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Men Planting Seedlings

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Description: Man and a boy posing standing and holding white pine seedlings in a field. Four men are crouching in a row planting the seedlings in a field. In the backgr...
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Woman at a Brick House

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Description: View across field towards a European American woman posing sitting on the porch of a two-story brick house. A ladder is leaning against the porch roof.
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Field Work at Luke's Nursery

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Description: Slightly elevated view of plants supported with stakes in a field. There is a water tower in the background on top of a hill on the right. People are worki...
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Man with Carpentery Tools

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man posing standing and holding wood-working tools on a shaded patch of ground in a field. Displayed around him is a trunk with more ...
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Woman Driving a Buggy

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Description: View from side of unpaved road towards a woman posing sitting in a wagon holding the reins of a single horse in a rural area with open fields.
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Sleigh on a Snowy Road

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Description: View from side of road towards a man posing sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse near the side of a snow-covered road.
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Woman on a Horse

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Description: Exterior portrait of a woman posing sitting side-saddle on a horse in a field. There are roads in the background, and a building in the distance on the rig...
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Man with a Team of Horses

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Description: A man standing outdoors in a field behind two horses holding the reins. The horses are wearing fly nets and blinders.
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Binder and Threshing

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Description: View across field towards three men operating a binder and threshing machinery pulled by a team of four horses.
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Woman Posing with Cows

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a woman wearing a light-colored dress, apron, and a hat. She is standing holding a cow and a calf. In the background is a cornfield and...
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Building a Barn

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Description: View across field towards two men posing standing on the frame of a barn under construction next to a large haystack.
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Group with a Horse-Drawn Thresher

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Description: Exterior portrait of a group of men and women posing standing near a thresher pulled by a team of four horses wearing fly nets.
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Threshing Scene

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Description: View towards a man posing sitting on threshing machinery pulled by a team of three horses in a field.
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Threshing Scene

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Description: View towards a group of men and women posing standing upon and atop a thresher pulled by a team of four horses wearing fly nets. One man is sitting on a ho...
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Large Barn

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Description: View towards a large wooden barn. A sign on the cupola on top of the roof reads: "L.W. Drew 1908." There is a lightning rod on the top of the cupola, and f...
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Plowing Scene

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Description: View across field towards a man sitting on a plow pulled by a team of four horses.
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Haystack and Cows

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Description: View across field towards a group of cows around a large haystack. There is snow on the ground. In the distance are more fields, a building, and a small hi...
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Steam Tractor

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Description: Two men are standing and working on a large steam tractor outdoors in a field.
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Threshing Scene

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Description: A group of men are standing and working around a thresher.
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Feeder Pigs

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Description: View of a pig pen with a large group of pigs. Identified as feeder pigs, with straw winter shelters for young stock. The straw frames were on poles with st...

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