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Farm Hands at Work Reaping Grain with Scythes

Date: 1899
Description: Farm scene of foreman watching five farm hands reaping grain with cradles as children, women and field hands help gather it into bundles.
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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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Men Cutting Grain with Cradles

Date: 1929
Description: Men cutting grain with cradles while other men gather it into bundles by hand. The scene is a re-enactment filmed in 1929 for the Fox-Hearst film "Romance ...
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Farm Laborers with Reaper

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Description: A crew of farm laborers take a break from harvesting wheat while a young woman offers food and drinks. They are posed in front of a reaper with the family ...
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Deering Harvester Advertising Poster

Date: 1899
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustation of three men and a dog watching a farmer harvest grain with a horse-drawn Deering Ideal grain binder. The me...
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Cranberry Cleaning Machine

Date: 09 1934
Description: Two men are loading cranberries into a washing machine.
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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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Men Using Cradles in Harvester Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Man Using Cradle to Harvest Grain in Film

Date: 1929
Description: A production still from the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Rea...
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Men Working with Cradles in Film Re-Enactment

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Loading Hay

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Description: Two agricultural workers are shown loading hay onto a wagon pulled by oxen in the Mohawk Valley. Farmland and a large hill is in the background. Caption re...
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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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Stacking Alfalfa

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Description: Several agricultural workers stacking alfalfa. The alfalfa is being loaded onto a horse driven wagon. In the distance, stacking machinery is being used to ...
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Alfalfa Crop

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Description: Several agricultural workers are shown stacking alfalfa. The alfalfa is being loaded onto a horse driven wagon. In the distance, stacking machinery is bein...
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Mogul 8-16 Tractor with Hay Loader

Date: 1915
Description: Man pulling a wagon and hay loader with a Mogul 8-16 tractor. Another man stands atop the hay in the wagon.
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Engine Powered Hay Press

Date: 1914
Description: Several men baling hay into hay press belted to a Mogul 15-30 or 30-60 tractor for power. Several other men supervise nearby. A barrel of oil sits behind t...
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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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Woelfel Haystack

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Description: View of a farmer from top of straw stack. The man uses a fork to push down the straw as more is being blown onto the pile from a thresher. More men in work...
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Men and Boys Around Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of men and boys gathered around a hay baler and other machines at work on International Harvester's Hickory Hill farm. The farm was located 7...
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Men working in field during Wisconsin cranberry harvest. Crates are stacked up throughout the field.

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