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Silage Cutting near Barn

Date: 1900
Description: View over fence of silage cutting operation near a barn on a small hill. Several men are working in the barnyard. A horse-drawn wagon stacked with silage i...
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Silaging Operation near Barn

Date: 1900
Description: Silage operation near barn. A Westinghouse engine is powering the ensilage cutters. Men are posing near wagons. A house in the background on the right surr...
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Men Using Stationary Engine in Farm Yard

Date: 1902
Description: Several men and horses cutting ensilage(?) near farm buildings or sheds. The cutter is connected to a stationary engine with a belt. A pile of farm machine...
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Men with Husker-Shredder Near Barn

Date: 1902
Description: A man working with wagons, an engine, and a husker-shredder near a barn, while another man is looking on. One wagon is filled with corn cobs.
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3 H.P. McCormick-Deering Kerosene Engine

Date: 10 05 1928
Description: View of a stationary McCormick-Deering kerosene engine along a wall. On the side of the engine is written: "3 H.P. McCormick-Deering Kerosene." To the righ...
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IH Vertical Engine

Date: 02 26 1906
Description: An IH vertical engine engine is sitting on a table with a dark background at McCormick Works. The plate on the front of the engine reads: "I.H.C. Vertical ...
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Stationary Engine

Date: 10 1906
Description: A stationary engine is sitting in the corner of what appears to be a shed. There are a number of pipes and wires attached to the engine. In the background,...
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Men Standing with IH Stationary Engines

Date: 10 02 1906
Description: Three men are standing posing in street near a loading dock with early International Harvester stationary engines. The man on the left is standing with wha...
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IH Stationary Engine and Water Pump in Garden

Date: 10 1906
Description: An International Harvester stationary engine appears to be powering a water pump, perhaps for irrigation. In the background is a pond.
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Men with Large Poles Atop a Sprayer

Date: 1910
Description: Two men are standing on top of what appears to be a sprayer, probably for use in orchards (though the urban setting suggests the possibility of other appli...
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Men Harvesting with a Vertical Stationary Engine

Date: 1911
Description: A man on the right is standing and leaning against a large cart which contains a vertical stationary engine. Three men on the left are working in the backg...
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Men with Hay Press in Field

Date: 08 20 1909
Description: Group of men working with a hay press in a field.
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Powered Hay Press Near Barn

Date: 04 30 1910
Description: View across yard of powered hay press in front of a barn at Springfield Works, with bales of hay in the machine.
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Hay Press Powered by 6 H.P. Engine

Date: 04 12 1912
Description: View up hill towards a man using a hay press on the right powered (belt-driven) by a 6 H.P. engine on the left.
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Men Using Powered Hay Press

Date: 04 04 1912
Description: Men in a field using a powered hay press. The belt-driven engine is out of the frame to the left. One man is standing on top of a haystack, and three men a...
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Engine Outdoors at Champion Works

Date: 08 24 1914
Description: Engine set up outdoors in front of a backdrop against a brick factory building.
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Powered Hay Press in front of Haystack

Date: 09 27 1905
Description: View across field towards an engine powering a hay press near a haystack.
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Men with Engine-Powered Feed Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Two men are posing inside a shed beside engine-powered feed mill.
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Engine Mounted on Sled to Power Wood Saw

Date: 1914
Description: View of an engine mounted on a sled providing belt-driven power to a wood saw. Three men are standing near the saw in front of a large stack of wood. A bar...
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Sawmill Inside Shed

Date: 1914
Description: Drawing of a sawmill inside three-sided roofed shed, open to the front. Attached to a barn along the back wall.

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