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Woman in Cellar

Date: 1921
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing in a cellar while taking potatoes out of a basket for storage on a shelf. Shelves on the wall behind her hold multiple...
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Farmers Washing Before Dinner

Date: 10 14 1923
Description: Men washing their faces with water in metal bowls set on a wooden bench outside a farmhouse. Two men are standing behind them, drying their hands on towels...
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Men Washing Hands

Date: 10 04 1923
Description: A group of men washing their hands in water bowls set on a wooden bench outside a farmhouse. A man is standing nearby while drying hands on a towel and a w...
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Photographing Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: A man stands on a raised platform attached to a tractor with a camera while preparing to photograph a hay baler in a field on International Harvester's Hic...
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Man Holding Dairy Cow

Date: 06 03 1929
Description: A man wearing a hat and overalls holding a dairy cow in front of a farmhouse. Trees, a barn with a silo, and other dairy cows are seen in the background. T...
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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 04 18 1927
Description: A man wearing a hat sitting on a two-horse manure spreader with farm buildings, an automobile, and a cow in the background. The original caption reads: "Ke...
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Farm Buildings with Field in Foreground

Date: 1900
Description: Fields with hay piled in field. Several farm buildings, including a barn, are in the background. On the far right a man is operating a reaper pulled by two...
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Three Men Working in Field near Road

Date: 1900
Description: One man is operating a horse-drawn mower in a field. Two men are standing nearby, with one man pointing up toward the sky, and the other man holding a bunc...
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Group of Men and Boys with Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A man smoking a pipe sitting on a horse-drawn grain binder. Around him are young boys with horses. Another man is standing on the right. In the background ...
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Farmall A Tractor Fitted with Homemade Mail Cab

Date: 1941
Description: A Farmall A tractor that has been fitted with a homemade cab delivering mail to a farm. The cab on top of the tractor has a decal on the side that reads: "...
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Haying

Date: 1929
Description: Oscar Steinkopf and his horse Jim. They are haying on Steinkopf's 40-acre farm. The photograph was taken by Alvin Steinkopf, Oscar's son, a Milwaukee journ...
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Group of People and Horses with Farm Equipment

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men, children, women and horses posing with farm equipment in front of farm buildings, a farmhouse, and a windmill. A man is posing on a McCormick...
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Men in Field with Grain Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Men are posing in a row of horse-drawn McCormick grain binders. A man and child are posing in a horse-drawn carriage. In the background is a farmhouse and ...
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Group of People in Farm Field

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of people posing in a field. Part of the field has been cut and there are stacks of grain piled at regular intervals. In ...
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Three Men Harvesting Corn

Date: 1900
Description: Three men are harvesting corn in a field. One of them is operating a horse-drawn corn binder. In the background a woman is standing holding a child in the ...
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Group of Men and Boys Harvesting Corn

Date: 1900
Description: View down corn rows of field of a large group of men and boys harvesting corn stalks. Several men are filling a wagon. Behind them is a man operating a cor...
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Horse-Drawn Carriage and Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Men are posing around a horse-drawn grain binder while two women are looking on from a horse-drawn carriage. One of the men is holding a bicycle, and a far...
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Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: View over fence towards men using horse-drawn mowers in a field, while a couple in a horse-drawn carriage are looking on. Fences and farm buildings are in ...
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Men Harvesting with Cradles

Date: 1900
Description: Three men are harvesting grain in a field using hand held cradles. The scene may be a re-enactment staged to demonstrate early harvest methods.
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Men Driving Teams of Horses in a Field

Date: 1914
Description: Two men are using teams of horses to pull a hay rake on the left, and a mower on the right. There are farm buildings and cows beyond a fence in the backgr...

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