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Potato Field
August 2, 1926
Four men in a potato field at Farm Colony, Wisconsin State Hospital for Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute), Highway 113.
Truck Garden
August 2, 1926
Six men with hoes in a truck garden at Farm Colony, Wisconsin State Hospital for Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute), Hwy 113.
Harvesting Grain
Agricultural workers are shown harvesting grain in the vicinity of Madill. Horse-drawn wagons full of grain are near a large pile of grain. Harvesting or threshing machinery reading "Reeves" is nea...
Farmer on Horse-Drawn McCormick Binder
1900
Young farmer in a field harvesting grain with a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder.
Farmer Harvesting Grain with Horse-Drawn Reaper
1899
Rear view of farmer operating a horse-drawn self-rake reaper harvesting grain in a hilly field.
Horse-Drawn Binders in a Field
1900
View across harvested field towards eleven horse-drawn binders in a row in a field. In the center foreground is a man in a horse-drawn buggy among piles of harvested grain.