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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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"McCormick Day" in Small Rural Town

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of farmers lined up in horse-drawn wagons loaded with their new McCormick farm machines. Their wagons are adorned with "McCormick" signs and ...
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Husker-Shredder Powered by Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Farmers using a husker-shredder(?) powered by an engine. A man and two children look on from the doorway of a barn. Another man is standing on a horse-draw...
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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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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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Horse-Drawn Mower and Carriage in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View towards a man wearing a banded hat operating a horse-drawn mower in a field. In the background there is a boy standing near a man in a horse-drawn car...
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Main Street

Date: 1921
Description: Main Street, where two young girls walk on the sidewalk, and a horse and carriage and two cars are parked in the street. There is a townhouse complex on th...
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United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1946
Description: View from sidewalk of horse-drawn wagon on a tree-lined city street in a United Public Workers parade/demonstration. The wagon has a number of boys in it w...
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Street Scene — Post Office

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Description: View down unpaved street with a grocery/post office at the corner. Horses are tied at the side of the store, near a group of men and women. A man stands on...
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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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Boy Operating McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View down mowed section of field, with a young boy on the right operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder. Two men are working in the field gathering ...
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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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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 Front of Frame House

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Description: Two men, two women, a young boy, and a dog are posing standing in a yard in front of a frame house. There is a photographer's wagon on the left, and a box ...
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Large Group of People Posing Outdoors

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Description: View down slope towards a large group of men, women, and children posing sitting and standing in a wooded field in front of a traveling photographer's wago...
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Boys and Horses

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Description: View across dirt road towards two men standing, each holding two horses, on either side of a tent. A boy is standing in the center in front of the tent, an...
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Man and Grandsons Standing in a Field

Date: 1880
Description: Albert Ludley Tuttle of Baraboo, standing with his grandchildren and grown sons with farm equipment and horses in a field of young trees. In the field in t...
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Farmhands and Cattle in a Farmyard

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Description: Group portrait over fence of two men, a woman, and a boy posing in a farmyard with cattle and a team of oxen. In the background are farm buildings and a ph...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: People are gathered in a field near a man using a horse-drawn mower in a field. There are horse-drawn buggies and farm buildings on the left.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a suit is standing behind the binder. In the background people are standing and sitting near horse-drawn carriages.

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