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Feeding a Calf

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with Bertha Gesell feeding a calf from a pan.
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Englehardt Farm

Date: 1905
Description: The manufacture of bricks was begun on this spot sometime in the latter 1860's by Henry Bretag, a German brickmaker, the father of Mrs. Englehardt. Brick ...
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Workers with Cattle Posing in front of Farm Yard

Date: 1900
Description: Farm house, barn, and farm buildings surround by fence. Trees and windmills in background. Man riding horse-drawn corn binder in field with many men and c...
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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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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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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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Six Cowgirls on Their Horses

Date: 1908
Description: View across water toward six cowgirls on their horses, with their reflection in the water. Ranch outbuildings are in the background. Caption reads: "Cowgir...
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Man with Dog and Calves

Date: 1909
Description: A man wearing a hat and overalls standing in an orchard with a Holstein calf eating from a bucket to his right, and a dog to his left. Another calf is stan...
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 — South America

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a cattle-drawn grain binder being put to use in South America. Or...
Postcard

International Harvester Postcard — Spain

Date: 1909
Description: Postcard distributed by International Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a harvesting scene in Spain: Spanish men and women in the field w...
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Foreign Harvesting Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Men with hand harvesting tools and an ox-drawn hay cart in a foreign field (possibly India?).
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Tending the Cattle During Winter

Date: 1906
Description: August, Edgar, and Alexander Krueger feeding cornstalks to the cattle during the winter. The cattle are lined up along the fence eating from troughs. Augus...
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Landscape View of Farm with Man on Mower

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards a man on a horse-drawn mower. Behind him on the left men are working on and around a large haystack with horses. Behind a split-r...
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Man on Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a cornfield. Another man is standing just in front of the binder. In the background are more men with...
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Adda Howie Feeding a Calf

Date: 1905
Description: Adda Howie bottle feeding a calf at Sunny Peak Farm.
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Adda Howie with a Cow

Date: 1905
Description: Adda Howie and her pet cow at Sunny Peak Farm.

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