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Lowell Schmidt with Cream Separators
1925
A young boy named Lowell Schmidt is turning the handle of a cream separator in front of a farm building. Two additional cream separators are on either side of the boy in the background, along with ...
Young Woman with Cream Separator
July 7, 1925
A young woman wearing a dress and a pearl necklace fills a metal pail marked "School" from a cream separator. Additional milk pails are on the floor beside the cream separator, and also lining a sh...
McCormick Primrose Cream Separator on Farm
1922
A milking machine and an electric enamel Primrose cream separator in a room on the farm of Mr. Jerry Bacon.
Men with Cream Separators
1925
Two men are posing outdoors wearing three-piece suits. They are standing on either side of a McCormick cream separator. An additional cream separator is lying on its side on the ground, and on whic...
Boy with Cream Separator
September 9, 1925
Willis Rickert wears overalls and a hat while turning the handle on a McCormick-Deering cream separator. He stands on a dirt road in front of a building.
Woman with Cream Separator
1921
A woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a dress is standing and holding the hand crank of a McCormick Primrose cream separator on the porch of a house.
