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Harvesting a Field
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Elevated view from hill of a large group of men harvesting a field. Four men are standing atop a mound of what appears to be straw or hay. A steam thresher, stump puller, barn, and team of horses are in the background.
October 17, 1895
Perkins, H. J.
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Haying with Horse-Drawn and Hand Rakes
1895
Three men haying in a field. Two men with hand rakes pose, while the third man, sitting on a horse-drawn rake, faces away from the camera.
Potato Harvest
1895
A bearded man stands in a vegetable garden holding a hat full of potatoes. There is a carriage with a team of horses on the road beside the garden.
Hampshire Down Sheep
1895
A group of purebred Hampshire Down ewes stand in a field of rapeseed. In the background behind fences are more fields, and a group of horses grazing. There are many tree stumps, and there is smoke ...
Man Sharpening Blade in Timothy Hay Field
July 16, 1895
Man sharpening a scythe blade in a field of timothy hay. Another man stands near him in the field, and in the far background a man sits in a buggy with a team of horses.
Farmer's Harvest
1895
Farmer standing in a field between two large piles of root vegetables. Possibly on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus experimental farm.
Strawberry Field
1895
Two men stand in a strawberry field bordered by burnt-over forest. The photographer's shadow can be seen at the bottom of the image.
