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Woman Pumping Water from Farm Well

Date: 04 1923
Description: A bundled-up woman hand pumps water from a well into a pail. The ground is covered with ice and snow. Two cars and a farmhouse are in the background.
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Outhouse behind Farmhouse

Date: 04 1923
Description: An outhouse without a door during the winter. The outhouse is situated under a tree behind a farmhouse.
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Woman Carrying Water to Farmhouse

Date: 04 1923
Description: Woman carrying a bucket of water back to her farmhouse in winter.
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Reading Thermometer on a Hot Day

Date: 07 18 1925
Description: Man standing and wiping the sweat from his brow while reading a thermometer in a rural setting. The thermometer is nailed to a tree, and a farmhouse is in ...
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International M Tractor with Snowplow

Date: 1945
Description: Man plowing snow with an International M tractor and snowplow. Original caption reads: "Then equipped with Trojan Vee-type snow plow as shown, the Trojan o...
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Winter Farm Scene

Date: 1941
Description: Several barns and a farmhouse surrounded by snow seen from across a road.
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Farm Scene

Date: 1940
Description: Farmhouse with several barns, a silo, and a windmill surrounded by fields and a bright, cloud strewn sky.
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Husker and Shredder in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Men loading corn stalks from a wagon into a husker-shredder in a snow-covered field. A second wagon and a tractor are on the right, and there is a barn in ...
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Iowa Farm

Date: 1940
Description: The William Langenbaw farm, viewed against a cloud-filled sky.
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Farm Equipment in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: A plow is sitting in the snow in front of farm buildings and a woodpile. The photograph was likely taken to illustrate the hazards of improper equipment st...
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Farm Implements in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: Several farm implements, including a grain binder and mower, sitting in a barnyard covered with snow. A shed, farmhouse, and woodpile are in the background...
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Salting Ice-Covered Steps

Date: 03 11 1926
Description: A man uses salt from a metal pail to cover ice-covered steps to the farmhouse at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Crowd at Farm Sale

Date: 01 1924
Description: Large crowd gathered at a sale on the farm of Bert Dunbar. Harrows and other farm implements are on the snow-covered ground. Several automobiles are in the...
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Farm Equipment in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: Farm equipment, including a grain binder and mower, are lying in the snow outside a farmhouse. In the background on the right two children are standing nea...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a man using a horse-drawn binder. There is a farmhouse, farm buildings and a windmill in the background on the left.
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Man Using Farmall H Tractor with No. 62 Combine

Date: 1941
Description: Left side profile view of a man driving a Farmall H tractor pulling a No. 62 combine on the farm of L.O. Norquist.

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