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Cut Fence

Date: 09 10 1963
Description: A boy repairing the fence at the Golden Guernsey Dairy cooperative McKerrow Farms.
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Directing a Scene

Date: 1929
Description: Production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reaper ...
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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...
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McCormick-Deering Lime Spreader

Date: 09 1930
Description: Two men with shovels work with a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering lime spreader. Decals are on the lime spreader.
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St. Peter's Church Steeple

Date: 05 1984
Description: "Workers do steeple repair on St. Peter's Church."
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Water Tower

Date: 07 1987
Description: "This workman is painting 'Theresa' on the water tower."
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Ground Breaking Ceremony

Date: 08 1988
Description: Ground breaking ceremony for the construction of Mountin's new Piggly Wiggly store in Mayville.
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Apiary of J.E. Cady

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Description: View across field of the house and apiary of J.E. Cady. There is a man in a horse and carriage in front of the house. The carriage has a sign on the side t...
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Man with McCormick Combine 64

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Description: View looking down at a man, wearing safety glasses, sitting on the edge of a wagon holding a shovel. Behind him a McCormick combine 64 is emptying grain in...
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Men Using Farmall Tractor to Power Saw

Date: 10 1931
Description: Two men in a field using a Farmall tractor to power a saw for cutting wood. Albert Sole.
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Man Using Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view looking down at a man using a Farmall Cub tractor to belt-drive a corn sheller. The man is inside the open doorway of a farm building bent ov...
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Young Boy with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1941
Description: Young boy kneeling in a field and holding a hammer up near a Farmall M tractor pulling a grain drill. The boy is 3-years-old and is the son of the caretake...
Print

"Man is Born Broken" Christmas Card

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Description: Four-fold, copy art card with an image on the inside of a composite photograph and drawing of Sid using a trowel to spread mortar on a brick wall. On the b...
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Corn Crib and Truck Near Storage Silo

Date: 08 13 1926
Description: A man is standing in the back of a truck bed shoveling something into a hopper. There is a child looking out of the rear window of the cab. The hopper is a...
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Two men are using a large auger to dig a hole for installing telephone poles. A truck is parked nearby, used for installing the poles. The sign on the side...
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Intalling Telephone Poles

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: View towards front of truck parked along a road, with an auger hanging off the front. A man is standing, (obscured) at the back of the truck.
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: View across road towards a truck parked on the side of the road. A large auger is hanging in front of the truck. Fields are in the background.
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Two men are using a large auger to dig a hole for installing telephone poles. A truck is parked nearby, used for installing the poles. The sign on the side...
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Flood in Trout Strem

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Description: View from shoreline looking through fences towards a man standing in knee-deep water holding a net and scooping water into a bucket. Patches of land and tr...

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