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Family and Farmstead

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Description: A family stands in a field with a farmstead behind them. The farmstead buildings include a hops drying shed with a large round chimney, small log structure...
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Directing a Scene In "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A photograph from the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reaper Cen...
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High School

Date: 1922
Description: View of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple with an A...
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Cabin and Cotton Field

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Description: Exterior view of a small cabin located near a cotton field. There is a cemetery in the far background.
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Train and Depot

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Description: View along railroad tracks towards a group of men and boys standing on a platform in front of the Preston Depot while a locomotive arrives. In the backgrou...
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Waterloo Canning Factory

Date: 1912
Description: View across road towards a canning factory. A group of workers are standing at the top of a round structure, and a conveyor belt coming out of a shed leads...
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View Across Field Toward Man with Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards men standing near a man using a corn binder in a field to bind stalks.
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Man Spreading Lime on Snow-Covered Field

Date: 09 21 1909
Description: Rear view of a man spreading lime on snow-covered field with a team of horses. There is a building in the background on the left, and a smokestack in the f...
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Lawson Plant Exterior

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field across pond towards Alfred Lawson's aircraft plant, with buildings and smokestacks. Men are working with a pile of lumber on the l...
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Man at State Agricultural College

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Description: View of a man standing in a field holding a sheaf of grain. In the background is a water tower near a building and a smokestack.

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