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German Farmers Baling Hay in Alpine Country

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Description: German farmers baling hay in southern Germany's Alpine country. The men are using an International D-214 tractor with mower and wagon. Original caption rea...
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Drills Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for the Kentucky line of grain drills sold by International Harvester. Features a color advertising illustration of a...
Photograph

Steele's Tavern, Virginia

Date: 1900
Description: Run-down building with a stone chimney in a rural landscape. The photograph is identified as "Steele's Tavern." Cyrus McCormick successfully demonstrated h...
Photograph

J.C. Smuts Homestead in South Africa

Date: 01 21 1924
Description: View from distance of the childhood homestead of General Jan Christian Smuts in Klipfontein, South Africa. Hills or mountains are in the background.
Drawing

Mrs. Fowe's Ranch

Date: 1902
Description: A drawing depicting Mrs. Fowe's Ranch. With mountains in the distance, the ranch consists of corrals for horses and cattle, and a modest-sized house.
Photograph

Eaton's Dude Ranch

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Description: Elevated view from hill of Eaton's Dude Ranch in a fertile valley near Sundance. The ranch has many buildings, and fencing with horses inside.
Photograph

Dunville Notch

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Description: View of a mountain pass named Dunville Notch. A group of farmhouses are located among trees and a dirt road.
Photograph

The Glen Farm

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Description: Farm buildings standing near the fields at Glen Farm in Dorset Hollow.
Print

DYRR Offset Disk Harrows Catalog

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of a brochure featuring an illustration of an offset disk harrow pulled by a TracTractor (crawler tractor). In the background is a farm.
Photograph

Men Raking Hay in a Field

Date: 1900
Description: A young man is operating a horse-drawn hay rake in a field, while other men are raking by hand. There are large piles of hay scattered in the field. In the...
Photograph

General Vallejo's English Carriage

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Description: View of the carriage of the late General Vallejo, which was built in England in 1832. A field of cacti can be seen behind the carriage. There is a fence an...
Book or Pamphlet

Johnston Harvester Company Brochure

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Description: Three panels from advertising brochure featuring color illustrations: top illustration is of "The New 'Continental' Binder," center is of "The Chain Drive ...
Photograph

Coffee Patio in Costa Rica

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of a coffee patio in Costa Rica. The patio consists of several flat cement compartments each with a pile of coffee beans in them. Workers are...
Photograph

Dairy Farm and Vide Valley

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Description: Elevated view of one man and two women tending the cows near a farm building at a dairy farm in Vide Saeter, Norway. The Vide Valley is in the background.
Photograph

Norwegian Milkmaids

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Description: Two Norwegians milkmaids stand together on Grjotlid Road, holding cans of milk on yokes around their necks. They are standing at the edge of a steep hill, ...
Photograph

Norwegian Farmers

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Description: A farming couple pose together on the steps of a building with a sod roof in Nordfjord country. In the background is a lake and a mountain on the far shore...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards men and a young girl posing near a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder. Farm buildings and fences are in the backg...
Photograph

Group Posing with Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across harvested field towards a group of people posing near a man in a horse-drawn McCormick binder. A man is standing on the left, and in the backgr...
Photograph

1480 Axial-Flow Combine

Date: 1978
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a 1480 axial-flow combine working in a field. Mountains are visible in the background.
Photograph

Two Men Using Farmall A Tractor with Combine in Field

Date: 1940
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of two men harvesting Great Northern beans in a field in the Big Horn Basin. One man drives the Farmall A tractor, and ...

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