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Woman in Field with Workers

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Description: A woman stands in the middle of a field with men around her working with tools. A house and horse-drawn tractor are also seen.
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Woman at Bat During Baseball Game

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Description: A woman swings a bat in a pick-up game of baseball. Two men are in the background, along with a field mower.
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Farm Group Posing in Field

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Description: A group of men and women stand in a field with a stump extracting rig.
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Pea Viner

Date: 1924
Description: A group of farmers, including women and children, pose in front of a pea processing plant.
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Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
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Group with Horses near House

Date: 1873
Description: Family in yard with man on left on rig, man on right side with reaper and other farm implements. Four women are sitting in chairs in the center, and the wo...
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IH Exhibition Hall with Giant Cream Separator

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: A group of men and women are looking at a giant cream separator on display in an exhibition hall.
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Farm Family with McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: A woman with a child on one arm is handing a pail to a man in the seat of a horse-drawn McCormick binder. Another man and four children are nearby in the f...
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Tents at the Fair

Date: 09 01 1921
Description: Numerous tents with farm machinery and technology with the colosseum in the background, presumably the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Combine Thresher and Tractor

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: A group portrait of men, women and children standing in a field, with a Nichols & Shepard combine thresher and Hart Parr tractor behind them. In the backgr...
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Two People Posing on a Farmall Tractor

Date: 1955
Description: A couple posing on a Farmall Tractor in the middle of a plowed field. The woman sits in the driver's seat, while the man stands on the axle next to her. Th...
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"Madison Girls" on International Harvester Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Four women are sitting on an International Harvester manure spreader. The women are identified as "Madison Girls," most likely employees at International H...
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Farm Scene

Date: 07 1993
Description: "Farm scene east of Theresa."
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Family with Horse-Drawn Plow

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Description: A woman and child are posing sitting on a plow steered by a man standing on their right. The two horses are standing on the left. In the background is a tr...
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People Posing Around Farm Machinery

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Description: People posing in field, with a barn in the background among trees. In the center a man, three women and a boy are standing in front of a wire fence. Behind...
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Grain Binder

Date: 07 1994
Description: "Grain Binder Demonstration."
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Group with a Horse-Drawn Thresher

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Description: Exterior portrait of a group of men and women posing standing near a thresher pulled by a team of four horses wearing fly nets.
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Square Dancers

Date: 09 1993
Description: Square dancers in farmyard at Calumetville. Barn and tractors can be seen in the background.
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Justman Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: The Justmans purchased the farm in 1976. They last milked cows in January 1998. They farm previously was in the possession of Ron's parents, Marvin and Van...
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Harvesting on a Farm

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Description: View across field towards a farm. The farmhouse is on the left, a barn and other buildings are to the right of the farmhouse. In the center two women and t...

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