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Man on Ladder Repairing Farm Building

Date: 1925
Description: R.A. Hayne on a ladder repairing a barn door.
Photograph

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 ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Onion Mound

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of several farmers working to lift a giant onion onto the flatbed horse-drawn cart. Beside them is a giant mound of onions with a ladder leani...
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Thresher

Date: 1917
Description: A group of farmers feeds grain into a thresher with a horse-drawn wagon nearby.
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Mogul 10-20 H.P. Tractor with Silo Filler

Date: 1916
Description: A group of men use the power take-off of a Mogul 10-20 H.P. tractor to operate a silo filler.
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Men Using Steel Husker and Shredder

Date: 1930
Description: Men use a steel husker and shredder and a Farmall Regular tractor on the farm of J. Peter Peterson.
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Men Baling Hay with Horse-Powered Hay Press

Date: 1910
Description: Men baling hay near a barn using a horse-powered hay press.
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Hay Press Inside Farm Building

Date: 1914
Description: Men baling hay with a hay press inside the open door of a barn. One man is weighing a bale in the foreground. Another well-dressed man appears to be a visi...
Photograph

Men Filling Silo

Date: 1916
Description: Two men are loading silage into ensilage cutter and blower to fill a silo.
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Man Climbing Ladder

Date: 03 11 1926
Description: A man climbing a wooden ladder placed on snow-covered ground. The ladder is leaning against a barn at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Irrigation Ditch

Date: 1917
Description: Irrigation ditch with a silo and farm buildings in the background. Original caption reads: "Union Pacific Silo Special Trip; irrigation ditch, Mrs. Carolin...
Photograph

J.C. Witmer Farm

Date: 07 13 1925
Description: A group of men use a tractor and horse-drawn manure spreaders in a barnyard on the farm of J.C. Witmer. The tractor appears to have a "Lessman" loader.
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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 1926
Description: Elevated view of a man driving a manure spreader pulled by a team of horses. In the background is a large barn with three silos, a tractor, wagons and an a...
Photograph

Round Silo

Date: 1895
Description: A twenty-five foot high round silo featured on the farm of F.D. Parish, 4.5 miles southeast of Waupaca. The silo is twenty feet in diameter. Two men are ge...
Photograph

Men Operating Farm Machinery

Date: 
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...
Photograph

Men Harvesting with a Vertical Stationary Engine

Date: 1911
Description: A man on the right is standing and leaning against a large cart which contains a vertical stationary engine. Three men on the left are working in the backg...
Postcard

Workmen Building a Shed

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Description: Photographic postcard of workmen posing with a partially built shed or corn crib. One man in sitting on the roof timbers. Two wagons with lumber are parked...
Photograph

Reshingling Corn Crib

Date: 11 1904
Description: Krueger family reshingling an old corn crib. August, Jennie, Edgar, and Alexander are standing on top of scaffolding replacing the old shingles, while Flor...
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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Building a Silo

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Description: Three men pause in their work of building a silo nest to a barn. The steel rings of the silo are in place, with wood scaffolding.

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