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Farmer Poses with Watermelon aboard Cotton Picker

Date: 1944
Description: Farm worker, Frank White, stops harvesting to pose with watermelon found among the cotton crop. The field, part of the O'Neill Ranch located in Helm, Calif...
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Farmer and Son on F-12 Tractor

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Farmer Sam Tanaka posing with his son on a Farmall F-12 tractor in a cauliflower field.
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Mrs. Herbert B. Schwaller on Farmall Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Herbert B. Schwaller of Morning Sun, Ohio drives a Farmall tractor through a field. Mrs. Schwaller may have taken part in International Harvester's wa...
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Man Standing with Corn Shocks

Date: 1915
Description: Farmer standing outdoors among corn shocks. He is holding a small dog in his arms, and is wearing work gloves and a hat.
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Market at Homs, Libya

Date: 12 1937
Description: View of street market with American journalist Cecil Brown in the center right.
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Schmidt Farm

Date: 07 04 1987
Description: "The corn in John Schmidt's field at the intersection of Cty Tr P & Allen Road was knee-high plus a lot more on the 4th of July."
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Threshing Scene

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Description: A scene in a field of men posing on and near a thresher. A man sits on a wagon with four or five pairs of horses standing around him. There is an oval-shap...
Postcard

Couple with a Hayrick

Date: 1890
Description: A young woman and man pose behind a hayrick in a farm field. They both wear hats.
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Norwegian Farmers

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Description: A farming couple pose together on the steps of a building with a sod roof in Nordfjord country. In the background is a lake and a mountain on the far shore...
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Man Posing on Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Man posing on fork of horse-drawn corn binder. Three horses are pulling the binder.
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James Chaulk, Jr., Champion Potato Grower of Nebraska

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a boy, 14-years-old, posing in front of a painted backdrop. He is standing next to a cloth covered table holding a plate of ...
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The Cabbage Patch

Date: 10 20 1988
Description: A man is sitting on a flatbed covered in baskets of cabbages, and is holding up two cabbages. He is wearing overalls, and a cap that reads: "Puerto Rico." ...

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