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Diagram of McCormick's Reaper

Date: 1867
Description: A diagram of McCormick's cultivator-reaper, which was patented in 1845. The illustration, titled "The Cultivator" depicts a man using a rake to remove the ...
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Deering Binder in Farm Yard

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Description: Farm family standing in front of their house, while on the right a man is sitting on a Deering binder, and two men on the left and right are looking on. At...
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Newly-built Farmhouse

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Description: A man standing on a hill with his back to the camera surveys newly-built farm buildings and a large frame house with symmetrical features. Fencing runs thr...
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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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Men on Horses in Barnyard

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Description: Two men are on horseback near a man sitting on a dump rake in a barnyard with the barn in the background. Another man is standing near a horse on the right...
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Tollef Gjermundsen's Farm

Date: 1874
Description: Tollef Gjermundsen farm. Men on horseback stand in a row in the foreground, and a stone house, windmill and barn are in the background.
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Gothic Revival Farm House

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Description: A Gothic Revival farmhouse with barge board trim behind a fence. Adjacent to the house are farm buildings, one which has a windmill mounted upon it. Men on...
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Cowboys at Roundup

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Description: A group of cowboys at roundup.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering and Company, manufacturers of harvesting machinery. The color illustration features six young children ...
Print

Nelson Catlin Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated illustration of a farmhouse, with fences around it, a cowboy on horseback overseeing cattle, and a horse-drawn carriage on the street in front of ...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering and Company, manufacturers of harvesting machinery. The color illustration features six young children ...
Photograph

Cattle on the 101 Ranch

Date: 1908
Description: View across field toward a group of cattle, with a farmhand to the right. A cow is laying on the ground in front of the herd. Caption reads: "Cattle on 101...
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Cowhands Herding Cattle

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Description: Slightly elevated view of cowhands herding cattle. In the background on a hill with cacti and other plants is a farmhouse and outbuildings.
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Cattle Wandering in the Stream

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Description: A cowhand poses for the camera while the cattle drink at a stream. Trees and shrubs are on the hills surrounding the stream. Caption reads: "Stock Raising...
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Ranch Hands Throwing a Roped Steer

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Description: Ranch hands throwing a roped steer on a hillside. The steer is in the center of three ranch hands on horseback who have put ropes around its legs. Other me...
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Inspecting the Brand of a Cow

Date: 1908
Description: Ranch hands inspecting the brand on a cow. Another man has the cow roped by its neck. Other ranch hands are in the middle ground, along with the herd of ca...
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Branding Steer

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Description: A view of ranch hands branding a steer in a fenced enclosure. One man has roped the steer by the back legs; another man has roped the front and another ma...
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Dinner at the Chuckwagon

Date: 1908
Description: View across field toward ranch hands having dinner at the chuckwagon. A dozen or so men are sitting on the ground, while a few other ranch hands mind the c...
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"Dad Hickman," Oldest Cowboy on the Range

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Dad Hickman who is sitting on a horse in a field. Hickman is looking at the camera and is wearing a plaid shirt. He has a rope coiled ...
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Cowboys at the 101 Ranch

Date: 1908
Description: Group portrait of cowboys with a roped steer. In the background are farm outbuildings. On the other side of the fence behind them is a dog. Most men are o...

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