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African American Farm Laborer at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young man sitting in a planter drawn by two mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
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Farmer with Walking Planter

Date: 1925
Description: Farmer in a field walking behind a P&O planter drawn by a mule. There is an automobile on a road near a house behind a fence in the background.
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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men use mule-led wagons while working on a residential road. Bricks are piled high on either side of the street.
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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men using mule-drawn wagons as they prepare to pave a street with bricks. A pile of shovels is lying in the dirt in the foreground.
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Boys Working in Field

Date: 04 15 1925
Description: Boys using hand tools to work in a field. A mule-drawn wagon is in the background. They are all wearing hats and overalls.
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McCormick Binder in South Africa

Date: 01 21 1924
Description: Men use a McCormick grain binder led by horses and mules to work in a field in Doornkloof, Moorressburg, South Africa.
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McCormick Binder in South African Field

Date: 01 21 1924
Description: Rear view of a man using a team of mules and horses to lead a McCormick binder through a field in Malmesbury, South Africa. Another man is standing in fron...
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Binder Teams in South African Field

Date: 01 21 1924
Description: Three-quarter view of men using teams of horses and mules to drive two McCormick grain binders through a field in DeLectus, Riebeek West, South Africa. In ...
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Man with P&O Cultivator

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: Man seated on a horse-drawn International Harvester P&O cultivator in a field.
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Young Man with P&O Planter at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young African-American man sitting on a P&O planter pulled by mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
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Man Using Walking Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: Man using walking planter pulled by a mule in a field.
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Man Seated on Horse-Drawn Planter

Date: 05 02 1925
Description: African-American man seated on a P&O planter pulled by four work horses or mules in large field.
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Man using Horse-Drawn Walking Planter

Date: 1920
Description: A man is using a walking planter pulled by a work horse or mule through a field.
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Mccormick-Deering Potato Digger

Date: 07 28 1925
Description: Man driving a team of four horses or mules hitched to a McCormick-Deering potato digger.
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Man Using Corn Cultivator

Date: 1926
Description: A man is using two mules to pull a corn cultivator through a field on an International Harvester Company demonstration farm.
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Man Loading Fertilizer onto Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 04 18 1927
Description: A man wearing a hat loads a large bin of fertilizer, with the aid of an overhead pulley system attached to a barn, onto a manure spreader that is being pul...
Book or Pamphlet

Settles the Tractor Question

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior fold of a pamphlet advertising the Bates Steel Mule Tractor. The text reads: "This Settles The Tractor Question For" with blank lines to fill in. ...
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Two Men Cultivating Field

Date: 1920
Description: Slightly elevated view of two men, each one driving a team of three mules to pull cultivators in a field in early spring.
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Mule Drawn Planter

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: View across field towards a man using a team of two mules to pull a planter.
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Spring Ground Preparation

Date: 06 11 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of a man using a team of two mules to draw a rotary hoe.

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