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Man Making Adjustments to Plow

Date: 1921
Description: Close-up of a man's arm using a wrench to make adjustments to a P&O tractor plow hitched to a tractor.
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Men with Knife Grinder

Date: 1921
Description: Two men standing near the open doorway of a shed while using a hand-operated knife grinder to sharpen a sickle bar or blade.
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Farm Hazard: Chopping Wood

Date: 1926
Description: A man demonstrates the farm hazard of chopping wood.
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Man Adjusting 10-20 Tractor

Date: 05 1926
Description: A man is adjusting the hitch of a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor with a hook while working in a field at International Harvester's experimental farm.
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Man Butchering Chicken

Date: 1926
Description: A man wearing a necktie and collared shirt using an axe to butcher a chicken on a block of wood at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. A ...
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Dangers of TNT

Date: 08 1927
Description: A man holding a metal instrument approaching a tree stump to inspect why a dynamite blast did not go off.
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Poultry House Feed Bins

Date: 05 1924
Description: A man wearing a cap and overalls holding a burlap feed bag while standing near feed bins in the poultry house of Professor Holden. Tools are hanging from n...
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German Farmers Pull Log with McCormick D-435 Tractor

Date: 1960
Description: German farmers pulling a wooden log with a McCormick D-435 tractor against a mountainous backdrop in Alpine country.
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Two Men at Work with Cement

Date: 1919
Description: Two men, possibly farmers, work with a wheelbarrow, shovel and cement mixer. One man is dressed in overalls, and both have hats and gloves.
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Men with Wagon

Date: 1909
Description: Two men standing by the wheel of a wooden horse-drawn wagon while another man is standing behind wooden bars on the wagon bed. A barn, additional buildings...
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Man at Tool Cabinet

Date: 04 1926
Description: A man wearing a hat and denim jacket stands near a tool cabinet in a barn or workshop while looking through a drawer at Cutten Farms.
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Mowing Machine Hazards

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man is kneeling on the ground beside a mower hitched to two horses while performing repairs. An agricultural tool is lying on the ground beside him.
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Woman at Wood Pile

Date: 1923
Description: A woman, possibly Anna Neary, gathering pieces of chopped wood in her arms as she kneels near a wood pile on the A.E. Bancroft farm.
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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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Super C — C-254 Cultivator

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Super C — C-254 Cultivator." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Attaching C-254 two-row cultivator to Farmall Super C tract...
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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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Hay Loader

Date: 10 06 1928
Description: Right side view of two men on a horse-drawn wagon with a hay loader on the back.
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Hay Loader

Date: 10 06 1928
Description: View across field towards two men on a horse-drawn wagon with a hay loader on the back.

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