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Workers on a Farmall Cub Modified for De-Tasseling

Date: 1949
Description: Six women and a man on a McCormick-Deering Farmall Cub tractor modified for de-tasseling work. The unit was built with a special mounting frame by Knudsen ...
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McCormick Farmall H in Cornfield by Pond

Date: 1949
Description: Farmer using a McCormick Farmall H tractor in a cornfield near a pond. The tractor is equipped with a cultivator.
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Harvesting Corn with McCormick No. 24 Corn-Picker

Date: 1949
Description: Farmer harvesting corn with a McCormick no. 24 two-row corn-picker and farm wagon ("barge wagon") attached to McCormick Farmall H tractor.
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Farmer Shelling Corn with Belt-Driven Hammer Mill

Date: 1949
Description: Farmer standing in open barn door shelling corn with belt-driven McCormick hammer mill run by a Farmall C tractor.
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Farmers Unloading Corn into Barn

Date: 1941
Description: Delmer Miller is standing in a farm wagon while farm hand, Gus Setser, is shoveling corn from the back end. The wagon is hitched to a Farmall H tractor and...
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Farmer Field Tests Experimental 24-SC Corn Picker

Date: 1949
Description: Farmer Dale Eisenman, Jefferson, Oregon, field tests pre-production Model 24-SC corn picker attached to Farmall H tractor on the farm of Douglas Bradley. C...
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Farmall M Tractor Pulling a 122 Combine

Date: 1948
Description: View across field of a man harvesting wheat with a Farmall M tractor and No. 122 combine (harvester-thresher).
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Picking Corn with Farmall H Tractor and No. 24 Corn Picker

Date: 10 28 1949
Description: Slightly elevated view of farmer Jack Warren picking corn with a McCormick Farmall H tractor and a No. 24 corn picker.
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Man Tending Corn Plants

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man in cornfield, tending a plant.
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John W. Thompson on Farmall Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: John W. Thompson riding a Farmall tractor through a 47-acre cornfield on the 120-acre farm of his father, J.D. Thompson.
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Elsie L. Meyer on Farmall AV Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Elsie L. Meyer operating a Farmall AV tractor on her father's farm. The original caption reads: "Elsie L. Meyer of Hicksville, New York, not only operates ...
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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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Man on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: A farmer is using a Farmall H tractor to work in a hilly field. Shocks of corn are behind the tractor.
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Sewer Pipe Installation with Hough Payloader

Date: 1947
Description: A crew of men laying sewer pipe with a Hough payloader. Original caption states: "Hough Payloader laying sewer pipe sections weighing 200 lbs each. Equipme...
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Youth Detasseling Corn

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: From left to right: Carole Ballinger, Joyce Anderson, and Nancy Toepfer detassel corn as part of their summer jobs.
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Farmall A Advertisement

Date: 1941
Description: Advertisement titled "Take Life Easier with a Farmall-A". The advertisement features two-color illustrations of tractors and a photograph of a farmer using...
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Picking Corn

Date: 09 25 1947
Description: "Nick Koll and his son pick corn near Bancroft Road."
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
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Man Driving Farmall A Among Corn Shocks

Date: 1942
Description: Slightly elevated three-quarter view from right front of a man driving a Farmall A tractor with a disk harrow through a field dotted with corn shocks. In t...
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Farmall H Tractor with 14P Corn Picker

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view from front of a man driving a Farmall H tractor with a 14P corn picker in a cornfield. A light dusting of snow is in the field.

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