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Steam Tractor with Sod-breaking Plows

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a steam tractor on the right, probably a Linnell, attached to sod-breaking plows steered by two men on the left. Behind them...
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Workers on a Farmall Cub Modified for De-Tasseling

Date: 1949
Description: Six women and a man on a McCormick-Deering Farmall Cub tractor modified for de-tasseling work. The unit was built with a special mounting frame by Knudsen ...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — India

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard with a color illustration of men and women working in fields. Original caption: "India — Primitive methods are still in use. The Reaping Hook has ...
Photograph

Farmers Harvest Grain with McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: Three farmers harvest grain with McCormick horse-drawn grain binder. One farmer is sitting aboard the binder guiding horses while two men, one with scythe ...
Photograph

African American Farm Laborer at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young man sitting in a planter drawn by two mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
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German Farmers

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Description: German farm couple returning from the fields, crossing railroad tracks.
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Farmall 140 Tractor and 122 Disk Harrow

Date: 1970
Description: Right side profile view of a man pulling a 122 disk harrow through a field with a Farmall 140 tractor.
Photograph

Lunch Break

Date: 1915
Description: Field workers take a lunch break outdoors. The man holding the food is Frank Haack and the woman taking a bite is his sister-in-law, Anna Bollenbeck.
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The Threshing Crew

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Description: Wisconsin threshing crew, with steam operated tractor, in Buffalo county.
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Workers Load Straw from Baler onto International Truck

Date: 1941
Description: Three farm workers loading straw from a baler onto the back of an International K-6 truck owned by Sowash Grain Company.
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Horses and Central-rig

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Description: Men are in a farmyard (possibly at a sorghum mill) with horses hitched to a central-rig. A haystack, barn, wagons and farm machinery are in the background.
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Women and Children Watch Men Work in Field

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Description: Children, men with hats, and women with parasols, are watching men work in a field with a horse-drawn plow and other agricultural equipment. A house is in...
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Workers in newly Sprouted Grain Field

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Description: Farm workers are in a newly sprouted grain field with a harvest rake and a grain cradle. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing on the left watching the ...
Photograph

Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
Photograph

Hops Field with Men

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Description: Four men posing in hops field.
Print

The Evolution of the Reaper, Part One

Date: 1883
Description: Three illustrations from an 1883 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog portraying the evolution of the reaper. The first drawing is captioned: "Firs...
Print

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Front of a card advertising the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Illustrations show "primitive" harvesting methods alongside a McCormick binder and a ...
Print

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Advertising Card

Date: 1886
Description: Inside of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company advertising card. Features color illustrations demonstrating the development of harvesting technology, in...
Photograph

Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 09 1934
Description: Harvesting cranberries at the Cranberry Lake Lake Development Company in Wood County.
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German Prisoner of War with Pea Vines

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: German prisoner of war pitching pea vines into a viner at a cannery.

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