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Schwister's Minnesota-Badger

Date: 1912
Description: John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister i...
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Jesse Brabazon in a Wright Model B

Date: 10 08 1912
Description: Jesse Brabazon of Delavan, Wisconsin, in a Wright Model B following an emergency landing at Cicero Field in Chicago. Inspecting the faulty propeller that c...
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Man Operates Oliver No. 36 Plow

Date: 1913
Description: Man operating an Oliver no. 36 horse-drawn walking plow in a field with factory buildings in the background. The photograph was taken for, or compiled by I...
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Experimental Motor Cultivator

Date: 12 03 1920
Description: Engineering photograph of a man testing an experimental motor cultivator. Original caption reads: "In this job the cultivator is set farther ahead than in...
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Farmall Regular with Attached Harrow

Date: 06 06 1924
Description: Man operating an early Farmall Regular tractor with attached harrow.
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Man with Tractor and Wagon

Date: 1917
Description: A man is pulling an eight-wheeled wagon down a dirt road using an International 8-16 tractor. A fence and water tower are in the background.
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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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Man with Oliver Plow

Date: 1915
Description: Side view of a man driving a team of three horses pulling an Oliver plow across a field. A large building, houses, and a water tower are in the background.
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Water Tower

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Description: In the far background on the left a man is posed sitting in a buggy hitched to a single horse in a field near the water tower. Other people are standing be...
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Ed Radke

Date: 1978
Description: "Although being quite elderly, Ed Radke takes much pride in his crops."
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Water Tower

Date: 07 1987
Description: "This workman is painting 'Theresa' on the water tower."
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Ester Point, Turkey River

Date: 1905
Description: View down railroad tracks, showing the switching station, water tank, and buildings. Two men stand on the railroad tracks. Ester Point is near Cassville, W...
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New Water Tower

Date: 03 17 1997
Description: "Work begins on the new water tower south of Theresa."
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Landscape View of People and Farm

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards people posing standing. In the center is a binder, and on the right are men on a wagon. Down the hill in the background is a farm...
Postcard

Man at State Agricultural College

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Description: View of a man standing in a field holding a sheaf of grain. In the background is a water tower near a building and a smokestack.
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Man Using 10-20 Tractor with Peg-Tooth Harrow

Date: 06 1926
Description: Rear view of a man using a 10-20 tractor to pull a peg-tooth harrow in a field. Another man further down the field on the left is using a team of horses to...
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Thresher Operation in Field

Date: 08 07 1926
Description: View across field towards demo of new machine(?) with a crowd of well-dressed men observing.
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Thresher Operation in Field

Date: 08 07 1926
Description: View across field towards demo of new machine(?) with a crowd of well-dressed men observing. Farm buildings are in the far distance.
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Man Driving Farmall Tractor Pulling Plow

Date: 09 03 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a plow in a field. In the background are farm buildings and a water tower.
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Tractor-Drawn Corn Picker

Date: 09 23 1927
Description: View towards a man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a corn picker in a cornfield. Another man is standing on a wagon pulling cornstalks out of the picker....

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