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Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
Photograph

The Threshing Crew

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Description: Wisconsin threshing crew, with steam operated tractor, in Buffalo county.
Photograph

Unloading Barrels from a McCormick-Deering Industrial Tractor

Date: 09 20 1924
Description: Men unloading barrels from a trailer pulled by a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor. The tractor was owned by the San Diego Consolidated Gas and El...
Drawing

Interior of a Cider Mill

Date: 1879
Description: Drawing of a girl sitting on a barrel as a man dumps apples into a press to make cider. Two men manually operate the press at the left.
Photograph

Power Unit at Lumber Site

Date: 1938
Description: A man sits on a metal barrel near an International I-30 tractor modified into a P-30 power unit. The power unit was used with a Skagil hoist at a lumber si...
Photograph

Apple Orchard

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Description: A view of several men, two children, and a horse in an apple orchard in Ontario County. Caption reads: "An Ontario County Apple Orchard, Phelps, N.Y."
Photograph

U.R. Fishel with Prize Poultry

Date: 1918
Description: U.R. Fishel standing near a cage set up on wooden barrels. He is showing two of his prize-winning Plymouth Rock chickens.
Photograph

Woman in Cellar

Date: 1921
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing in a cellar while taking potatoes out of a basket for storage on a shelf. Shelves on the wall behind her hold multiple...
Photograph

Preparing Hog for Slaughter

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Description: Farmers prepare a hog for slaughter. A group of farmers stand around hog on a long table outdoors. Smoke and steam billow from a stove in the foreground an...
Photograph

Farmers Preparing Hog for Slaughter

Date: 
Description: Far view of farmers preparing a hog for slaughter. A group of farmers stand around a hog on a long table outside. Smoke and steam billow from a stove in th...
Photograph

Cheese Factory

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Description: Horses and wagons carrying aluminum barrels are standing outside the cheese factory. Workers pause from work to pose. Each worker wears overalls and a hat.
Photograph

Group of Men and Boys Threshing

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men and boys threshing. They are using a tractor for a belt-driven threshing machine, and on the left two horses pull a wagon with large barrels.
Photograph

Mixing Pesticide for Orchard

Date: 1920
Description: Three men in an orchard mixing up chemicals to spray the trees. One of the men is on the back of a horse-drawn wagon with a barrel. The other two men are s...
Photograph

Factory Workers at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Male workers standing at stations positioned along a wall of windows inside the McCormick Reaper Works. A belt-driven power system is suspended from the ce...
Photograph

Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posed in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the backg...
Photograph

Farmer's Course

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Description: Four men pose on and around a crude wooden platform set up in front of the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. There is a barrel o...
Photograph

Crowd at Farmer's Course

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of crowd standing closely around a platform on which a man wearing an apron stands next to a cow. A barrel and wooden pail are also ...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Advertisement

Date: 1900
Description: Advertisement from catalog featuring an illustration of the Jones Chain Mower, and a man using it in a field with a team of horses. Around the border are i...
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Harvesting Machinery

Date: 1883
Description: Inside spread of 4-page brochure featuring illustrations accompanying blocks of text explaining the features of Champion machines. The top left shows a man...
Photograph

Copy Photograph of Threshing Crew

Date: 
Description: A copy photograph of a threshing crew standing with wagon and threshing machine among cone-shaped haystacks.

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