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Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
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Husker-Shredder

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men and a dog gather around a husker-shredder and wagon.
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Husker and Shredder Crew at Barn

Date: 1913
Description: Men working with wagons and husker-shredder near a barn. The husker-shredder is powered by a Titan 18-35 tractor. A dog is walking by a fence, and milk can...
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Husker and Shredder in Farm Yard

Date: 1902
Description: Group of men working with a tractor-powered husker and shredder in a farm yard. Men are standing on wagons, and there is a pile of boards in the yard. Part...
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Powered Elevator with Silo

Date: 1916
Description: A farmer with a team of two horses working with an elevator or silo filler near farm buildings and a silo. A Titan stationary engine is powering the elevat...
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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 05 13 1926
Description: A man operates a manure spreader pulled by two horses in a field. There is a dog standing in the foreground on the right. The original caption reads: "Bern...
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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 05 13 1926
Description: Rear view of a man wearing a hat operating a horse-drawn manure spreader in a field pulled by two horses. A dog is running along a row beside the manure sp...
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Group of People in Farm Field

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of people posing in a field. Part of the field has been cut and there are stacks of grain piled at regular intervals. In ...
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Group of People Posing with Farm Equipment

Date: 1900
Description: A group of people are posing in a field near a barn. They are harvesting grain, and a man is operating a grain binder pulled by three horses. A girl wearin...
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the 5-10 horsepower Avery tractor featuring an illustration of a man using the tractor on a farmstead. An inset illust...
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Tractor Standardized Line

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Avery tractor standardized line featuring a color illustration of a man using a tractor and plow in a field. The ...
Book or Pamphlet

"The New Champion Mower" Catalog Cover

Date: 1896
Description: Front cover of catalog featuring an illustration of a group of men looking at a Champion Mower in the barnyard of a farm. There is a dog in the foreground,...
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Manure Spreader

Date: 1908
Description: Alexander and August Krueger spreading manure with a Litchfield spreader pulled by a three horse team. August is sitting on top of the spreader with the fa...
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Threshing Crew

Date: 1931
Description: A group of thirteen men are standing in front of a newly constructed barn. Alexander Krueger is standing in the back, second from left, and Edgar Krueger i...
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The New Barn

Date: 1931
Description: View of the south end of a newly constructed barn. Edgar Krueger, with a team of two horses and the spreader, is coming out of the barn. A dog is standing ...
Book or Pamphlet

The Buckeye Catalog with Calendar — February & March

Date: 1895
Description: Catalog featuring calendar pages. February features Lewis Miller, the father of the mowing machine, with text and a portrait. March has an illustration of ...
Photograph

Men Using Horse-Drawn Mowers in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across partially harvested field towards a group of people posing. On the left are what may be young children posing on a horse-drawn vehicle. A man i...
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Tractor Powered Husker and Shredders

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of seven men and a dog posing with a tractor powered husker and shredder. The tractor is on the far right powering the belt-driven husker an...
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Family Posing Around Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a man, three women, two children and a dog, posing near a man on a horse-drawn McCormick binder. Farm buildings are in the far ba...
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Farmall MD Tractor and Corn Picker

Date: 1949
Description: View of farmyard and farm buildings, with Clarence Schoger on a Farmall MD tractor with IHC corn picker and a wagon filled with ears of corn. Carl Schoger ...

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