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African American Farmer on Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: African American farmer pulling a trailer with a Farmall Cub tractor on McQueen Smith Farms. The trailer is loaded with large sacks, and a child is sitting...
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Zula Belle Walker with Poultry Flock

Date: 1917
Description: Six year-old Zula Belle Walker of McDonald Chapel, Jefferson County, feeding her mongrel flock of poultry.
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Dairy Herd of S.L. Brewster

Date: 02 14 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view of the dairy herd of S.L. Brewster, standing in an enclosure outside a barn.
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Mason Rorbett Farm

Date: 1941
Description: Slightly elevated view of Mason Rorbett using a McCormick-Deering Farmall A tractor with a 92 slab moldboard plow to build a terrace on his farm. In the ba...
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Man with C-254 Cultivator on Super C Tractor

Date: 1952
Description: View across field towards a bare-chested man, possibly Raymond Teal, using a Farmall Super C tractor outfitted with a C-254 cultivator to work in a field. ...
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Man on Farmall Super C Tractor

Date: 1952
Description: View towards a man operating a McCormick Farmall Super C tractor with a C-254 cultivator. The original caption reads: "C-254 two-row cultivator with No.10 ...
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Poultry House

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of a chicken coop, or poultry house made of wood and wire.
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Girl Feeding Chicks

Date: 03 1914
Description: A girl wearing a dress and boots is standing outdoors in a yard near a house to feed chickens and chicks. In the background on the left a child is playing ...
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Terraced Field

Date: 02 1915
Description: Elevated view of a terraced farm field belonging to M.L. Jackson. Multiple tree stumps are scattered throughout the foreground and farm buildings are in th...
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Lindsey Reese in Abandoned Field

Date: 02 17 1915
Description: Lindsey Reese, dressed in a hat and suit jacket, standing in an abandoned field. Several farm buildings are in the far background.
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Men with Cotton Bales

Date: 02 09 1915
Description: A man sits on a bale of cotton piled on top of wooden boards in a field. Two men stand near him and another man or young boy sits on a bale in the backgrou...
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Group at Alabama Barbecue Pit

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: A group of men, women, and children gathered around an outdoor barbecue pit as meat roasts. The barbecue took place at Louis Frank Sessions' farm during a ...
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IH Demonstration Farm Sign

Date: 1925
Description: View of the side of a milk house with a sign painted on it which reads: "International Harvester Co. Demonstration Farm No.4."
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Barn and Silo at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 05 1925
Description: Exterior view of a barn and silo at an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Corn Harvest at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 1924
Description: Men on an International Harvester demonstration farm are feeding corn into a husker-shredder as a boy is holding a burlap bag to the machine to catch the k...
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Plowing on an IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 04 28 1932
Description: View across field on an International Harvester Company farm towards a group of men standing and watching a plowing demonstration. Several barns and other ...
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Mrs. Gillespie Feeding Chickens

Date: 06 1930
Description: Mrs. Gillespie using a metal bucket to feed a flock of White Leghorn chickens outside a farm building on an International Harvester demonstration farm. A s...
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Machine Shed at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 06 1930
Description: Automobiles and farm equipment are housed within a machine shed on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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IH Demonstration Farm at Montgomery

Date: 06 1930
Description: Several farm buildings stand on an International Harvester demonstration farm. The side of a wooden barn is painted with a sign that reads: "International ...
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Children Clearing Land for New School Playground

Date: 03 13 1915
Description: Several children clearing land for a new school playground. Three boys are using axes to chop a log, and other children are gathered near the fire. Three b...

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