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Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1901
Description: Cover of a German language advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company. The cover's color illustration features a woman with a rake watching a ...
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Harvest by Hand

Date: 1921
Description: Men cutting and gathering grain by hand. One man appears to be holding a scythe, or possibly a cradle.
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Planting Sisal in Cuba

Date: 1949
Description: Workers plant sisal on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Getting ready to set out the young plants. This operation co...
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Two Men Loading Manure Spreader

Date: 1911
Description: Panoramic view of two men loading a horse-drawn manure spreader (possibly a Kemp) in a field.
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Farmall Tractor with Endgate Spreader

Date: 09 1927
Description: A man standing in an endgate lime spreader is using a shovel to spread lime onto a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The sprea...
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Men with Grain Cradles

Date: 1912
Description: Rear view of three men wearing hats, and pants with suspenders, using grain cradles to harvest a field crop. Multiple buildings, including a barn, are on a...
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Group of Men and Boys Threshing

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men and boys threshing. They are using a tractor for a belt-driven threshing machine, and on the left two horses pull a wagon with large barrels.
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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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Four Men and One Boy in Field with Grain Binder

Date: 1895
Description: One man is operating a grain binder pulled by two horses, while three other men and a boy are working in the field near him. One man is holding a cradle us...
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Men Raking Hay in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: A young man is operating a horse-drawn hay rake in a field, while other men are raking by hand. There are large piles of hay scattered in the field. In the...
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Workers on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1900
Description: Workers standing in a field next to henequen or sisal plants, probably in Yucatan, Mexico.
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Tomato Harvester in South Texas

Date: 1970
Description: A woman holding a bucket and wearing a covering over her head, a checkered long sleeve shirt, pants, and gloves. She is standing behind crates of Roma toma...
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Group Harvesting

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Description: Outdoor view of men and women sitting and standing in a field harvesting a crop.
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Baling Operation with Hay Press

Date: 08 25 1927
Description: Men working to bale hay. On the left is a tractor belt-driving the hay press, which is set up near men standing on a large hay stack. On the right, two men...
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Men in Field with Haystacks

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Description: View towards two men standing and holding pitchforks in a field with haystacks around them. Lantern slide.

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