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Title
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Cattle in Winter
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Description
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Cattle and pigs on the Harry Ryan farm in Sheridan Township in the early 1950s. Snow-covered fields are in the background as is a windmill.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:29803
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Title
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Child at Fence
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Description
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Photograph of Karen Petersen as a small child looking through the fence at farmland. She is holding a cloth doll. Contributed by Karen Petersen Groves.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:3378
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Title
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Farm Sale, December 6, 1975
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Description
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Photographs of scrapbook pages describing the sale of a farm in 1975. The farm belonged to Eldon "Sammy" and Aline Petersen who farmed near Grinnell, Iowa.
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Date Created
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1975
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PID
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grinnell:3385
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Title
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Karen Petersen on a Farmall Tractor
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Description
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Photograph of Karen Petersen on a Farmall tractor, dated 1944. Contributed by Karen Petersen Groves.
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Date Created
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1944
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PID
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grinnell:3361
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Title
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Mike's First Ride on a Tractor
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Description
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Photograph of Sammy (Eldon) Petersen with his grandson, Mike Groves, riding a tractor. Heat houser is visible on the tractor, which kept heat in so the driver could stay warm. Photograph is dated April, 1963.
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Date Created
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1963
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PID
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grinnell:3359
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Title
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Sammy Peterson Driving a Tractor
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Description
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Photograph of Sammy (Eldon) Petersen driving a tractor. The tractor has a cabin strapped on to help keep the driver warm. Dated September 1970
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Date Created
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1970
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PID
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grinnell:3360
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Title
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Sammy and Gertie
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Description
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Photograph of Sammy Petersen standing with Gertie, the cow, and some pigs. The cow was a wedding gift to Sammy Petersen and Aline Lidtka.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:3377
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Title
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Snow Drift
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Description
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A snow drift on the Ryan farm in Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, looms over one of the Ryan children standing in front of an outbuilding. A corn crib appears in the background.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:29805
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Title
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Winter Snowstorm on the Ryan Farm
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Description
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Sue and Ruth Ann Ryan negotiate gigantic snowdrifts after a snowstorm on their farm in Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, about 1950. The family took a sled across country to the Sheridan store to buy groceries as all of the roads were blocked. The snow was so deep that one could walk over the fences.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:29804
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Title
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Winter on the Farm
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Description
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Winter view of the Harry Ryan farm in Sheridan Township in the early 1950s. The farm was close to Sheridan School #4. Cattle and pigs are visible as well as the house, barn and various outbuildings, a truck, a 1950s automobile and an Allis-Chalmers tractor.
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Date Created
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1950
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PID
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grinnell:29802