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Sweeney Brothers

Date: 10 04 1933
Description: Brothers William Sweeney (right) and Homer Sweeney (left), standing on Coon Rock Bluff.
Photograph

John Walker

Date: 06 15 1933
Description: John Walker, father of 16 children, standing outside a greenhouse with a pipe in his mouth.
Book or Pamphlet

Cloverleaf Manure Spreader Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Cloverleaf manure spreader, featuring an illustration of a man operating a horse-drawn ...
Photograph

Farmall 140 Tractor with Cultivator

Date: 1954
Description: View towards a man operating a Farmall 140 tractor with an attached cultivator in a field.
Photograph

Men Splitting Sisal Plant Leaf

Date: 1949
Description: Two men stand in a field of sisal plants on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Splitting the leaf to make ties for the...
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Man Harvesting Sisal Leaves

Date: 1949
Description: A man carries two bundles of leaves on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Bundled leaves being carried out to t...
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Workers Laying Tracks on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: Slightly elevated view of workers laying railroad tracks in a field of sisal on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba.
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Payday for Field Workers on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: A manager pays a field worker on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Mr. Monroe paying the field workers."
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Planting Sisal in Cuba

Date: 1949
Description: Workers plant sisal on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Getting ready to set out the young plants. This operation co...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Catalog Back Cover

Date: 1898
Description: Back cover with a color illustration of a man using a Buckeye binder in a field drawn by a team of two horses. On the left a woman wearing a dress and apro...
Photograph

Portrait of Male Employee Standing Outdoors

Date: 06 18 1925
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors in front of a wall covered with foliage. He is holding a hat in his right hand.
Photograph

Wisconsin Farm Kitchen

Date: 1951
Description: Lawrence Sherman sitting in a chair by the window, reading the paper in his farm kitchen. On the left is a Jungers Model E stove with kettles and a teapot....
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Man Harvesting Squash

Date: 1979
Description: A man harvesting squash carries a basket on his shoulder in the field.

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