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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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Men in Field Pointing at Livestock

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Description: Two men are in a field in the foreground, one sitting in a carriage, one standing next to it, and both men pointing to the background. There we see cows, h...
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Women and Farmer Posing in a Field

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Description: Five women, two seated in a carriage hitched to a horse and three on foot pose in a field with a farmer.
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McCormick Wire Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of farmers are using a McCormick wire grain binder, built in 1876. A horse-drawn carriage is in the background. The original caption reads: "The im...
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Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is picking up bundles of grain by hand, while another man is operating a horse-drawn grain binder. In the left background is a group of people in a s...
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Man with McCormick Binder and Horses

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses to work in a field on a hillside. The hill overlooks bundles of the harvested crop. In the bac...
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Men with Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Men with a horse-drawn mower in a field. One man is working with a hand implement in a pile of hay, and another is sitting in a horse-drawn carriage in the...
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Group of Men and Boys in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of three young boys standing in a field with men who are posing near horse-drawn carriages. There are many piles of cut grain in the field. A...
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Man on Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1895
Description: Side view of a man sitting on a horse-drawn mower in a field. The man on the mower is writing on a piece of paper. Another man wearing a bow tie is sitting...
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Man Standing on Stack of Hay

Date: 1895
Description: A group of men are working in a field with farm buildings in the background. A man wearing a wide brimmed hat is standing on top of a large pile of hay hol...
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Group of Men with Hay Stacker

Date: 1895
Description: A large group of men and a boy are working in a field harvesting hay. There is a large pile of hay with a man standing on top of it. Other men are using a ...
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Harvesting Hay with Hay Stacker

Date: 1895
Description: Outdoor group portrait of men harvesting hay. Two men are standing on top of a haystack with pitchforks filled with hay. A wooden counter-weighted hay stac...
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Men and Boys Waving near McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of men and boys waving in a field. One man is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder. Another man and a boy are in a horse-drawn bug...
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Men in Field with Grain Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Men are posing in a row of horse-drawn McCormick grain binders. A man and child are posing in a horse-drawn carriage. In the background is a farmhouse and ...
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Group of Men and Boys Harvesting Corn

Date: 1900
Description: View down corn rows of field of a large group of men and boys harvesting corn stalks. Several men are filling a wagon. Behind them is a man operating a cor...
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Horse-Drawn Mower and Carriage in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is sitting on a horse-drawn mower in a field, while two other men are looking on from a horse-drawn carriage.
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Haying Operation

Date: 1900
Description: Men are working with a horse-drawn mower and a horse-powered hay stacker in a field. Two men and a child are standing on a large stack of hay, and a horse-...
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Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: View over fence towards men using horse-drawn mowers in a field, while a couple in a horse-drawn carriage are looking on. Fences and farm buildings are in ...
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Farm of Chris Klein near Phillips, Price County

Date: 1895
Description: The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional card created to attract farmers to the agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. The card features an ima...
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Group of Men with Binders and Carriage

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of men standing in a field near a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. In the background two men are sitting in a horse-drawn carriage...

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