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Belle Case La Follette Addressing Farmers

Date: 1915
Description: Belle Case La Follette, wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing a group of farmers during a tour on the Chautauqua circuit during which she frequent...
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Experimental Motor Cultivator

Date: 09 19 1919
Description: Engineering photograph of a farmer field testing an experimental motor cultivator with crawler treads. Original caption reads: "The motor cultivator with p...
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Experimental IH Cotton Picker

Date: 1929
Description: View across cotton field towards right side of a man operating an experimental McCormick-Deering side and rear mounted one-row cotton picker.
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Filming of "Romance of the Reaper" at Walnut Grove

Date: 1930
Description: Film crew setting up a scene in which actors playing the parts of Cyrus McCormick and his slave Jo Anderson operate a replica of McCormick's reaper of 183...
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Farmer Shells Corn with Engine-Driven Sheller

Date: 1930
Description: Farmer operating a McCormick-Deering corn sheller powered by a portable engine.
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McCormick-Deering 1.5 Horsepower Engine

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Description: Farmer using a McCormick-Deering 1 H.P. stationary engine.
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Loading a Wagon

Date: 01 1916
Description: A farmer shoveling corn stalks from a field into a wagon.
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Deering Ideal Grain Binder

Date: 07 25 1913
Description: A farmer operates a Deering Ideal grain binder pulled by two horses.
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Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1914
Description: A farmer uses a Deering(?) grain binder pulled by four horses.
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Champion Machine

Date: 1910
Description: A man drives two horses uphill, pulling a Champion sickle-bar mower.
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Champion Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A man operates a horse-drawn Champion grain binder.
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Cultivating a Field

Date: 1910
Description: Farmer using a one-horse walking cultivator to work in a field.
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Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1914
Description: Right side profile view of a farmer driving a team of two horses to pull a corn binder through a field.
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Deering Grain Drill

Date: 1910
Description: A farmer is walking behind a horse-drawn Deering grain drill.
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Deering Spring Tooth Harrow

Date: 05 19 1913
Description: A man drives a Deering Spring Tooth harrow outfitted with a sulky rake down a dirt road.
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Deering Disc Harrow

Date: 05 22 1912
Description: A farmer using a horse-drawn Deering disc harrow in a field.
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Deering Spring Tooth Harrow

Date: 05 19 1913
Description: A farmer is using a Deering Spring Tooth harrow with sulky in a field.
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Deering Type D Disc Harrow

Date: 05 21 1913
Description: Rear view of a farmer using a horse-drawn Deering Type D disc harrow in a field.
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New Osborne Grain Binder

Date: 07 31 1912
Description: A farmer operates a horse-drawn Osborne grain binder through a field. The original caption reads: "Emerson-Brantingham."
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Osborne Reaper

Date: 08 02 1912
Description: Farmer operating a horse-drawn Osborne reaper. The original caption reads: "Emerson-Brantingham."

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