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Indians Thresh Wheat

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Description: Indians thresh the first wheat at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
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Indians Bind Wheat

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Description: Indians start the first McCormick self-binders at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
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Veterinarian Broadside

Date: 1870
Description: Broadside issued by veterinarian E.W. Palmer of Garden Prairie, Iowa, advertising his large animal services including his weekly Saturday clinic at Moffatt...
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Don't Buy Rath

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: Workers leaving the John Deere factory read literature from United Packinghouse of America workers on strike at a nearby plant. Although the location of th...
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Jacob E. Decker & Sons Packing Plant

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Description: A copy of a promotional postcard showing the Jacob E. Decker & Sons packing plant, factories, railroad, and grazing animals. All contribute to the producti...
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Advertisement for The Italian Bee Company

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Description: Advertisement for the Italian Bee Company. Dealers in Queens, Bees, Hives, Honey Extractors, &c. "Queens Imported by every Steamer." Des Moines, Iowa. From...
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Apiary of F.H. Stacey

Date: 1916
Description: Backyard apiary consisting of a large group of numbered beehives on a platform in front of a house. Behind them is a man standing wearing a vest and hat. W...
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View of Barn and Family

Date: 1916
Description: Barn and silo, with horses and farm wagon, and three children in pony buggy. Three men stand near the horse-drawn wagon on the left. The two horses are wea...

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