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Cutting Weeds

Date: 08 1929
Description: A man using a scythe to cut weeds from a pasture of wild carrots.
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Clearing Field for Sisal Planting

Date: 1949
Description: Several workers cut back brush with hand tools on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Clearing the field in prepa...
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Woman Operating International A Tractor at Military Base

Date: 1942
Description: A woman uses an International Model A tractor to mow grass on the side of a hill at Camp Pendleton. In the background is an encampment of tents set up at t...
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Workers' Unity House Garden

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Description: A view of the garden, with four men tending to the plants. In the background to the left are two large outbuildings connected by a smaller structure.
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Orchard Sprayer

Date: 07 15 1929
Description: A man drives a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor through an orchard as another man stands on an orchard sprayer while applying what is probably pesticide ...
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Man Driving McCormick-Deering Tractor

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Description: A man wearing a hat drives a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor while pulling an unidentified implement. A handwritten note underneath the image reads: "Ne...
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Hand-colored image of field hands harvesting with cranberry rakes from a flooded cranberry marsh.
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Harvesting Team in a Cranberry Marsh

Date: 1934
Description: A team of cranberry harvesters work in a line across a flooded cranberry marsh.
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Cranberry Harvest and Inspection

Date: 1934
Description: View down dirt road of field hands working to harvest cranberries in a flooded cranberry marsh, while men inspect newly harvested and crated cranberries. I...
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Men with Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1965
Description: Two men, in waders, posing with cranberry harvesting equipment and freshly harvested berries. The berries have been loaded onto small barges.
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Man Working in Field with Tractor

Date: 09 07 1927
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor to pull a piece of equipment (possibly a sprayer) across a farm field.
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Pea Viner

Date: 1924
Description: A group of farmers, including women and children, pose in front of a pea processing plant.
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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Men Planting at the Lake Nursery

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Description: Five men are planting a field, probably planting trees at the Lake Nursery. Behind them is a man standing near a farm building among rows of plants. Anothe...
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Men Planting at the Lake Nursery

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Description: Ten men are working in a field, probably planting raspberries at the Lake Nursery. Some of the men are standing watching. In the background are trees and h...
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L'Etoile Restaurant Taliesin Reception Menu

Date: 06 30 1999
Description: Menu for a reception at L'Etoile Restaurant for the School of Organic Farming and Cooking at Taliesin, with the school logo and a background photograph of ...
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Man Using a High-Clearance Farmall AV

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated rear view of a man using a high-clearance Farmall AV cultivating in a big field of gladioli on a farm in Cocoa, Florida.
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Farmall Drawn Lister

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Rear view of a man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a lister.
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Tractor Drawn Cultivator

Date: 06 31 1928
Description: Rear view of a man using a tractor to pull a cultivator through a field of plants.

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