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Professor Perry Holden

Date: 1915
Description: Professor Perry Holden standing outdoors in a tweed overcoat and fedora. Holden was in charge of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Departmen...
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McCormick Reaper

Date: 1925
Description: Miss Vada Watson posing on an older model McCormick reaper..
Photograph

Walter A. Wood

Date: 07 1900
Description: Portrait of inventor and entrepreneur Walter A. Wood. Wood founded and operated an agricultural machinery company in Hoosick Falls, New York.
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Cleo Holt with Rope

Date: 1920
Description: Cleo Holt posing for a portrait while holding a rope.
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Woman Working with Milk Cans

Date: 1924
Description: Woman standing at a table with milk cans on it. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. A caption with th...
Book or Pamphlet

Grow a Garden

Date: 1915
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to promote family gardens. Includes an image of a young woman st...
Book or Pamphlet

"Young Folks" Pamphlet

Date: 1930
Description: Cover of "Young Folks Do Something and Be Somebody" a publication by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department intended to instruct youth...
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Young Boy with Dog in Carriage

Date: 
Description: A young boy and a dog sitting together in a horse-drawn carriage. The buggy top is pushed back but not folded.
Photograph

Dale C. Aebischer

Date: 1951
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Dale Charles Aebischer, chief of agricultural education for the State Board of Vocational and Adult Education.
Photograph

Woman Tying Scarf

Date: 1917
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a woman tying a scarf around her head and knotting it under her chin. The photograph is one of a series demonstrating how to use...
Photograph

Cranberry Growers

Date: 10 1984
Description: Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries.
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Mose and the Mules

Date: 1924
Description: Mose holding the reins of two mules standing outdoors at Montgomery, Alabama farm.
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Woman with Home Canning Equipment

Date: 1915
Description: Mrs. Buckley, wearing a dress, apron, and bonnet, is standing next to a table where equipment used for the home canning of agricultural produce is displaye...
Photograph

Young Boy Drinking Glass of Milk

Date: 1919
Description: Young boy sitting outdoors on a chair drinking a glass of milk.
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Children in Garden

Date: 1919
Description: Two young girls holding up plants from a vegetable garden. Houses are in the background.
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Child in a Yard

Date: 1921
Description: Smiling young girl standing in a yard holding fabric, perhaps an apron.
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Federal Bird Warden

Date: 1921
Description: J.M. Eheim posing outdoors with multiple birdhouses.
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Stephen Moulton Babcock

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Stephen Moulton Babcock, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of agricultural chemistry.
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Child Holding Kitten

Date: 1920
Description: Young child standing outdoors on a lawn holding a kitten under one arm.
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Man with Tractor and Brush Hog

Date: 11 12 1928
Description: A man stands beside a McCormick-Deering tractor outfitted with a "Brush Hog."

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