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Ed Linnell on Steam Tractor

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Description: Ed Linnell stands on a steam tractor. Steam drives the horizontal piston, just behind the smokestack which runs the flywheel, on opposite side, which spu...
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Railroad Depot

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Description: Men approaching a train at the railroad depot carrying farm machinery from the J.I. Case Company.
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Self-Binders in a Field

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Description: Two teams of horses pull two self-binders through a field. The self-binder came into use after the reaper, both of which were superceded by the combine.
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Farmers and Threshing Machine

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Description: A group of eight farmers resting on or near a wooden threshing machine.
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Girl With Team of Horses

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Description: A girl stands with two horses turning a winch, probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J. H. Carnahan.
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Group Posing Near Winch

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Description: Five men and four girls stand, while one girl poses on a winch turned by a team of two horses. The winch is probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J. H. Carnah...
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Men and Horse Teams Working in a Field

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Description: Teams of men and horses work in a field. Two smokestacks and additional agricultural machinery are visible in the background.
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Men With Steam Machinery

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Description: A group of men use steam machinery to clear a field or saw lumber. In the foreground, men stand on a horse-drawn wagon and sled.
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Farmers with Team of Horses

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Description: A farmer drives a team of three horses hitched to a manure spreader. Another man stands next to the team, holding an additional horse by its reins.
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Men and Women Posing with Machinery

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Description: Several men and two women relax amidst farm machinery.
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Women Seated on Farm Machinery

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Description: A woman sits on a piece of farm machinery, probably a mowing machine.
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Woman at Bat During Baseball Game

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Description: A woman swings a bat in a pick-up game of baseball. Two men are in the background, along with a field mower.
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Cranberry Growers

Date: 10 1984
Description: Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries.
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Man with Drill

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Description: Man posed squatting on a wooden floor holding a drill in his hand. He is next to a piece of farm machinery, possibly a manure spreader or cranberry picker ...
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Farm Machinery on Wooden Floor

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Description: Piece of farm machinery on a wooden floor in a building.
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People in Yard Outside a Frame House

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Description: Man posing sitting on farm equipment, probably a grain-binder, pulled by a team of four horses in the driveway of a large two-story frame house. A man is s...
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People in Front of Farm Buildings

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Description: In the center is a man posing sitting on a plow pulled by a team of two horses. In front of him is a dog, and another dog is lying behind the plow. Standin...
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Family with Horse-Drawn Plow

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Description: A woman and child are posing sitting on a plow steered by a man standing on their right. The two horses are standing on the left. In the background is a tr...
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People Posing Around Farm Machinery

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Description: People posing in field, with a barn in the background among trees. In the center a man, three women and a boy are standing in front of a wire fence. Behind...

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