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Kentucky Corn Planters and Drills

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for the Kentucky line of International Harvester corn planters and drills. Cover features an illustration of a farmer...
Postcard

Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
Photograph

Tollef Gjermundsen Farmstead

Date: 1874
Description: View down hill towards two men in the foreground standing on top of a stone fence looking out onto fields where two or three men are working with two wagon...
Poster

McCormick 10-20 and 15-30 Tractors Advertising Poster

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick 10-20 and 15-30 tractors. The poster features a color illustration of each of the tractors, and photographs of men using t...
Photograph

Farmall M with Genius Tractor Plow

Date: 06 05 1944
Description: Paul F. Klassy uses a Farmall M tractor with a Number 15 Genius tractor plow to work in a field.
Photograph

Family Garden

Date: 
Description: A family garden in a company town for the Consolidation Coal Co. Five people are displaying their produce among the garden and the nearby buildings.
Photograph

Abandoned Cotton Field

Date: 03 18 1915
Description: View of an abandoned cotton field along the side of a dirt road. A farmhouse and farm buildings are in the distance.
Photograph

Farm Irrigation

Date: 1920
Description: A man crouching in a farm field near a wooden tool, possibly doing irrigation work. A dirt road behind the man leads to several buildings and a water tower...
Photograph

Muddy Pathway on Farmland

Date: 1911
Description: View of open gate and a muddy path through farmland along a fence. Corn shocks are in the field on the left.
Photograph

McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man driving a team of horses to pull a McCormick grain binder through a field. In the far background are several large buildings.
Photograph

Mower in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man on a mower driving a team of two horses to work in a field. In the distance are a number of houses on the side of a large hill.
Photograph

Dunbar's Camp

Date: 1900
Description: View downhill toward four men standing on the side of the road, with two men leaning against a fence, and one sitting on the fence. To the right is a cornf...
Photograph

Mork Farm

Date: 2004
Description: The Mork property is landlocked. Laura has to drive on a neighbors property to reach Hwy 175.
Photograph

Bonack Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Don Bonack's parents, Gilbert and Arlene, purchased this farm in 1955.
Photograph

Andes Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: This farm was in the ownership of the Hahn family for many years prior to the purchase of it by the Andes Family.
Photograph

Lousberg Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: The Lousbergs purchased their property in 1979. The barn is owned by Dan Nickel.
Photograph

Petri Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Norm and Renee were married October 17, 1981. Their children are Ryan, 22, and Jessica, 20.
Photograph

Tim Enderle with Elk

Date: 2004
Description: About 40 elk are currently being raised on the Enderle farm by Tim Enderle.
Photograph

Dyer Garden

Date: 2004
Description: Is this a modern sculpture in the Dyer yard? No, Pam uses these ladders for her bean plants.
Photograph

Dogs Granary — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Cliff and Renoda pose by this old granary.

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