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Tractorette Field Demonstration

Date: 1942
Description: Instructor Mr. Schweitzer reviewing the operation of a Farmall M tractor with a group of women. The women are (L to R): Donna Mehaffy, Oakville; Marian Hul...
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"Tractorette" Group on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. John T. Shea, Mary Elma Riddell, and Mrs. John R. Riddell, participants in "Tractorette" class, are posing around a Farmall H tractor with J.S. Inman,...
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"Tractorettes" with Instructor

Date: 1942
Description: A group of "Tractorette" participants are looking on as their teacher, L.J. DeMars, assistant manager of the Blanchard Motor Company in Springfield, is ins...
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Couple Standing in a Field

Date: 1921
Description: Unidentified smiling couple standing in a field near an automobile.
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Group Portrait of the Association of State Foresters

Date: 10 28 1936
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the state foresters at a meeting of the National Association of State Foresters in Wisconsin, October 28-30th.
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Group Portrait of Three People with Brickworks in the Distance

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a man posing sitting, and two women posing standing on a fence ladder in a field. The Halcyon Brick Works is identified in the ba...
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Man with a Team of Horses

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Description: A man standing outdoors in a field behind two horses holding the reins. The horses are wearing fly nets and blinders.
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Turvill Family Picking Strawberries

Date: 1897
Description: The Turvill family picking strawberries on their family farm. Five family members, men and women, are crouched in the field picking, and a young girl stand...
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Sunday Ride

Date: 1908
Description: Members of the Krueger family, including Edgar, Florentina, Jennie, and Sarah, sitting together in a lumber wagon on a Sunday ride. A two-horse team is pul...
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A Rural Procession of Carriages

Date: 1910
Description: View of a procession of horse-drawn carriages along a dirt road through a field. The second carriage from the left is a hearse. There is a farm in the back...
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Group Posing Next to Chevrolet

Date: 1918
Description: Florentina, Jennie, and Edgar Krueger posing next to a 1917 Chevrolet touring car on the Krueger farm. In the background, cows or horses are grazing in a f...
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Bad Place

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Description: An automobile is stuck in the mud on a rural road. The driver leans out of the window to observe a man putting material for traction under the front, left ...
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Man in Field Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. Two men are standing near a sheaf of wheat on the left. Another man is st...
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Group of People with Airplane

Date: 1918
Description: Group of men and women standing around an airplane parked near three buildings in a field.
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Men with Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three men are standing near a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field.
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Group of Men Posing in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men posing in field around a man sitting on a horse-drawn McCormick binder. In the background are farm buildings, and in the far distance a valley...
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Francis E. McGovern at the Moquah Cattle Show

Date: 1914
Description: View across field towards Governor Francis E. McGovern, standing in the center, wearing a suit and hat. Beside and behind him are a group of men and women.
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McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor at Work in New Zealand

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Description: McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor pulling a plow in New Zealand. Two men and a dog watch as the tractor ascends a hill.
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Group of Men with Farmall A Tractor and No.61 Combine

Date: 1940
Description: Four men are standing with a Farmall A tractor pulling a No. 61 combine in a field of Great Northern beans on 110-acre farm of Ralph Lyda. The outfit is ow...
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Three Men Posing with Farmall Tractor

Date: 10 20 1927
Description: Three men are posing with a Farmall tractor in a field. In the background are trees, fence, road, and farm buildings. There is a truck behind the group on ...

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