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1. International Harvester Potato Harvester - Harvester, Potato

   Horse-drawn International Harvester potato harvester is solid iron with wood handles and is red and black. Center spade digs up the potatoes onto the six-rod, flare-sided "fork piece behind it which shakes off the dirt. Potatoes are then dropped in back and the farmer, who is holding the wooden handles and walking behind the plow, has to be careful not to step on the potatoes! Cross piece at front has two rods that drop down and end in wheels-...

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2. Potatoe Harvester - Harvester, Potato

   Solid iron potatoe harvester is painted green throughout with black bulbous handle grips that have holes punched throughout. Front spade is angled down to scoop up potatoes onto 8 back rods which shake the dirt off and drop them behind the harvester (so that the farmer has to be careful where he steps!).

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3. Scythe - Scythe

   Scythe has a serpentine oak handle with two oak side-grips affixed with steel brackets. Curved blade is bolted to top of handle.

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4. Scythe - Scythe

   Scythe has a serpentine wooden handle with two wooden side-grips affixed with metal brackets. Curved blade is bolted to top of handle.

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5. Scythe with Basket - Scythe, Cradle

   Scythe with basket or cradle scythe has a curved handle with single side grip. Blade is curved and long and attached to handle end. "Basket" is comprised of four curved wooden teeth on a rectangular "fork" with two cross beams at top and is located on grip side of blade. There are five metal wires connecting basket to scythe. Used for harvesting grasses.

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6. Untitled [Aldo Giusti, Carl Britschgi, and Edward Lea in a Field of Brussels Sprouts - Print, Photographic

   Untitled [Aldo Giusti, Carl Britschgi, and Edward Lea in a Field of Brussels Sprouts], 1968. Black and white silver gelatin print shows Aldo Giusti (left), Carl Britschgi (center), and Edward Lea (right) standing in a field of Brussels sprouts. Britschgi holds up a stalk of Brussels sprouts toward Giusti while Lea looks on. Harvesters wearing cowboy hats work in the background. An inscription handwritten in blue ink at bottom center reads, "To m...

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