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Horse-Drawn Potato Diggers
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Potato digger drawn by three horses in field near a man wearing a white shirt with collar and boater hat. A wire basket full of potatoes and a bushel basket with potatoes and hat(?) are in the foreground.
May 1, 1928
International Harvester Company
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Potato Digger
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