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Workers Loading Sisal Leaves onto Tram Car

Date: 1900
Description: Two workers loading bundles of sisal leaves onto a tram car on a plantation in the Yucatan(?). The sisal or hennequen was used by the McCormick Company and...
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Farm Implements in the Farmyard

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Description: Elevated view of group of people and farmhouse. There are three men with a horse-drawn self-rake reaper, and behind them are more people, several horses an...
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Case Tractor and Grader

Date: 1935
Description: This image which was probably taken for publicity purposes by the company, shows a J.I. Case Model L tractor pulling a Galion E-Z Lift road grader.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1900
Description: View down Portage Canal, with trees and open land on either side.
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Farm and Field near Road

Date: 08 14 1936
Description: Farm and field near a rural tree-lined road. Cars and trucks can be seen in the distance.
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Man Shucks Corn in Field

Date: 1921
Description: A man is sitting and shucking a pile of corn in the middle of a harvested cornfield. In the background is a wagon full of corn.
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Women and Young Girl Leaning on Fence

Date: 1897
Description: Ada Bass, the photographer's wife, leaning against a fence, next to daughter Everetta Bass as a young girl, along a dirt road. The photographer's sister, R...
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Horse-Powered Hay Press

Date: 01 15 1908
Description: Three men in a field use a horse-powered hay press. Two carriages are on the the left.
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Harvesting Grain

Date: 07 20 1921
Description: Horse-drawn cart stacked with grain shocks out in a field. One man is standing on top of the already stacked grain, while another man is passing shocks up.
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Rear View of Automobile on a Dirt Road

Date: 1920
Description: Rear view of an automobile leaving a 56 inch track on a dirt road. The photo and original caption were probably used to advertise farm wagons with a simila...
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International Harvester Photographer

Date: 1931
Description: A company photographer sets up his camera on top of a car to take a photograph in a field.
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Women and Farmer Posing in a Field

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Description: Five women, two seated in a carriage hitched to a horse and three on foot pose in a field with a farmer.
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View from Carriage

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Description: A view from a carriage pulled by a two-horse team. The carriage is moving down the road, towards a group of women.
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1831 Reaper on Film Set

Date: 1929
Description: Men repair a reaper replica on the motion picture set of "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celeb...
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Directing a Scene

Date: 1929
Description: Production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reaper ...
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Film Crew(?) for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Three Men on the Set of "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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On Location in "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Men in Period Costume for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Fred Essers Farm

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of a two-story house with several trees on the farm of Fred Esser. On the right is a barn with two silos. On the far left in a fenced area on...

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