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Band Playing at Train Station

Date: 1917
Description: Twelve piece brass band playing at a railroad station during the "Union Pacific Preparedness Special Campaign."
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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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Farmer on McCormick-Deering Farmall H Tractor with Plow

Date: 1941
Description: Wayne Pattison working the fields of his two-hundred and eighty acre farm with a Farmall H tractor and a McCormick-Deering No. 7 disc plow. In the backgrou...
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W.W. I Disabled Veterans Group with International Motor Coach

Date: 1925
Description: Members of Minneapolis Chapter No. 1 of "World's War Disabled American Veterans" (World War I) posing with musical instruments in a city street in front of...
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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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Dr. War Eagle

Date: 1898
Description: Dr. War Eagle shoots at a target using a bow and arrow at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress.
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Withertail, Sioux Chief

Date: 1898
Description: Withertail, a Sioux Chief, at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. He is sitting outdoors in front of a tipi.
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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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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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Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1902
Description: A man operating a horse-drawn McCormick corn binder on Swift Ranch.
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Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1905
Description: Four men and a woman gather around a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. Two men are sitting in a horse-drawn wagon.
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McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1902
Description: A farmer uses a McCormick grain binder while two other men gather the tied bundles.
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McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor with Snowplow

Date: 12 21 1925
Description: Man plowing a snow-covered city street with a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor. A building with the sign "Paxton & Gallagher" is in the backgroun...
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Chappell Implement Company

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: A man kneels to work on an automobile in front of the Chappell Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The sign above the building reads:...
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"Tractorette" Student

Date: 1942
Description: Slightly elevated view of a participant in International Harvester's "Tractorette" class sitting on a Farmall H tractor. The class consisted of 15 women an...
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"Tractorettes" with Instructor

Date: 1942
Description: "Tractorettes" pose with their instructor, McCormick-Deering salesmen Robert L. McCaffrey, on a Farmall H tractor.
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Butch Quirk Riding Cub Cadet

Date: 04 1964
Description: Thirteen-year-old student farmer John "Butch" Quirk planting rows of corn with the aid of his Cub Cadet tractor.
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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 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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