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Family and Workers in Field

Date: 1895
Description: A large family group and workers pose in field in front of farming machinery and haystacks.
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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.
Poster

Mogul Tractors Advertising Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester Mogul tractors. Features three color illustrations of Moguls, an illustration of a man using a Mogul to ope...
Photograph

Men Harvesting Grain with Self-Rake Reaper

Date: 1905
Description: A man operates a horse-drawn self-rake reaper in a field while another follows behind with a rake. A girl approaches from the side with a jug in her hand.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Milwaukee Grain Binder

Date: 1915
Description: Two men and a child, all wearing hats, are at the back of a Milwaukee grain binder. One man is standing with a cradle in his hands. An older man with a bea...
Photograph

Picking Cotton

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Description: A group of agricultural workers in a cotton field near Temple. Two men use a weighing device to weigh a bushel basket full of cotton. Two small children ar...
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Picking Hops

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Description: A group of agricultural workers picking hops. The hops are being put into large wooden baskets. In the center several people are pouring the contents of on...
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Men and Child With Automatic Self-Rake Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: A girl wearing a dress and hat is carrying a metal pail towards men using a McCormick automatic self-rake reaper in a field.
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Dry Cranberry Picking

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Description: Cranberry pickers in a Wisconsin marsh. The pickers include women and children.
Postcard

Hops Farming

Date: 1908
Description: Hops farming, most likely in California. Pictured among the large plants and trellises are farm workers, both children and adults. Caption reads: "Hop Pick...

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