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Rural Free Delivery

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Description: A woman waiting by her mailbox receives a Sears Roebuck catalog delivered by her mail carrier who drives a horse-drawn wagon. The farmhouse and barn are vi...
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A Farm Auction

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Description: An auctioneer, a clerk, and a helper stand on a stage on a farm conducting an auction as potential bidders surround them. Farming equipment and other items...
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The Country Store

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Description: View of a country store in autumn. A man driving a horse-drawn wagon hauls full milkcans in the foreground and, to the right, several families are hauling ...
Painting

A Winter Day

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Description: On the right, the farmer in his sheepskin coat drives a horse-drawn sled loaded with milk cans to the cheese factory. A blanket is covering the cans to pre...
Photograph

Pythian Orphans' Home

Date: 04 22 1911
Description: Front view of Pythian Orphans' Home and a large crowd in front of the main building. The shield over the entrance reads, "F C B," standing for the motto of...
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Man Loading Silo

Date: 1915
Description: A man is using a silo filler powered by a belt attached to a tractor. Two work horses are tethered on the left, and on the right is a silo and a barn. Ther...
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Farmhouse Garden

Date: 09 1923
Description: View from field of a farm property, including the farmhouse garden.
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Washed and Gullied Field

Date: 06 1927
Description: View of a washed and gullied field on the farm of LeRoy LeFevre. A farmhouse, barns, windmill, and other structures are in the background.
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Professor Holden's Farm

Date: 09 04 1923
Description: A man wearing overalls standing on a walkway leading to the back entrance of Professor Holden's farm. The base of what appears to be a windmill is to the r...
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Children Climbing Windmill

Date: 04 23 1926
Description: Two girls climb the base of a windmill surrounded by farm buildings.
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Man Climbing Windmill

Date: 04 1926
Description: A man climbs the base of a windmill at Cutten Farms. Fences, a farm building, and a silo are around the windmill.
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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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Farming with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man using a McCormick grain binder pulled by horses to work in a field. In the background is a barn, windmill and several other farm buildings.
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Farming with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a McCormick grain binder pulled by horses to work in a field. In the background is a barn, windmill and several other farm buildings.
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Farm Scene with Corn Binder

Date: 1910
Description: A man using a team of horses to pull a Deering(?) corn binder across a barnyard. Another man, cows, a windmill, and farm buildings are in the background.
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Boy Practicing Cattle Roping

Date: 1962
Description: 6-year-old Kirk Hanna uses a lasso to practice cattle roping on a pair of bull horns affixed to a log in a barnyard. A horse is tied to a fence on the righ...
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Barnyard Scene

Date: 1899
Description: View down dirt road of farm buildings and a windmill. In the background in front of a barn men stand with horses near a fence.
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Coney Island Amusement Park

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Description: View of the Coney Island Amusement Park featuring a large garden and lawn, a roller coaster, a windmill, several buildings and amusements, and crowds of pe...
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Monticello Amusement Park Entrance

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Description: People stand at the gate to the ten-acre Monticello Amusement Park. The arched entrance is decorated with various shapes, windmills, towers, and flags. Fen...
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Windmill In Center of Small Town

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Description: Elevated view of a small town area with a windmill in the main square lined with store fronts including a drug/book store and a hardware/lumber store. A sm...

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