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Farm of Alex Smith

Date: 1875
Description: View from a distance of a farm in a valley owned by Alex(ander?) Smith. There is a wooden fence in the foreground surrounding the farm.
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Titan 18-35 Tractor Running Ensilage Cutter and Blower

Date: 1922
Description: International Titan 18-35 H.P. tractor running a belt-driven ensilage cutter and blower fed by three farmers. The 18-35 gas or kerosene gear drive Titan wa...
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Engine Powered Hay Press on Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Men operating a hay press powered by an International Harvester stationary engine as a woman is looking on. They are working near a barn which has chink-lo...
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Farmer Moves Hay with International Model H Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Farmer in an International Model H truck loaded with hay. A barn and silo are in the background. The H was produced from 1915-1923.
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Farmall M Tractor, 75-P Field Hay Chopper, Trailer and Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Two farmers are working in a field with a McCormick Farmall M tractor, a 75-P field hay chopper, a trailer and an International truck.
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Farmer Stacking Hay in Barn

Date: 07 14 1926
Description: Farmer loading hay from a wagon into a large barn using a winch. There are other farm buildings, a water tower, and a farmhouse in the background.
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Men Using International Harvester Hay Press

Date: 09 09 1913
Description: Two men using an International Harvester hay press at Springfield Works in Ohio. On the left is a large haystack. There are farm buildings in the backgroun...
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Uncle Herman's Farm

Date: 08 02 1903
Description: Group of well-dressed people posing outdoors at Uncle Herman's farm. Harry Dankoler is the man in the middle holding the shutter release mechanism. On the ...
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Tollef Gjermundsen Farmstead

Date: 1874
Description: View down hill towards two men in the foreground standing on top of a stone fence looking out onto fields where two or three men are working with two wagon...
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Horses and Central-rig

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Description: Men are in a farmyard (possibly at a sorghum mill) with horses hitched to a central-rig. A haystack, barn, wagons and farm machinery are in the background.
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Indians Thresh Wheat

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Description: Indians thresh the first wheat at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
Magazine or Periodical

Case Centennial Magazine Advertisement

Date: 1942
Description: Magazine advertisement celebrating the centennial of J. I. Case Co. of Racine, Wisconsin. Features a photograph of man baling hay using contemporary tracto...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
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Two Men Rake Hay

Date: 1918
Description: Two men work a field of hay with horse-drawn hay rakes.
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Farmer with Side Delivery Hay Rake

Date: 08 25 1927
Description: A man, possibly N.B. Frankensteen, operating a horse-drawn side delivery hay rake on the N.B. Frankensteen Ridgebrook Farm. Farm buildings are in the backg...
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Woman Uses a No. 7 Mower to Cut Mixed Crops

Date: 07 04 1936
Description: A woman operating a horse-drawn No. 7 mower owned by R.M. Howard from Dundas, Ontario. She is cutting a mixed crop of timothy hay, lucerne and clover.
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Men Working With Tractor and Threshing Machinery

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Description: A crew of men inspect a tractor next to a barn, while other men work with a threshing machine in the background.
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Englehardt Farm

Date: 1905
Description: The manufacture of bricks was begun on this spot sometime in the latter 1860's by Henry Bretag, a German brickmaker, the father of Mrs. Englehardt. Brick ...
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Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using what appears to be a mower drawn by two horses to work in a field. Farm buildings and other workers are in the background, as well as child...
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Super A Tractor with Side Delivery Rake

Date: 1952
Description: View towards a man using a McCormick Farmall Super A tractor with a No.5-LW side delivery rake to work in a field. The original caption reads, "Windrowing ...

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