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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder on the Gary Owen farm. A farmhouse and windmill are in the far background.
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Men with Cream Separators

Date: 1925
Description: Two men are posing outdoors wearing three-piece suits. They are standing on either side of a McCormick cream separator. An additional cream separator is ly...
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Lowell Schmidt with Cream Separators

Date: 1925
Description: A young boy named Lowell Schmidt is turning the handle of a cream separator in front of a farm building. Two additional cream separators are on either side...
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McCormick-Deering Engine

Date: 08 22 1921
Description: McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 h.p. engine powering a Primrose cream separator, a churn, and a washing machine on the farm of A.L. Bishop.
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Men with Cream Separator

Date: 1925
Description: A man is emptying a pail into a Number 4 electric cream separator in a shed on the farm of John Doanan. Mr. Doanan is standing with a pail in the foregroun...
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Farm Profit Protest

Date: 1953
Description: Farmers and their supporters picket at the National Farm Institute to protest farm prices and their poor economic outlook.
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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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Building Farmer-Labor Solidarity

Date: 1947
Description: Booth sponsored by United Packinghouse Workers Union Local 46 at the Black Hawk County Fair. The booth included a special exhibit that illustrated how both...
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Office Building at Bettendorf Tank Arsenal

Date: 04 04 1942
Description: Workers from the Tunnicliff Construction Company build a temporary office building at International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal. On the right a par...
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International C-Line Truck at Penn Dairy

Date: 1937
Description: A man and woman are loading crates of milk into an International C-Line truck at Penn Dairy Farm. According to the original caption, "Mr. and Mrs. Johhnson...
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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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Barn and Chicken Coop

Date: 1914
Description: View of a barn and chicken coop, used to illustrate the poor quality of the coop.
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Men Loading Brick Silo near Brick Barn

Date: 11 12 1924
Description: Brick barn and silo. Two men are using a 15-30 tractor to power a silo filler.
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Sewing Room at Iowa School

Date: 10 30 1917
Description: Interior view of tables, a chalkboard, and sewing machines inside the sewing room at Orange Township Consolidated School.
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Manual Training Room at Iowa School

Date: 10 30 1917
Description: Interior view of the manual training room at Orange Township Consolidated School. Work tables stand throughout the room and the walls are lined with cabine...
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School District Building in Iowa

Date: 10 30 1917
Description: Exterior view of an abandoned district school building with a small shed or outhouse standing nearby.
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Two Students in Iowa Cornfield

Date: 07 22 1915
Description: Two students standing in a cornfield. The boy on the right is holding what appears to be a hoe while completing work as part of a high school agriculture c...
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McCormick-Deering Lime Spreader

Date: 09 1930
Description: Two men with shovels work with a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering lime spreader. Decals are on the lime spreader.
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McCormick-Deering One-Row Corn Picker

Date: 1930
Description: Man pulling McCormick-Deering one-row corn picker with a farm wagon in a cornfield.
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McCormick-Deering No.2 Corn Sheller and Farmall Regular

Date: 12 1930
Description: McCormick-Deering No.2 corn sheller and Farmall Regular tractor on Dick Wormley's farm. A man stands on the left gathering the shelled corn into a "utility...

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