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Parade of Wagons Picking Up New McCormick Machinery

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Description: Elevated view of a parade of farmers and young children with horse-drawn wagons picking up their new McCormick machinery. They are parked along a rural dir...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op...
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Champion Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A man operates a horse-drawn Champion grain binder.
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Potato Field

Date: 1920
Description: A view of a potato field showing the rows of potatoes, with men standing near full bushels. Caption reads: "An Aroostook Potato Field. Houlton, ME."
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Houses on a Rural Road

Date: 05 30 1916
Description: View down center of rural dirt road with houses along both sides in Black Hawk County. A man and horse are in a field on the left, near a sign that says: "...
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Chippewa Spring House

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Description: The Chippewa Spring House, a small round building with a conical roof with a sign over the door reading "Chippewa Spring," sitting off to the side of a dir...
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Main Street

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Description: A view down Main Street. Shops are on either side of the street. Farmer's Bank is down the hill on the right.
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Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: View down an unpaved street in a residential area, and storefronts further down. Near a garage on the right is a horse-drawn wagon and automobile. Two men ...
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Man Operating Mower with Horse

Date: 1895
Description: Left side view from front of a young man on a horse-drawn McCormick mower (or dump rake) in a field.
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Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: View down an unpaved street in the business district. The buildings along the street include: a pool room, restaurant, opera house, W.G. Baxter's dry goods...
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General Merchandise Store and Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Six people standing on the porch of L.J. Ryan Dry Goods and Groceries. A sign above the door says: Post Office North Andover." A team of two horses are pul...
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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...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Keystone Farms

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Description: View of barn, house, and outbuildings at Keystone Farms, owned by Owen W. Rolands.
Photograph

Man with Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter left side view from rear of a man using a team of horses to pull a binder in a field on a steep hillside.
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Man with Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter rear view from left side of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field along the slope of a hill. Trees and plants are in the left foregroun...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view from left of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. Sheaves of wheat are stacked along the left side, and a group of men are standing with ...
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Two Men with Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Two men using two horse-drawn binders in a field.
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Two Men Using Horse-Drawn Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are using horse-drawn binders in a field. One man is standing on the left holding a sheaf of wheat, and on the right a man is standing and is weari...
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Man Posing on Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across section of harvested field towards a man posing on a horse-drawn McCormick binder pulled by three horses. Behind him is another man in a horse-...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Push Binder

Date: 1907
Description: Side view of a man using a horse-drawn push binder in a field. The man is standing on a platform under an umbrella which has an advertisement for hardware ...

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