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Indian Farmers Gather around International Harvester Tractor

Date: 07 01 1969
Description: The original caption reads: "Under a Banyan tree by the village well, neighboring farmers look over a farm tractor, first India-made one they have seen. Th...
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Farmer and Farmhand Harvesting Grain with McCormick Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a McCormick horse-drawn right hand open elevator grain binder (?) in a field while another man is gathering the bound sheaves of grai...
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Group of Men Posing in Field with Three Grain Binders

Date: 1895
Description: A large group of men, mostly African American, posing in a field with three McCormick grain binders. Each binder is being operated by a man and is pulled b...
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Wautoma-Dakota Dump

Date: 1967
Description: Dump where discarded mattresses were resold to growers for migrant laborer camp use. A sign identifying the dump and its hours stands behind a barbed wire ...
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Cucumber Harvesting Machine

Date: 1968
Description: Two men are riding on a cucumber harvesting machine called the "Pickle Harvester" as labeled on the center between two lights. The man on the right, wearin...
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Loading Bananas on a Train

Date: 1902
Description: Group of men loading a large pile of bananas onto a train in Costa Rica. Three men wearing suits and hats are sitting and standing on top of the railroad c...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Binder in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: View down slope of hill towards a man standing in a field and working near a man who is using a horse-drawn binder in a field. A valley and hills are in th...
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Two Men Using Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards two men using horse-drawn McCormick binders in a field. Two men are in a carriage on the left near one of the binders. A group of...
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Threshing Crew

Date: 
Description: View of a threshing crew with their steam-powered tractor posing in front of a barn.
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Five Tractor-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards five men on five McCormick binders being drawn by a tractor.
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Man Using Tractor in Field in India

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of a man using a MRA 2940 International tractor in a field in India. Behind him in the field a man is walking with oxen. On the edge of the f...
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Two Men with Farmall A Tractor and Cotton Picker

Date: 1947
Description: View from front of man driving a Farmall A tractor pulling a wagon. Beside the wagon on the left is a man driving a cotton picker. The cotton picker basket...
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Man Driving Farmall A Tractor with Mounted Planter Fertilizer

Date: 1947
Description: Right side view of man driving a Farmall A tractor with mounted planter fertilizer in a field.
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Robert C. Taylor on Farmall C Tractor

Date: 1949
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of Robert C. Taylor working as a farm operator for his father. Robert is operating a Farmall C tractor with No. C-452 c...
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Men Riding Horse-Drawn McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Men are working in a field, assisting with grain shocks, while a man on the left is driving a horse-drawn Binder.

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