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Empire Mower, Reaper and Twine Binder Catalog

Date: 1884
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for J.F. Seiberling, manufacturer of agricultural equipment, featuring an engraving of boys marching under a benner of "Vic...
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Blackhawk Council of Girl Scouts Roundup

Date: 05 07 1955
Description: Cooking their lunch outdoors is one of the small groups of the more than 1700 Girl Scouts, Brownies, and Intermediates of Districts II and IV of the Blackh...
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Women and Young Girl Leaning on Fence

Date: 1897
Description: Ada Bass, the photographer's wife, leaning against a fence, next to daughter Everetta Bass as a young girl, along a dirt road. The photographer's sister, R...
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Crowd Gathering in a Field

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Description: A large group of men, women, and children gather in a field.
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Boy Holding Horse on Film Set

Date: 1929
Description: A photograph from the set of the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the...
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Women in Period Costume for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Harvesting of Grapes

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Description: A view of men and women harvesting grapes in a field.
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Procession to Immaculate Conception Lake

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Description: View of a procession to Immaculate Conception Lake at Nazareth Academy, established in 1814. Priests and servers lead the procession, and women in black fo...
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Portrait of Four Women in Field

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of four women, taken in a field. The two women on the left are posing standing, while the two on the right are posed kneeling or cro...
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Girls' Relay Race

Date: 1913
Description: Students and teachers gathered in a field for the girls' relay race at an annual school festival in Belwood Park.
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Group of People Posing in front of Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of a man and woman posing sitting in chairs, with a young boy and a dog posing between them. An older boy is standing to their right holding...
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Group of People in Yard in Front of House

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Description: Two groups of people are posing in yard. On the left a man and woman are posing sitting, with the man resting his hand on a dog. Standing around them are t...
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Ruins of Cyclone

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: The aftermath of a killer tornado, including an arrow and caption that reads: "William Berg Killed Here." In the background near the farmhouse are a group ...
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80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: A chorus of men singing on stage with a crowd watching. A group of officials seated on the right. Rolling farmland in the background.
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Ladies on a Fence

Date: 1904
Description: Four young women wearing long white dresses climbing and posing on a fence.
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Ladies in a Field

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Description: Four young women stand in an open field on a hill. They have all pulled their dresses through their legs up towards their waists.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a suit is standing behind the binder. In the background people are standing and sitting near horse-drawn carriages.
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McCormick Reaping and Mowing Machine

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man and a young boy using a reaping and rowing machine. The boy is sitting on the horse pulling the machine. A number of men an...
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McCormick Reaping and Mowing Machine

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a man and young boy using a horse-drawn reaping and mowing machine. Men and women work in the field with the harvested grain. In ...
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McCormick Reaping and Mowing Machine

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards people working with harvested grain near a reaping and rowing machine. A windmill is in the background. Farm buildings are in the...

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