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Tobacco Harvest

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Description: Men in field with tobacco on wagon, and a barn and an outbuilding in the background. This is Lewis Dahl's tobacco harvest in back of his father's home (Nel...
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...
Photograph

New Osborne Grain Binder

Date: 07 31 1912
Description: A farmer operates a horse-drawn Osborne grain binder through a field. The original caption reads: "Emerson-Brantingham."
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Men in Field Harvesting Hay

Date: 1918
Description: Three men on the ground lift a large pile of hay to two men on a wagon drawn by two horses.
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Men Harvesting Hay in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Three men using pitchforks to lift hay onto a wagon drawn by two horses.
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Horse-drawn Buggy Approaching Farmer on McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses in a field. A young child wearing a wide-brimmed hat is watching, and a horse-drawn bug...
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Large Haying Operation

Date: 1900
Description: Men working on haying operation in a field. Two men are driving horse-drawn wagons piled high with hay. One man is standing near one wagon holding an imple...
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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Grain Binder

Date: 1919
Description: Farmer operating an older model horse-drawn grain binder in a field.
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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...
Painting

Corn Shredding

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Description: Two farm workers in the righthand foreground toss a corn bundle up to the horse-drawn corn shredding machine to be shredded. To the left, a man loads feed ...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Threshers

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering stationary threshers featuring a color illustration of an all-steel thresher at work in a field and illustrations ...
Photograph

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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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...
Photograph

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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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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Men with Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1902
Description: Men with a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder and horse-drawn carriage in a field.
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Farmer Holding Box of Produce

Date: 1895
Description: Farmer in a vegetable field holding a box of produce, showing the productivity and diversity of his farm in northern Wisconsin. A man on the left walks wit...
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Loading Hay

Date: 08 1898
Description: August and Alexander Krueger loading hay with pitchforks onto a wagon with a two-horse team attached. August is standing on top of the wagon while Alexande...
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Stacking Grain

Date: 1908
Description: Alexander and August Krueger stacking grain. Alexander is standing on top of a tall pile of hay on a wagon, piling grain on the stack, while August is stan...
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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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