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Cut Fence

Date: 09 10 1963
Description: A boy repairing the fence at the Golden Guernsey Dairy cooperative McKerrow Farms.
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Floyd Quinney

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Description: Floyd Quinney, Richard Quinney's father, feeding cows and chickens in a field on his family's farm.
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Building Concrete Curb of Silo

Date: 1915
Description: View of the construction of the concrete curbs of pit silo, including a wooden form. On the left is a young girl looking out from behind a fence. In the fa...
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Opal Gillespie with Calf

Date: 07 1927
Description: Opal Gillespie standing in a field while feeding a Holstein calf from a metal bucket. Several farm buildings and a fence are in the background.
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Young Boy Operating Horse-Drawn Hay Rake

Date: 1914
Description: Side view of a young boy driving a team of horses pulling a hay rake in a field.
Postcard

Young Man Outdoors

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a young man standing in front of a field of corn. His hands are resting behind him on his lower back. He is wearing a cap, shirt and kn...
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Group of People Posing in front of Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of a man and woman posing sitting in chairs, with a young boy and a dog posing between them. An older boy is standing to their right holding...
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Lake Kegonsa Log Cabins — Highway 51

Date: 1930
Description: View from driveway over a stream towards a row of six log cabins to the left Highway 51. A Texaco Station and a delivery truck are on the far left. Cars ar...
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Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Claire Alexander posing with a young calf in a pasture near a wooded ravine at his father's farm. There is a manure spreader and shed in the background.
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80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: A chorus of men singing on stage with a crowd watching. A group of officials seated on the right. Rolling farmland in the background.
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Men Planting Seedlings

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Description: Man and a boy posing standing and holding white pine seedlings in a field. Four men are crouching in a row planting the seedlings in a field. In the backgr...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Foldout Card — Inside

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Description: Foldout card for Wm. Deering & Co. harvesting machinery. This scene depicts a young boy in a farmyard playing a flute while sitting on the side of a water ...
Photograph

Man and Young Boy Using Horse-Drawn Binders in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man and a young boy are each driving a horse-drawn binder in a field. A man wearing a hat and suspenders is standing in the foreground on the left. On th...
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Young Boy on Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a young man on a horse-drawn McCormick binder. A man is standing near the horses. Farm buildings are in the distance down a hill ...
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Men Using Horse-Drawn Mowers in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across partially harvested field towards a group of people posing. On the left are what may be young children posing on a horse-drawn vehicle. A man i...
Photograph

McCormick Reaping and Mowing Machine

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards people working with harvested grain near a reaping and rowing machine. A windmill is in the background. Farm buildings are in the...
Photograph

McCormick Reaping and Mowing Machine

Date: 1900
Description: A man and a young boy are using a reaping and mowing machine in field. There is a windmill in the background on the left, and farm buildings are on the ri...
Photograph

McCormick Reaping and Mowing Machine

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man and a young boy who are using a reaping and mowing machine. The boy is sitting on the horse pulling the machine. There is a...
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Young Boy with Ponies

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Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a young boy raking hay with ponies. In the background are farm buildings.
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Boy Eating an Onion or a Potato in Field

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Description: View of a boy standing and eating an onion or a potato in a field. Next to him are three baskets of onions or potatoes resting on crates. In the far backgr...

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