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Cattle Drive In Alma

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Description: Farmers driving their cattle to a stockyard near the Burlington Depot, a weekly occurrence.
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Men in Field Pointing at Livestock

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Description: Two men are in a field in the foreground, one sitting in a carriage, one standing next to it, and both men pointing to the background. There we see cows, h...
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Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using what appears to be a mower drawn by two horses to work in a field. Farm buildings and other workers are in the background, as well as child...
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International Truck with Farm Animals

Date: 10 13 1938
Description: Two men sit in the bed of an International D-15 motor truck surrounded by cattle and pigs at a feed trough. Barns and a windmill are in the background. The...
Photograph

Man Feeding Cows

Date: 1947
Description: A man takes bales of hay from a wheeled cart and places them in a wooden livestock feeder. Farm buildings and a herd of cows are behind the man.
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Man Feeding Cows

Date: 1947
Description: A man fills troughs with silage for a herd of cows at a farm. The text on the wheeled container holding the feed reads: "McCormick-Deering."
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Harvesting Hay

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Description: A man is piling hay onto a wagon pulled by oxen.
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Harvesting Hay

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Description: Two men are shown harvesting hay, loading it onto a wagon pulled by a team of oxen. A steep hill with a small footbridge is in the background. Caption read...
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In the Cotton Field

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Description: A group of agricultural workers and their children pose with a wagon full of cotton in a cotton field, location unknown. Caption reads: "In The Cotton Fiel...
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Loading Sugar Cane

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Description: Agricultural workers loading sugar cane onto a cart pulled by two donkeys. Caption reads: "Loading Sugar Cane, Morgan City, LA."
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Dangers while Unhitching Horses

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man unhitches horses from a wagon. Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Department to illustrate the dangers of leaving one tug un...
Painting

Seifert Painting

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of farm.
Postcard

The Return From the Alps

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Description: Color postcard of a Swiss farmer returning home with his animals. Many of the animals, and five of the shepherds, are labeled with a name. The path loops b...
Photograph

Farmall A Tractor Fitted with Homemade Mail Cab

Date: 1941
Description: A Farmall A tractor that has been fitted with a homemade cab delivering mail to a farm. The cab on top of the tractor has a decal on the side that reads: "...
Photograph

Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: A man and woman are sitting in a livestock delivery truck. In the back of the truck, which has a stake body, is a cow. Behind them another man stands behin...
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Man Driving Truck Loaded with Sheep

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: A man is driving a truck with sheep in the truck bed, which has a stake body. There is no driver's side door. Behind and above the truck is what may be a r...
Photograph

Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a livestock delivery truck with stake body. There is a man in the driver's seat, and cattle in the bed of the truck. ...
Photograph

Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: Two men are sitting in the cab of a livestock delivery truck with stake body. Large wooden structures and other trucks are in the background.
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Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: A man is standing at the back of a truck with a stake body. There are cattle standing in the bed of the truck, which is backed up to an open-sided building...
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Livestock Delivery Truck

Date: 10 07 1927
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck for chickens. Barns and a silo are in the background.

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