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Peter Lagacy Family

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Description: The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom...
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Tractor Running Belt-Driven Thresher

Date: 1914
Description: International Harvester tractor (likely a friction drive) running a belt-driven husker-shredder in the snow-covered yard of a farm.
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Herd of Shorthorns, Linebacks and Ayrshires

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Description: An "improved" herd of cattle standing in a fenced-in yard. The herd includes shorthorns, linebacks and, perhaps, Ayrshires. A man is standing in the yard h...
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Cream Separator at Farmhouse

Date: 1923
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing on the porch of a farmhouse to look at a McCormick cream separator at the base of the stairs. Nearby a man wearing ove...
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Field and Farm in Valley

Date: 1900
Description: View across a field of horse-drawn grain binder with a farm in the middle distance. Men are standing in the barnyard, and a woman is standing on the lawn n...
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Group in Front of Uncle Herman's House

Date: 08 02 1903
Description: Group posed on the lawn of Uncle Herman's house. Three women are seated on a platform swing while others are sitting on the lawn and the porch. Harry Danko...
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Baby Richard Quinney

Date: 1934
Description: Richard Quinney as a baby held by his father, Floyd Quinney, in the family's farmyard.
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Professor Holden's Farm

Date: 09 04 1923
Description: A man wearing overalls standing on a walkway leading to the back entrance of Professor Holden's farm. The base of what appears to be a windmill is to the r...
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Culling Demonstration

Date: 1919
Description: A group of men and women gather around Professor Garrick in the yard and on the porch of a farmhouse to watch a poultry culling demonstration. Additional f...
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Men with Big 4 Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are leading horses in pulling McCormick Big 4 mowers near a brick farmhouse. A girl wearing a dress and hat is sitting on a horse in the foreground...
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Men Assembling Machinery

Date: 1920
Description: Two men stand in a barnyard assembling what appears to be a piece of agricultural machinery, possibly a grain binder. The men work on top of a wooden crate...
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Woman with Parasol on Front Lawn of Farmhouse

Date: 1925
Description: View of a woman posing holding a parasol while sitting on the front lawn of a farmhouse on an International Harvester demonstration farm. Other people are ...
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Woman Chopping Wood

Date: 10 04 1923
Description: A woman wearing a dress using an axe to split a log into firewood. A hand-operated washing machine is standing in the yard of a farmhouse in the background...
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Engine-Powered Saw

Date: 10 1923
Description: A man wearing overalls and a cap is using a saw powered by a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine to cut wood on International Harvester's Hinsdale expe...
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Woman at Farmhouse Well

Date: 07 1923
Description: A woman wearing a dress and wide-brimmed hat is emptying water from one pail into another beside a hand-cranked well. The photograph was taken on the John ...
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Farmers Washing Before Dinner

Date: 10 14 1923
Description: Men washing their faces with water in metal bowls set on a wooden bench outside a farmhouse. Two men are standing behind them, drying their hands on towels...
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Men Washing Hands

Date: 10 04 1923
Description: A group of men washing their hands in water bowls set on a wooden bench outside a farmhouse. A man is standing nearby while drying hands on a towel and a w...
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Farmer Filling Seed Planting Trough

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Description: A farmer pours seeds from a canvas bag into the trough of a seed planting machine. A farmhouse, white picket fence, and picnic table with chairs are visibl...
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Spiegel Family Butchering Chickens

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Description: Six men of the Spiegel family stand outdoors around a long wooden table butchering chickens. The table is covered with large steel pots and pieces of meat....
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Man Holding Dairy Cow

Date: 06 03 1929
Description: A man wearing a hat and overalls holding a dairy cow in front of a farmhouse. Trees, a barn with a silo, and other dairy cows are seen in the background. T...

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