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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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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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Hops Field with Men

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Description: Four men posing in hops field.
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Farmers and Threshing Machine

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Description: A group of eight farmers resting on or near a wooden threshing machine.
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Frank Otto Threshing Crew

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Description: A group of farmer workers stand with pitch forks in front of the first gas engine for threshing on the August Krenke farm. A horse-drawn vehicle is also vi...
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Three Men Posing in front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1895
Description: Three men are posing in front of a farmhouse with farm equipment and carriages. One man is standing in the field, another man is driving a mower, and a thi...
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Harvesting Hay with Hay Stacker

Date: 1895
Description: Outdoor group portrait of men harvesting hay. Two men are standing on top of a haystack with pitchforks filled with hay. A wooden counter-weighted hay stac...
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Agricultural Laborers Posing in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Four agricultural laborers posing in a field. One of the men is sitting on a horse-drawn mower, and the other three men are holding rakes.
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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.
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Men Operating Farm Machinery

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Description: A group of men are operating a steam tractor and threshing machinery near farm buildings. Three men are posing in the foreground near the tractor, and anot...
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Men Operating Farm Machinery

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Description: Men operating a steam tractor and threshing machinery near farm buildings. Two men are posing on the right with the tractor. On the left a group of men are...
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Four Workers Seated Below Parts Display

Date: 1910
Description: Factory workers sit on a wooden bench with a large wheel or gear resting on their legs below a display of implement parts, most likely at International Har...
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McCormick-Deering 15-30 in New Zealand

Date: 07 23 1928
Description: A McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor in a New Zealand field. Five men stand in a field gathered around bushels of wheat, and one man drives a tractor pulling ...
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Clayton Nissley, Jr. with Two Men and Farmall B Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: Clayton Nissley, Jr. sits on a Farmall B tractor. Standing next to him, left to right, are R.C. Northamer, sales promotion, general line, Harrisburg; and J...
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Threshing Outfit and Crew

Date: 09 15 1904
Description: Thirteen men take time from threshing duties to pose for a group portrait with a team of horses, threshing machine with straw elevator, and a steam tractor...
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Robicheau's Threshing Outfit

Date: 1904
Description: A man at left is standing and holding the reins of a four horse hitch, while three other men are posing between a steam tractor and threshing machine. Ther...
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Tractor and Thresher

Date: 09 15 1904
Description: Three men are posing on a large steam tractor, and a fourth man is sitting on a threshing machine behind the tractor. The large drive belt is coiled and is...

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