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Dale Farm

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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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Cutting Grain

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Harvesting grain with horse-drawn machinery at Farm Colony, Wisconsin State Hospital for Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute), Highway 113.
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The Threshing Crew

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Description: Wisconsin threshing crew, with steam operated tractor, in Buffalo county.
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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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Corn Binder with Shocker

Date: 1902
Description: Four men stand next to a horse-drawn corn binder in a cornfield. A shock of corn is suspended in the air with a corn shocker. Two of the men have light-col...
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Mule Drawn Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Corn binder hitched to two mules in field in Algeria. In the distance are low hills. One bearded man, wearing what appears to be a full-length hooded jella...
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Farmers with Large Haystack

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Description: Several farmers posing with a very large haystack. A man identified as "Uncle Dave" is standing on top of the hay.
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Gathering Elberta Peaches

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Description: Agricultural workers pose in an Elberta peach orchard. They pose with a horse-drawn cart carrying baskets of peaches, and some of the men are holding peach...
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Picking Oranges

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Description: A group of agricultural workers picking oranges in an orchard. Several men are on ladders picking fruit, while other men pose on the ground. A horse-drawn ...
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Harvesting Wheat

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Description: Two teams of horses aren pulling agricultural machinery, and a horse-drawn carriage is nearby. Most of the large field has been harvested, and bundles of w...
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Harvest Scene

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Description: Agricultural workers harvest wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling harvesting machinery. Workers gather the wheat into bundles. Caption reads: "Harves...
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Harvesting Wheat

Date: 1907
Description: Agricultural workers harvesting wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling agricultural machinery while workers gather the wheat into bundles. Caption read...
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Harvesting Wheat

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Description: Agricultural workers harvesting wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling agricultural machinery while workers gather the wheat into bundles. Caption read...
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Reaping Wheat

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Description: Many teams of horses are shown pulling reaping machinery in a wheat field in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Harvested wheat is in the field. Two men sit in a h...
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Threshing Wheat in Kansas

Date: 1907
Description: A large group of agricultural workers is shown threshing wheat in a field. In the foreground a horse-drawn vehicle is in the field. In the background are s...
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Harvesting Grain

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Description: Agricultural workers are shown harvesting grain in the vicinity of Madill. Horse-drawn wagons full of grain are near a large pile of grain. Harvesting or t...
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Gathering Hay

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Description: Two men and a boy are shown gathering hay. The hay is being loaded onto a wagon pulled by two horses. A brook and a road are in the background. Caption rea...
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Loading Hay

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Description: Agricultural workers are loading hay onto a wagon pulled by two horses in the vicinity of Carbondale or Elk Hill. A man sits in a horse-drawn carriage near...
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Picking Cotton

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Description: A group of agricultural workers in a cotton field near Temple. Two men use a weighing device to weigh a bushel basket full of cotton. Two small children ar...

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