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Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1899
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a farmer in a barnyard w...
Photograph

Cotton Gin

Date: 01 13 1938
Description: Two men use horse-drawn wagons to haul loads of cotton near a cotton gin powered by an International PD-80 unit. A sign on the barn reads: "Bassett Gin."
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Grain Drill in Field

Date: 08 06 1935
Description: Man walks behind a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering grain drill in a field. Decals are on the grain drill. Barns and other farm buildings are in the backgroun...
Photograph

Hilgendorf Barn — Exterior

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Description: Lloyd and Kim Hilgendorf live at W2050 McArthur (Section 17). After working in the iron mines at Neda, Lloyds's great-grandfather, Whilhelm Hilgendorf, and...
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Blacksmith Shoeing a Horse

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Description: A blacksmith in a working apron prepares a horse for shoeing. The bridled and saddled horse stands quietly next to another horse in the blacksmith's shop, ...
Book or Pamphlet

Avery Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the 5-10 horsepower Avery tractor featuring an illustration of a man using the tractor on a farmstead. An inset illust...
Photograph

Man on Mule-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man is sitting on a mule-drawn binder near the yard of a house. Two men, one standing and one sitting, and a woman standing and wearing a bonnet, are in ...
Photograph

Men and Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Five men are standing in a field near a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder. Behind the group is a large barn and other outbuildings, and a farmhouse ...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. There is a barn near a tree further down the field. In the distance a railroad tra...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across road towards a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. Sheaves of harvested grain are in the field, and there is a barn in the bac...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick mower in a field. A barn and other farm buildings are in the background on a low hill.
Photograph

Farmall MD Tractor and Corn Picker

Date: 1949
Description: View of farmyard and farm buildings, with Clarence Schoger on a Farmall MD tractor with IHC corn picker and a wagon filled with ears of corn. Carl Schoger ...
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Horse-Drawn Disk Harrows

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Description: View towards four men, each one with two-horse teams pulling disk harrows. Behind the teams is a barn with a sign that reads: "1900, F. Dixon, Orchard Grov...

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