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Norwegian-style Barn with Cupola

Date: 1876
Description: Distant view from hill of a barnyard with people, split-rail fencing, cattle, a Norwegian-style barn with cupola and rooster weather vane and an animal bui...
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Lars Davidson Reque's Farm with Men and Boys

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Description: In this tableau, men and boys stand at the edge of the field in elaborate and fanciful poses. The man on the left holds a hoe and cake while the one on the...
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Farm with Traditional Norwegian Sval House

Date: 1870
Description: People in field with hay piles and traditional Norwegian Sval House (right) and salt-box house (left) with adjoining garden and farm buildings in the backg...
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Threshing Scene

Date: 1905
Description: View across field of threshing scene, with steam-powered threshing machine and horse-drawn wagons. A large group of workers pose with men in suits. On the ...
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Family and Workers in Field

Date: 1895
Description: A large family group and workers pose in field in front of farming machinery and haystacks.
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Sweep Horsepower Threshing

Date: 1890
Description: Sweep horsepower threshing. Men and products lined up near the machinery with a large haystack on the left.
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Barn Raising

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of a large group of workers, along with women, children, and dogs, posing on the frame of the barn they are building.
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Men in Field with Roller Coaster in Background

Date: 07 03 1912
Description: Five men standing in a field with harvested wheat and straw. There is a rollercoaster in the background on the left.
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Harvesting Hay with Hay Stacker

Date: 1895
Description: Outdoor group portrait of men harvesting hay. Two men are standing on top of a haystack with pitchforks filled with hay. A wooden counter-weighted hay stac...
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Agricultural Laborers Posing in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Four agricultural laborers posing in a field. One of the men is sitting on a horse-drawn mower, and the other three men are holding rakes.
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Haying Crew

Date: 1895
Description: Haying crew posing in a field among the haystacks. One man in the middle is holding a very young foal, and another man sits on a horse-drawn hay rake. A fa...
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Men Operating Farm Machinery

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Description: Men operating a steam tractor and threshing machinery near farm buildings. The negative is double exposed and shows the outline of a photographer's wagon.
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On the Hay Wagon

Date: 1932
Description: Leland Kopps holds a dog as he poses standing with his father John on top of a load of hay. A team of two horses are harnessed to the wagon which pulls a h...
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Men with Wagon of Hay

Date: 
Description: Young men and a boy posing standing on and near a wagon full of hay pulled by a team of two horses. The horses are wearing covers on their heads and fly-ne...
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Group of Workers in Field

Date: 05 29 1928
Description: A large group of people, men, women, and children, are posing in a field near a large stack of hay.

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