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Family Farming

Date: 1942
Description: Slightly elevated view of Louis Finn and his five sons and three daughters working on their 150-acre potato farm with a Farmall tractor, a potato digger an...
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Shipping Lettuce

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Description: A view of three men in a field, packing lettuce for shipment into wooden containers. Caption reads: "Shipping Lettuce, Mission, Texas."
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Harvesting Onions

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Description: A view of men and women in a field during the harvest of onions. Caption reads: "April Bermuda Onion Harvest, Mission, Texas."
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Harvesting of Grapes

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Description: A view of men and women harvesting grapes in a field.
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Young Boy Harvesting Beans

Date: 1920
Description: A boy is holding a bushel basket while harvesting string beans in a field. A farmhouse and what appears to be a rabbit hutch or chicken coop are behind him...
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Temporary Packing Shelter for Berries

Date: 08 1923
Description: Makeshift shelter for packing fruit, in particular berries. Original caption reads, "a temporary packing shelter for a blackberry patch. Note handled carri...
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Frank Russell Driving Farmall H Tractor in Potato Field

Date: 1940
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of Frank Russel driving a Farmall H tractor with a middlebuster to harvest potatoes.
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Man Raising Platform of Stationary Loader for Beets

Date: 1944
Description: View of a man raising platform of stationary loader by ratchet. This moves the beets to conveyor operated by small 3-horsepower Model LB engine. An Interna...
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Three Women Posing on Tractor Pulling Potato Digger

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of three women posing on a tractor pulling a potato digger outdoors in a potato field on the farm of L. Wilson. One woma...
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Boy in Field with Basket of Onions

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Description: A boy, wearing overalls and a hat, is standing in a field holding a basket of onions. The basket is resting on wooden bins of onions. Hand-tinted lantern s...

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