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Farmer Stacking Hay in Barn

Date: 07 14 1926
Description: Farmer loading hay from a wagon into a large barn using a winch. There are other farm buildings, a water tower, and a farmhouse in the background.
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Taylor Boys in Bathing Suits

Date: 1924
Description: Three Taylor brothers pose in a line wearing bathing suits. Behind them is a cottage and a lake. The shadow of the photographer can be seen on the lawn.
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Cream Separator at Farmhouse

Date: 1923
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing on the porch of a farmhouse to look at a McCormick cream separator at the base of the stairs. Nearby a man wearing ove...
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Professor Holden's Farm

Date: 09 04 1923
Description: A man wearing overalls standing on a walkway leading to the back entrance of Professor Holden's farm. The base of what appears to be a windmill is to the r...
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Men Assembling Machinery

Date: 1920
Description: Two men stand in a barnyard assembling what appears to be a piece of agricultural machinery, possibly a grain binder. The men work on top of a wooden crate...
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Woman with Parasol on Front Lawn of Farmhouse

Date: 1925
Description: View of a woman posing holding a parasol while sitting on the front lawn of a farmhouse on an International Harvester demonstration farm. Other people are ...
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Farm Employee Housing

Date: 1929
Description: Farm employee housing. Original caption reads: "employees cottages on Briarcliff Farms." Children are sitting on the porch of the house in the foreground.
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Woman Chopping Wood

Date: 10 04 1923
Description: A woman wearing a dress using an axe to split a log into firewood. A hand-operated washing machine is standing in the yard of a farmhouse in the background...
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Engine-Powered Saw

Date: 10 1923
Description: A man wearing overalls and a cap is using a saw powered by a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine to cut wood on International Harvester's Hinsdale expe...
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Woman at Farmhouse Well

Date: 07 1923
Description: A woman wearing a dress and wide-brimmed hat is emptying water from one pail into another beside a hand-cranked well. The photograph was taken on the John ...
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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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Scene at Black Hawk

Date: 1922
Description: View from yard of blacksmith shop, a home, and a two-story building with a "Gold Medal Flour" sign.
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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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Farmer with Boys and Horses

Date: 1922
Description: Farmer and three boys posing with five horses in front of a house.
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Hardware Store Delivery Truck

Date: 06 19 1925
Description: Man driving a hardware store delivery truck on a street. The sides of the truck are open, with the covers rolled up near the roof. There is a man in the pa...

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