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Stationary Engine and Thresher

Date: 1915
Description: Men are operating a thresher and a stationary engine near a barn.
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Husker and Shredder

Date: 1931
Description: A man works with a husker-shredder near a silo and barn. A wagon is parked on the right. Original caption states: "Husker and Shredder used for custom w...
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Husker and Shredder

Date: 1921
Description: Two men are working with a husker-shredder near a silo and barn. One of the men is shoveling corn stalks from a wagon.
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Husker and Shredder in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Men loading corn stalks from a wagon into a husker-shredder in a snow-covered field. A second wagon and a tractor are on the right, and there is a barn in ...
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Crew of Men with Husker and Shredder

Date: 1915
Description: A crew of men standing with a wagon and a husker-shredder near a barn. A sixth man in a dark coat and hat is standing under the ladder leaning against the ...
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Husker and Shredder Near Barn

Date: 1912
Description: A man operating a Husker-Shredder near a barn and silo. The husker-shredder is powered with a belt connected to an engine.
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Tractor and Husker-Shredder

Date: 1912
Description: Two men working with a husker and shredder in a barnyard. The machine is connected with a belt to the power-takeoff of a Mogul tractor. Original caption st...
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McCormick Reapers in a Wheat Field

Date: 08 11 1963
Description: Two men on two McCormick reapers at work in a wheat field. In the distance several farm buildings are visible with large clouds in the sky.
Painting

Steam Power

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Description: A harvest scene in which an old-fashioned steam-powered tractor is hooked up to a threshing machine. There is a pile of coal next to the tractor and a tank...
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
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Threshing on August Krenke Farm with First Gas Engine

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Description: Three men from the Frank Otto threshing crew. Seated in foreground is Richarrd Krenke. In the background is Ed Fink of Antigo, and to his left is Bill Henc...
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Threshing Crew on Krenke Farm

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Description: A threshing crew of men pose on tractors and threshing equipment on the Krenke farm. The tractor is powered by an engine and the threshing machine is pulle...
Book or Pamphlet

Threshing Machines Pamphlet

Date: 1921
Description: Back cover of a pamphlet advertising Advance-Rumely threshing machines featuring a color illustration of farmers using a stationary thresher near a barn.
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Group of Men with Threshing Machine

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Description: Group portrait of a large group of men working with a threshing machine. In the left foreground is a belt connected to equipment (out of frame) that is run...
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Steam Tractor Running a Thresher

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Description: View across field of tall grass towards two men on a steam tractor belt-driving a thresher on the far left near a team of two horses. In the background is ...
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Threshing Crew

Date: 1931
Description: A group of thirteen men are standing in front of a newly constructed barn. Alexander Krueger is standing in the back, second from left, and Edgar Krueger i...
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Alfred Lunt and Threshers

Date: 1942
Description: Alfred Lunt watching as farm workers pitch grain into a thresher on the Ten Chimneys farm. Two men at the end of a chute collect the separated grain in sac...
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Threshing Crew

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Description: View of a threshing crew with their steam-powered tractor posing in front of a barn.
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Threshing Operation

Date: 1919
Description: Men are posing with two large stacks of hay at a threshing operation.
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Tractor Powered Hay Press

Date: 08 25 1927
Description: A tractor in the right foreground is belt driving a hay press. There is also what appears to be a thresher, which one person is aiming into the bed of a tr...

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