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Mabel Cleaning Up Cow Patties

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Photograph of Mabel shoveling up cow patties on a farm in 1922.

Family with Pumpkins

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Postcard of the Besalke family with pumpkins

A Wagon Full of Pumpkins

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Postcard of the Besalke family with a wagon full of pumpkins on a farm.

"Warm Meals At All Hours"

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Photograph of a mother pig with her piglets on a farm. The caption on the back says: "Warm meals at all hours".

Mother Stirring the Pot

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Photograph of Mother Adkins stirring a 35-gallon pot of "catsnip"(?) on the farm.

"The Good Old Times on the Farm"

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Photograph of the Adkins-Stevenson farmstead in Bement, IL. This was the home of Charles Adkins, former Speaker of the House of Illlinois. He was a farmer, lecturer, educator, and politician.

Photo of Clay Robinson Dairy

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Photograph of the Farmers inspect herd at the Clay Robinson Dairy, photo taken 8/26/1938.

Photo of Fairhaven's Farm Dairy Milk Wagons and Truck

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Photographs of the Fairhaven Farm Dairy Horse Drawn Milk Wagons and First Milk Truck - A Model T.

Photo of Parrish Farm Milk House

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Photograph of Parrish Farm Milk House Scene, Man Pouring Milk. Photo taken Sept. 22, 1929.

Photograph of the Townsend Home

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Photograph of the Townsend home after the 1940 murder/suicide of Ezra Townsend and Amy Townsend.