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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Scene from the film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the building of the first practical reaper on the McCormick farm in Virginia. Actors playing the parts ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Men repair a reaper replica on the motion picture set of "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celeb... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape... |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Man standing outdoors using a frow to split shingles. |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Man using an axe to split wood for shingles. |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "3. Man at right is cutting off sap wood. R. Man at left is using a frow (knife) to split block into thinner sections." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men are sawing a log. Handwritten on back: "1. Sawing white oak log the required length." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on back: "2. Man at right is taking out the heart wood. 6. Man at left is finishing completed shingles with draw knife." |
| Date: | 02 07 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men working outdoors making split shingles. |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men are looking toward the back of the mill building which is on the right. Behind the man on the right is the Blacksmith Shop. In the distance are fen... |
| Date: | 03 26 1938 |
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| Description: | View towards side of cabin, which has a door and window opening in the log structure. Scaffolding is set up around the building, and tools and building mat... |
| Date: | 05 09 1938 |
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| Description: | View towards side of slave log cabin with a door in the center and a small horizontal window to the left. The roof is peaked and shingles are in place. The... |
| Date: | 08 04 1938 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of workers posing at the back of the Grist Mill at Walnut Grove. A number of the men are holding their tools. Herbert A. Kellar, in charge o... |
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