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Deering Corn Binder

Date: 1915
Description: Demonstration for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition showing how the labor swing bundle elevator of the Deering corn binder operates.
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Joe Santana Milking Cows

Date: 1946
Description: Joe Santana kneels beside a dairy cow in a barn to use a McCormick-Deering milker. The original caption reads: "Joe Santana, 326-S, Studebaker St., at Norw...
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Man Carrying Milker

Date: 01 17 1938
Description: Mr. E. Bognuda stands in a barn doorway while carrying a McCormick milker. The original caption reads: "Milkers on dairy farm owned by Mr. E. Bognuda locat...
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TD-35 TracTracTor with Beet Puller

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: A man operates an International TD-35 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) while using a two-row beet puller to do field work on an 850-acre farm. The equipment ...
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McCormick-Deering Cotton Harvester

Date: 1944
Description: Dorothy Hutchison operating a McCormick-Deering H-10-H cotton picker in a field. Stencils and/or decals are on the machine.
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McCormick-Deering No. 31 Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1936
Description: McCormick-Deering No.31 harvester-thresher (combine) in a field. Original caption reads "New 31-RW West Coast Special harvester-thresher in "gyp" corn on 1...
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Spraying Fruit Trees

Date: 09 20 1924
Description: A man stands on a platform made of wood while using a sprayer to apply pesticide to a grove of fruit trees. Another man stands on the back, and another man...
Postcard

Hops Farming

Date: 1908
Description: Hops farming, most likely in California. Pictured among the large plants and trellises are farm workers, both children and adults. Caption reads: "Hop Pick...
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Boy and Girl with Baby Ostriches on the Cawston Ostrica Farm

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Description: A boy and girl are sitting behind a table that two baby ostriches are standing on. There are two ostrich eggs on the table. There are ostriches standing i...

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