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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 ...
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Farmers in Field with McCormick-Deering Tractor and Corn-Picker

Date: 1930
Description: Farmers using a Farmall tractor, corn-picker and wagon in a cornfield on the farm of Robert Garst.
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Corn Binder with Shocker

Date: 1902
Description: Four men stand next to a horse-drawn corn binder in a cornfield. A shock of corn is suspended in the air with a corn shocker. Two of the men have light-col...
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Mule Drawn Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Corn binder hitched to two mules in field in Algeria. In the distance are low hills. One bearded man, wearing what appears to be a full-length hooded jella...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Beating the Coal Trust

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of a man sawing a giant ear of corn as though it was a log. Beside him an ax is wedged in a stump-like piece of corn. A mound of giant ears ...
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Man Tending Corn Plants

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man in cornfield, tending a plant.
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Man Shucks Corn in Field

Date: 1921
Description: A man is sitting and shucking a pile of corn in the middle of a harvested cornfield. In the background is a wagon full of corn.
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Youth Detasseling Corn

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: From left to right: Carole Ballinger, Joyce Anderson, and Nancy Toepfer detassel corn as part of their summer jobs.
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Harvesting Corn

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Description: Three men in a cornfield, mid-harvest. One of the men is seated on a horse-drawn harvester. "McCormick Chicago" (rest of text illegible) can be read on the...
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Harvesting Maize

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Description: Three men harvesting maize (corn) in the Texas panhandle. A tractor and other farm machinery is being utilized. Caption reads: "Harvesting Maize In The Pan...
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Stacking Alfalfa

Date: 1915
Description: Two agricultural workers use machinery to stack alfalfa in the vicinity of Tulsa. One man stands on the large pile while another uses a pulley device to st...
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Kaffir Cornfield

Date: 1920
Description: A view of a field of kaffir corn in the vicinity of Tulsa. Two men are in the distance with teams of horses. A horse-drawn vehicle is nearby.
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Men with Husker-Shredder near Barn

Date: 1900
Description: Four men are working with a husker-shredder and a wagon near a barn. The husker-shredder is powered with a belt hooked to what is probably a tractor (not v...
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Cotton Seed Fertilizer

Date: 03 16 1915
Description: Man using a walking fertilizer in a field. Original caption reads: "This man is distributing cotton seed fertilizer on a field on which only the week befor...
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Inspecting Corn

Date: 1919
Description: Men and women are seated at tables inspecting corn, most likely as part of an instructional session organized by the IH Agricultural Extension. There is a ...
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Men with Husker-Shredder near Fence

Date: 1902
Description: Men standing with a husker-shredder near a fence.
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Workers at Hillsboro Canning Plant

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Description: Interior view of the Hillsboro Canning Plant. A row of female and male workers are standing amongst the plant's corn processing machinery. The women have t...
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Men Hand Binding Stalks

Date: 1900
Description: Men binding corn stalks by hand near a man using a horse-drawn corn binder.

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