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Men Harvesting Hemp with Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of two men harvesting hemp using a McCormick Farmall H tractor and hemp binder No.2. In the background are houses among trees.
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Dale Farm

Date: 
Description: A scrapbook page containing five photographs of John R. Commons and farm labor. The handwriting in the center reads: "Dale Farm with AL and Windy." Caption...
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Horse-Drawn Reaper near Windmill

Date: 1905
Description: Man and a boy working with a horse-drawn reaper in a field. The reaper is likely a model or replica of the McCormick reaper of 1831. A windmill is in the b...
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Man in Field near Farmstead

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Description: A man is standing in a field with corn and other crops, with a windmill on a wooden tower and a barn in the background. Two carriages are also visible, one...
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Mogul Jr. Tractor with Grain Binders

Date: 1912
Description: Men operate three McCormick grain binders and a Mogul Jr. tractor.
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Poster Illustrating Old and New Harvesting Methods

Date: 05 15 1928
Description: Poster or display board illustrating the differences between "old" and "new" methods of harvesting grain. Includes images illustrating harvesting methods b...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder on the Gary Owen farm. A farmhouse and windmill are in the far background.
Painting

Steam Power

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Description: A harvest scene in which an old-fashioned steam-powered tractor is hooked up to a threshing machine. There is a pile of coal next to the tractor and a tank...
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
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Man and Child with Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a hat and smoking a pipe is raking cut stalks from a binder as a boy is riding a horse pulling the machine across a field. A windmill is stan...
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Farming with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man using a McCormick grain binder pulled by horses to work in a field. In the background is a barn, windmill and several other farm buildings.
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Farming with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a McCormick grain binder pulled by horses to work in a field. In the background is a barn, windmill and several other farm buildings.
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Group of People and Horses with Farm Equipment

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men, children, women and horses posing with farm equipment in front of farm buildings, a farmhouse, and a windmill. A man is posing on a McCormick...
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Group of People in Farm Field

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of people posing in a field. Part of the field has been cut and there are stacks of grain piled at regular intervals. In ...
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Group of People Posing with Farm Equipment

Date: 1900
Description: A group of people are posing in a field near a barn. They are harvesting grain, and a man is operating a grain binder pulled by three horses. A girl wearin...
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Loading Corn into Silo

Date: 
Description: The barn in the foreground, left, is the school barn for the Hillside Home School (which was run by Frank Lloyd Wright's aunts & Enos Lloyd Jones sisters, ...
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Grain Stacks

Date: 09 09 1895
Description: View across field of two men leaning against an enormous stack of grain on the farm of August Schmidt. There are many more stacks of grain leading into the...
Book or Pamphlet

Allis-Chalmers General Purpose Farm Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising: "A Real General Purpose Farm Tractor." The illustration shows a man using a tractor to work in a farm field with bar...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a man using a horse-drawn binder. There is a farmhouse, farm buildings and a windmill in the background on the left.
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Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view down field towards a horse-drawn binder in a field with harvested grain. A man near the road is standing in a horse-drawn wagon on the left....

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