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Thresher

Date: 1917
Description: A group of farmers feeds grain into a thresher with a horse-drawn wagon nearby.
Photograph

International Truck in Orchard

Date: 04 10 1935
Description: Men load boxes of fruit, possibly oranges or grapefruit, into an International Model C-35 truck owned by the Clearwater Growers Association. Men using ladd...
Photograph

Crop Drying Demonstration

Date: 03 31 1927
Description: Men use an International tractor to power a belt for work with hay. A ladder leans against a large haystack in the background with a sign reading: "Crop Dr...
Photograph

Men Harvesting with a Vertical Stationary Engine

Date: 1911
Description: A man on the right is standing and leaning against a large cart which contains a vertical stationary engine. Three men on the left are working in the backg...
Photograph

Stacking Grain

Date: 1908
Description: Alexander and August Krueger stacking grain. Alexander is standing on top of a tall pile of hay on a wagon, piling grain on the stack, while August is stan...
Postcard

Cherry Picking in Door County

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of workers picking cherries, some of them standing on ladders.
Photograph

International 22 x 38 Harvester Thresher

Date: 1921
Description: Original handwritten caption reads: "Owned by Otto Stangl, Juneau, WIS R-3 Titan 10-20 tractors International 22 x 38 thresher bought fall 1920 thresher ne...
Photograph

Silo Filling Operation

Date: 1914
Description: A man is standing near a tractor on the left, which is belt-driving an ensilage cutter near a silo. Farm buildings are on the right.
Photograph

Silo Filling Operation

Date: 1914
Description: Two men are working with an ensilage cutter near a silo. The man on the left is feeding silage into the machinery. The man on the right is wearing a suit a...
Photograph

Ensilage Cutter

Date: 12 29 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view of men working with ensilage cutter near a barn.
Photograph

Elevatin' Ears

Date: 08 1949
Description: Robert Palzer, owner of the farm, is using a Model 5-C John Deere portable farm elevator to convey hybrid corn to the kernel remover in the building. The w...
Photograph

Rio Family Harvesting Cherries

Date: 1963
Description: Migrant workers from Mexico, Joe Rio, his wife, and six of their eleven children, pose for a photo during a cherry harvest.

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