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Union Pacific Railroad Crew

Date: 1917
Description: Eighteen man crew for the Union Pacific Silo Special Trip posing for a group portrait in front of railroad cars.
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Fordson Tractor with Plow Equipped for "Driverless Operation"

Date: 05 14 1927
Description: Farmer and mechanic F.L. Zybach, 32, standing beside his invention -- a Fordson tractor with a front-mounted plow equipped for "driverless operation." Orig...
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Chippewa Men with Canoes

Date: 1898
Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) men with canoes at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Inexpensive Poultry House

Date: 1914
Description: A young child feeding a flock of chickens outside of a poultry house. A farmhouse is in the background.
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Colfax Co. Implement Company

Date: 11 12 1925
Description: Exterior view of the Colfax Co. Implement Company with a pump for Red Crown gasoline in front of it. An automobile is emerging from the garage and a tract...
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Outdoor Display at Dealership Headquarters

Date: 11 10 1927
Description: Signs nailed to trees advertise an assortment of agricultural equipment set up on outdoor display at the Schairer and Feyerherm farm machinery headquarters...
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Butch Quirk uses Cub Cadet as Desk Top

Date: 04 1964
Description: Butch Quirk with a Cub Cadet tractor. Original magazine caption states: "Scientific farmer Quirk uses tractor hood as desk top as he records variety of cor...
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Butch Quirk Drives a Cub Cadet

Date: 04 1964
Description: Thirteen-year-old John "Butch" Quick is photographed driving a Cub Cadet tractor. This close-up captures one of Butch's hands on the steering wheel and the...
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Butch Quirk Returns Home

Date: 04 1964
Description: Thirteen-year-old John "Butch" Quick is photographed returning to his house. Butch carries his jacket and books under his arm as he enters his house. The f...
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Butch Quirk Fills the Hopper

Date: 04 1964
Description: Thirteen-year-old John "Butch" Quick is photographed filling the hopper of his Cub Cadet tractor with fertilizer.
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Butch Quick Carries Seed Bucket

Date: 04 1964
Description: Thirteen-year-old John "Butch" Quick carrying a bucket of seed toward his Cub Cadet tractor.
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W.F. Rieschick on Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1941
Description: Side view from left of W.F. Rieschick, on his farm, using his McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor.
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Snow Removal using McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor

Date: 12 21 1925
Description: Rear view of a man plowing a snow-covered city street with a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor. There is a railing on the right.
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Mechanic and Trucks at Truck Stop

Date: 1966
Description: Mechanic pushing a hydraulic car jack at an American Oil Company truck stop. Three trucks are parked at the gas pumps in the background.
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Farmall Tractor at Logging Operation for Stump Removal

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: A man is removing a stump with a Farmall tractor at Morris Bros. Ranch. Downed trees are in the background.
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Logging Operation at Sawmill

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: Men are working at a sawmill at the C.W. O'Halloran Co. There is a tractor in the background that is being used to belt-drive machinery.
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Logging Operation at Sawmill

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: Men are working under an open-sided roofed building among trees at the C.W. O'Halloran Co. A tractor is being used to belt-drive machinery.
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Two Men Posing Along Railing

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: Two men are posing against a wood railing. Over their heads is a roof. Behind them is a view of wooded hills.
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TD-24 — Dams & Levees

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of tamping rolls to put hard core in earth dam. Subject: "TD-24 — Dams & Levees." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Harlan County ...
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UD-24 — Industrial Power Units

Date: 1950
Description: Men are standing on a trailer working with alfalfa. The UD-24 is on the back of a truck. Subject: "UD-24 — Industrial Power Units (Misc.)." Where Taken: "M...

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