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Cradling Grain in Field

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Description: The photographer posing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Krueger, cradling and raking grain in a field. She is wearing a dress, and a scarf over her head. ...
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Horse-Drawn Milwaukee Grain Binder

Date: 1915
Description: Two men and a child, all wearing hats, are at the back of a Milwaukee grain binder. One man is standing with a cradle in his hands. An older man with a bea...
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McCormick Wire Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of farmers are using a McCormick wire grain binder, built in 1876. A horse-drawn carriage is in the background. The original caption reads: "The im...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder on the Gary Owen farm. A farmhouse and windmill are in the far background.
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Horse-Drawn Mowers and Buggy

Date: 1900
Description: A man and a boy are each driving their own mower. Each mower is pulled by two horses. The young boy is waving his hat. A man on the right is riding in a b...
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Man on Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a hat with a wide band is sitting on a horse-drawn grain binder in a field. Both horses are wearing blinders and are covered with blankets.
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J.H. Gilchrist with Granddaughter in Cotton Field

Date: 1915
Description: J.H. Gilchrist, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, eyeglasses, and long coat, is standing in a cotton field on his farm to show his granddaughter, Lelia Sykes, th...
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Men with Cotton Bales

Date: 02 09 1915
Description: A man sits on a bale of cotton piled on top of wooden boards in a field. Two men stand near him and another man or young boy sits on a bale in the backgrou...
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Men in Hemp Field

Date: 08 02 1917
Description: Six men, all wearing hats, stand in a field of hemp at Beebe Farm. The seventh man, Prof. Holden, sits on a horse behind the others.
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Men Creating Shock of Corn

Date: 10 1906
Description: Two men gathering corn into a large corn shock on a farm.
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Farmer Picking Corn by Hand

Date: 1911
Description: A farmer wearing a straw hat and smoking a pipe examining or picking corn. Behind him is a team of horses pulling a wagon.
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Three Men with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three men use a McCormick grain binder in a field overlooking a body of water, probably the Saint John River, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Men an...
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Men with Sickle Bar Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Three men posing with a piece of McCormick agricultural machinery, possibly a sickle bar mower (?). The writing on the machine reads, "McCormick H.M. Co. H...
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Man and Child with Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man wearing a hat and smoking a pipe is raking cut stalks from a binder as a boy is riding a horse pulling the machine across a field. A windmill is stan...
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McCormick Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using two horses to pull a McCormick mower through a field, probably in or around Boston. Piles of what appear to be hay are in the background.
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Horse-Drawn McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man using two horses to pull a McCormick grain binder through a farm field. A barn and farmhouse are in the background on a hill.
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Farmer with Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man driving two horses to pull a McCormick corn binder through a field. Several farm buildings are in the background.
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Farmers Loading Crop into Barn

Date: 1900
Description: Five men are using a tractor to power a belt and grain elevator while storing a harvested crop in a barn.
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Man with McCormick Binder and Horses

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a McCormick grain binder pulled by two horses to work in a field on a hillside. The hill overlooks bundles of the harvested crop. In the bac...
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Consolidation Coal Company Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men from the Consolidation Coal Company pose with a McCormick grain binder and two horses in a field on the company farm.

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