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Family Weeding Garden

Date: 08 1914
Description: John Van Ness and his niece and nephew removing weeds from their "truck patch." Mr. Van Ness is using a hoe.
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Three Generations of Plows

Date: 09 16 1936
Description: Three generations of De Haan men display types of plows which have been passed down within their family.
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Boys Working in Field

Date: 04 15 1925
Description: Boys using hand tools to work in a field. A mule-drawn wagon is in the background. They are all wearing hats and overalls.
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Farmall H with Lug Wheels

Date: 1941
Description: John Hanna uses a Farmall H with lug wheels and a Little Genius 2-14 bottom plow to work in a field while a boy looks on from the left.
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Men with Mogul 25 H.P. Tractor and Grain Binders

Date: 1912
Description: Men sit on a line of three McCormick grain binders hitched to a Mogul 25 h.p. tractor in a field. A young boy sits near a haystack in the foreground, and t...
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Boy with Mule and Plow

Date: 1915
Description: Three-quarter rear view from right of a boy with a mule and walking plow near a tree stump in a field.
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Man and Child in Farm Field

Date: 1913
Description: A man uses a walking plow led by a team of two horses to work in a farm field while a child watches from behind.
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Men Operating McCormick Binders

Date: 1900
Description: View from a distance of three farmers, and perhaps a child, using horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field. Farm buildings are in the middle distance...
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Child Riding on Fender of Tractor

Date: 06 1927
Description: A child is riding on the fender of a tractor as a man is driving it through a field on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm, demonstrating ...
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Men and Boys Around Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of men and boys gathered around a hay baler and other machines at work on International Harvester's Hickory Hill farm. The farm was located 7...
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Man and Child Working in the Field

Date: 1915
Description: Rear view of young child operating a horse-drawn hay rake while a man is standing nearby.
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Group with Two Horse-Drawn Binders in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men, children, and a woman with two horse-drawn McCormick binders in a field. Some of the men are standing sideways, in profile, looking left. A y...
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Elmer Tompkin Driving Farmall M with No. 12 Two-Row Digger

Date: 1940
Description: View from rear of Elmer Tompkin driving a Farmall M tractor down a hilly field. The tractor is pulling a No. 12 two-row digger on Elmer Merrill's 400-acre ...
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Elmer Tompkin Driving Farmall M with No. 12 Two-Row Digger

Date: 1940
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of Elmer Tompkin driving a Farmall M tractor down a hilly field. The tractor is pulling a No. 12 two-row digger on Elme...
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Man Driving Farmall H Tractor with Peg Tooth Harrow

Date: 1941
Description: View down field towards a 15 foot peg tooth harrow being pulled by a man driving a Farmall H tractor. A young boy runs along a fence line on the right just...
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Tractor Pulling Cultivator

Date: 07 15 1925
Description: Rear view of a young boy driving a McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor pulling a cultivator in a field.
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McCormick-Deering 15-30 Tractors with Cultivators

Date: 07 15 1925
Description: Rear view of a man on the left, and a young boy on the right, both driving McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractors with cultivators in a field.
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Young Girl Driving Tractor with Binder in Field

Date: 09 14 1925
Description: View across field towards a young girl driving a 15-30 HP tractor to pull a McCormick-Deering binder in a field. Bundles of harvested wheat are lying in th...
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Man and Boy with Horse-Drawn Walking Plow

Date: 
Description: Seth Shepard and Willie Bletle with a horse-drawn walking plow in a field. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Mule Drawn Potator Diggers

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: A man is sitting on a mule-drawn potato digger in a field. A child is standing on the far left.

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