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Hand Reaping Operation
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One man and two women are posing standing while working in a field. The women are wearing bonnets and are holding bundles of grain in their arms, and the man is holding a cradle scythe.
1900
International Harvester Company
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WHi 119450
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Farm Hands at Work Reaping Grain with Scythes
1899
Farm scene of foreman watching five farm hands reaping grain with cradles as children, women and field hands help gather it into bundles.
Family Posing in Field
1900
Men, women and children posing on a field. In the center children are sitting around a blanket on the ground. A group of men and women are posing behind on the left. In the center background a man ...
Hand Reaping Operation
1900
A man is working in a field using a scythe. In the background are farm buildings.
Man with Cradle Scythe
1900
Man harvesting grain with hand cradle in a field. There are many haystacks in the field in the background.
People Harvesting with Hand-Scythes
1900
Men harvesting in a field with hand-scythes near a man driving a ox-drawn binder behind them.
McCormick Reaping and Mowing Machine
1900
View across field towards a man and young boy using a horse-drawn reaping and mowing machine. Men and women work in the field with the harvested grain. In the background is a windmill.
