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International Harvester Postcard — Mexico

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard of farmers operating grain binders in Mexico. Includes a color illustration of two grain binders pulled by oxen or cattle. Original caption reads:...
Photograph

Child Laborers Bringing Fibre Down From Mountains

Date: 1910
Description: Procession of child laborers carrying bundles of twine fibre (fiber) down from the mountains in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International...
Photograph

Harvesting Grain by Hand in Mexico

Date: 06 29 1928
Description: Several people harvest grain by hand, while two men on horses look on. All the men wear sombreros; the men on horses wear suits, while the harvesters wear...
Photograph

Loading Hay

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Description: Agricultural workers are loading hay onto a wagon pulled by two horses in the vicinity of Carbondale or Elk Hill. A man sits in a horse-drawn carriage near...
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Bringing in the Harvest

Date: 1951
Description: Kashmiri farmer carrying his harvest.
Photograph

Pineapple Harvest

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Description: A group of workers harvest the fruit in a pineapple field. There is a large pile of pineapples in the foreground.
Drawing

The Sunrise of Agricultural Prosperity

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of men holding grain cradles in a wheat fie...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Mexico

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a harvesting scene: four people in the fields of Mexico operating...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — United States

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a harvesting scene in the United States. The illustration depicts...
Photograph

Men Raking Hay in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: A young man is operating a horse-drawn hay rake in a field, while other men are raking by hand. There are large piles of hay scattered in the field. In the...
Photograph

Coffee Patio in Costa Rica

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of a coffee patio in Costa Rica. The patio consists of several flat cement compartments each with a pile of coffee beans in them. Workers are...
Photograph

Dairy Farm and Vide Valley

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Description: Elevated view of one man and two women tending the cows near a farm building at a dairy farm in Vide Saeter, Norway. The Vide Valley is in the background.
Photograph

Robert C. Taylor on Farmall C Tractor

Date: 1949
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of Robert C. Taylor working as a farm operator for his father. Robert is operating a Farmall C tractor with No. C-452 c...

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