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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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Valley with Grain Field

Date: 07 12 1964
Description: Elevated view of valley with strip-planted grain field.
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Farm Wife Brings Lunch to Her Husband in the Field

Date: 1970
Description: Ingrid Bengtson bringing lunch to the field to help her husband, Norman, get the planting done faster. They are having lunch on top of the McCormick Intern...
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F-12 Tractor and African American Field Workers

Date: 04 10 1935
Description: African American field worker levels the ground with a McCormick-Deering F-12 tractor and a rotary scraper in preparation for planting a new crop of celery...
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Farmer in Field with Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 06 16 1926
Description: Rear view of farmer LeRoy Hansen in a field with a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering corn planter.
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Planting Corn with Farmall Tractor

Date: 06 17 1927
Description: Farmer planting corn with a Farmall tractor and corn planter on the farm of D.H. Hummell.
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Planting Trees with International L-120 Truck

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a gardener planting ornamental trees in front of a house. The trees were transported in an International L-120 truck.
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McCormick Farmall C and Farmall H Tractors

Date: 1949
Description: Men are operating McCormick Farmall tractors with seeding attachments. One tractor is a Farmall C and the other is a Farmall H.
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Farmall 140 Tractor with Planter

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Description: View towards a man operating a Farmall 140 tractor with attached planter in a field.
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Lewis Flisram, Madison Parks Caretaker

Date: 07 05 1945
Description: Lewis Flisram, age 79, started working for the Madison Parks Commission in 1897. He worked there until 1911. He left to work for his mother for a period of...
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Planting Corn on Bainridge Farm

Date: 05 20 1924
Description: A man changing the check wire while planting corn on Bainridge Farm.
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Deering Grain Drill

Date: 1910
Description: A farmer is walking behind a horse-drawn Deering grain drill.
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Building Diversion Terraces with Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: Hugh N. Brown is using a Farmall H and 2-bottom 14-inch plow to build diversion terraces. Shocks of corn are in the background. The original caption reads:...
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Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 1910
Description: A man uses a horse-drawn planter (most likely a corn planter) in a field near International Harvester's Richmond Works factory.
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Farmall H with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a McCormick Farmall H tractor with a forward cotton planter to work in a field. The original caption reads: "'Blackla...
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Farmall H Tractor with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a McCormick Farmall H tractor outfitted with a cotton planter to work in a field. The original caption reads: "'Furro...
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Farmall H with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a McCormick Farmall H tractor with a HM-278 cotton planter to work in a field. The original caption reads: "'Bed' pla...
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Super A Tractor with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a Farmall Super A tractor with a cotton planter attachment to plant in a field. The original caption reads: "'Bed' pl...
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Farmall M with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a McCormick Farmall M tractor with a forward mounted cotton planter to work in a field. The original caption reads: "...
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Vilas Park Island Tree Planting

Date: 05 13 1950
Description: More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited through the Madison Youth Council helped plant trees and shrubs on the Vilas Park island.

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