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Farmers in Field Posing with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three men, one on binder, and two standing, are posing with a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in field as farmhands are bundling grain in the background...
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Lunch Break

Date: 1915
Description: Field workers take a lunch break outdoors. The man holding the food is Frank Haack and the woman taking a bite is his sister-in-law, Anna Bollenbeck.
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Mexican Workers in Field

Date: 06 29 1928
Description: Group of Mexican workers posing in front of a large stack of hay. Most of the people are wearing hats, many of them sombreros, and worn clothing. Several p...
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Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1902
Description: Two men standing by a corn binder in a field while a young girl is sitting on a horse.
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Three Men with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three men use a McCormick grain binder in a field overlooking a body of water, probably the Saint John River, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Men an...
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Men with Sickle Bar Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Three men posing with a piece of McCormick agricultural machinery, possibly a sickle bar mower (?). The writing on the machine reads, "McCormick H.M. Co. H...
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Woman Operating McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A woman wearing a dress and hat is operating a McCormick grain binder pulled by two oxen through a field. Well-dressed men, women and a young child look on...
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Men with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are lifting their hats and posing with a McCormick grain binder in a farm field. Another man is lifting his hat while sitting on one of four horses...
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Men in Field of Harvested Wheat

Date: 1900
Description: Three men, all looking away from the camera and holding their hats in their hands, are posing while standing in a hillside field next to piles of harvested...
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Farmers Helping Wesley Gordon

Date: 07 31 1952
Description: Wesley Gordon, unable to do his farm work due to hospitalization, was helped by about 30 neighbors to take care of Gordon's 35 acres of grain. They brought...
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McCormick-Deering Mounted Cultivator

Date: 11 18 1926
Description: Cultivator mounted on a Farmall Regular tractor. Three men are posing on the equipment near a cornfield.
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Woman and Children in Cornfield

Date: 07 04 1919
Description: A woman and two children stand in a cornfield at an International Harvester Company demonstration farm. Farm buildings appear in the background.
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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 and Boys Posing with Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three men and two boys are standing in a field next to a McCormick grain binder. On the right a man in a suit and hat is sitting in a carriage pulled by a ...
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Group of Men with McCormick Grain Binder on Hill

Date: 1900
Description: Four men are standing in a field on a steep hill near a man operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder. Two of the men are wearing suits. Farm building...
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Group of Men and Young Girl Posing with Grain Binders

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of four men and a young girl posing in a field with two horse-drawn McCormick grain binders. Three of the men are standing with their hands ...
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Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posed in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the backg...
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Men at the Brigham Farm

Date: 04 21 1911
Description: Group of men and a young boy breaking hemp at the Brigham farm.
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Workers in a Tea Field

Date: 1910
Description: Carrie Chapman Catt, in her journal from her trip to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), describes the tea plantations: "the little brown women, picking tea, was an in...
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Men Wearing Suits Posing with Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Two men wearing suits are posing with a man using a horse-drawn binder.

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