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Bell Center Depot

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of the Bell Center depot with five men posing on the platform.
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Horse-Drawn Harvester-Thresher

Date: 09 18 1923
Description: Harvester-Thresher (combine) on a hill in a field drawn by a team of eleven horses.
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Harvesting Grain with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Several farmers and farm laborers, including a handful of children, at work harvesting grain with a McCormick grain binder in a field.
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Farmer with Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 1916
Description: Farmer operating an International Harvester corn planter with fertilizer attachment drawn by two horses or donkeys. The photograph was taken for, or compil...
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Farmer in Field with Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 06 16 1926
Description: Rear view of farmer LeRoy Hansen in a field with a horse-drawn McCormick-Deering corn planter.
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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...
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Farm Scene with Grain Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Farm scene including a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder, people, a farmhouse, and a barn.
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Man Using a Corn Planter

Date: 1912
Description: A man sitting on an International Harvester corn planter pulled by two large horses.
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Man Raking Hay with Side Rake

Date: 1935
Description: Farmer operating a horse-drawn hay rake in a field.
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Side Delivery Rake Used on Hanna Farm

Date: 07 1931
Description: Farmer operating a horse-drawn side delivery hay rake on the Hanna Farm.
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Man Using Side Delivery Rake

Date: 1915
Description: One man uses a horse-drawn side delivery hay rake, while others load hay into a large wagon.
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Farmer with Side Delivery Hay Rake

Date: 08 25 1927
Description: A man, possibly N.B. Frankensteen, operating a horse-drawn side delivery hay rake on the N.B. Frankensteen Ridgebrook Farm. Farm buildings are in the backg...
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Farmer with Osborne Side Delivery Hay Rake

Date: 07 15 1908
Description: Farmer operating a horse-drawn Osborne side delivery hay rake in the field.
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Machinery at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 08 11 1910
Description: The first machinery at work sounding at the site for the power dam. Workmen are posing near the carriage-mounted equipment. A horse-drawn wagon is in the ...
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Edward Brown Uses No. 7 Enclosed Gear Mower

Date: 1933
Description: Edward Brown uses his No. 7 enclosed gear mower in a field, while his dog watches from the distance.
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W.J. Miller Uses No. 7 Mower

Date: 1931
Description: W.J. Miller mowing his field with a horse-drawn No. 7 mower.
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No. 11 Corn Planter and Cultivator

Date: 1916
Description: A man operates a No. 11 3-row corn planter and cultivator for Angel Vivanco & Cia., in Ibarra, South America.
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Men in Field Harvesting Hay

Date: 1918
Description: Three men on the ground lift a large pile of hay to two men on a wagon drawn by two horses.
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Men Harvesting Hay in Field

Date: 1915
Description: Three men using pitchforks to lift hay onto a wagon drawn by two horses.
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Farmer Operating Reaper with Children Nearby

Date: 1905
Description: A farmer operating a horse-drawn self-rake reaper while children are following close by.

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