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Women and Children Watch Men Work in Field

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Description: Children, men with hats, and women with parasols, are watching men work in a field with a horse-drawn plow and other agricultural equipment. A house is in...
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Addison and Sarah White's Home

Date: 1876
Description: Riley, Springdale Township, Dane Co. Four men and four women around a table in yard in front of two-story Greek Revival frame house with a Madison Mutual s...
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Farm Women Class

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Description: Summer camp for Wisconsin farm women on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, with Wisconsin home economics leader Nellie Kedzie Jones. Mrs. Jones is pr...
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Group Portrait with Farm Equipment

Date: 02 04 1927
Description: A group of men and women in traditional dress pose outdoors around a Deering tractor and other farm equipment in front of a residence. The scene may be in ...
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Cream Separator at Farmhouse

Date: 1923
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing on the porch of a farmhouse to look at a McCormick cream separator at the base of the stairs. Nearby a man wearing ove...
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Woman and Children with Chicks

Date: 1922
Description: A woman is standing with two children in a poultry yard, feeding chicks and a hen from a coffee can. Several farm buildings are in the background.
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Picking Cotton

Date: 1915
Description: Men, women, and children picking cotton in a field.
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Woman Operating McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A woman wearing a dress and hat is operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two oxen through a field. Well-dressed men, women and a young child look on...
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Harvesting with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Men use a McCormick grain binder to harvest a crop on a hill overlooking a valley. Town buildings are on a hill in the far background. Two women and two ch...
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Diversified Farming Campaign

Date: 03 08 1915
Description: A group of men and women standing outside the New Home School to listen as Professor Clark is speaking on the subject of diversified farming. He uses a poi...
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Women Posing in Front of Barn Construction

Date: 1931
Description: Group of women posing in front of the new barn foundation. Jennie Krueger is standing second from the right, Florentina Krueger is standing fourth from the...
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Posing with a Case Threshing Machine

Date: 08 25 1923
Description: Edgar, Alexander, and Florentina Krueger posing with a Case company threshing machine. Edgar and Alexander are standing in front of the machine, while Flor...
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McCormick Reaping and Mowing Machine

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards people working with harvested grain near a reaping and rowing machine. A windmill is in the background. Farm buildings are in the...
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Woman Driving Tractor Pulling Disk Harrow in Canada

Date: 11 22 1927
Description: Elevated view of a woman driving a tractor to pull a disk harrow in a field.
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Family Posed with Implements for Farming

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Description: Family posing outdoors with implements for farming near a large, stone building. Location: France.
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International Harvester Truck in Brazil

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Description: Truck parked among buildings, with people standing nearby. Caption reads: "Malaria eradication personnel talking to farmer in the coastal regions north of ...

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