: A view of an old windmill surrounded by wooden fencing in Nantucket, possibly Cottage City. Caption reads: "Old Mill, Nantucket."
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Several Types of Windmills

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Description: A compilation of illustrative images of several different types of windmills. Caption reads: "'The Old and New' Types of Windmills, Cape Cod."
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Eastbourne House Windmill

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Description: A view of the Eastbourne House Windmill in Chatham on Cape Cod.
Painting

Haying Time

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Description: A farm boy is riding the "hay-fork horse" as the farmer is loading hay into the barn during haying time in July.
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Milking Time

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Description: A farm family takes part in milking time. The mother carries a milk can and a stripping bucket while the boy pushes milk cans on a cart toward the barn. Th...
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Steam Power

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Description: A harvest scene in which an old-fashioned steam-powered tractor is hooked up to a threshing machine. There is a pile of coal next to the tractor and a tank...
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
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Rural Free Delivery

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Description: A woman waiting by her mailbox receives a Sears Roebuck catalog delivered by her mail carrier who drives a horse-drawn wagon. The farmhouse and barn are vi...
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A Farm Auction

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Description: An auctioneer, a clerk, and a helper stand on a stage on a farm conducting an auction as potential bidders surround them. Farming equipment and other items...
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The Country Store

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Description: View of a country store in autumn. A man driving a horse-drawn wagon hauls full milkcans in the foreground and, to the right, several families are hauling ...
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A Winter Day

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Description: On the right, the farmer in his sheepskin coat drives a horse-drawn sled loaded with milk cans to the cheese factory. A blanket is covering the cans to pre...
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Man Loading Silo

Date: 1915
Description: A man is using a silo filler powered by a belt attached to a tractor. Two work horses are tethered on the left, and on the right is a silo and a barn. Ther...
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Farmhouse Garden

Date: 09 1923
Description: View from field of a farm property, including the farmhouse garden.
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Washed and Gullied Field

Date: 06 1927
Description: View of a washed and gullied field on the farm of LeRoy LeFevre. A farmhouse, barns, windmill, and other structures are in the background.
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Man Climbing Windmill

Date: 04 1926
Description: A man climbs the base of a windmill at Cutten Farms. Fences, a farm building, and a silo are around the windmill.

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