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Joe Klein Photo Album

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Interview Photograph #1 Joe Klein Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]	Interview Photograph #2 Joe Klein Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Horse-Pulled Road Grader Horses pulled this piece of equipment, which leveled gravel roads in the 1920s Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]	Horse-Pulled Road Grader Blade A close-up of the blade on the horse-pulled road grader Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Horse-Pulled Tumble Bucket #1 This implement was often used to build-up roads. Four horses pulled this bucket. Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]	Horse-Pulled Tumble Bucket #2 This implement was often used to build-up roads. Four horses pulled this bucket. Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Dump Rake Two horses pulled this implement, which gathered up the cut hay into loose piles Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]	Feed Grinder This tractor-powered implement was used to mill feed, such as oats and barley for farm animals Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Steam Water Tank, 1920s This horse-pulled water tanked was used to haul water out to the steam-powered threshing machine. According to Joe Klein, it would have taken approximately three trips per day to keep the threshing machine operating. Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Water Tank Pump, 1920s The pump used to get water in and out of the water tank Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]	McCormick-Deering Corn Cultivator Two horses pulled this implement, which cultivates the land in-between rows of corn Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
McCormick-Deering Horse-pulled Mower #1 Two horses pulled this implement to cut the wheat Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]	McCormick-Deering Horse-pulled Mower #2 The blade on the right-hand side Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Grain Mill #1 This rear-fed tractor grain mill had a raised chute in which the milled grain was dispensed Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]	Grain Mill #2 The rear-feed on the grain mill Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Disc-Till Two horses pulled this implement. It churned the soil, preparing the field for spring planting. Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]	Later-Model Corn Cultivator Two horses pulled this implement to cultivate the land in-between rows of corn Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Corn Planter Two horses pulled this implement to plant two rows of corn at the same time Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]	Early Grain Mill This tractor-powered implement was used to mill feed, such as oats and barley for farm animals Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Horse-pulled One-Bottom Plow Four horses pulled this implement. It plowed one furrow at a time. On a good days work, Joe Klein remembers plowing about 3.5 acres. Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]	Horse-Pulled Two-Bottom Plow Four horses pulled this implement. It plowed two furrows at a time. On a good days work, Joe Klein remembers plowing around 7 acres. Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Horse-Pulled One-Bottom Prairie Breaker Plow Four horses pulled this implement, which was designed to plow virgin prairie Photograph Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]	Corn Husker and Sheller, 1940s This tractor-powered machine removed the husks and dispensed the corn kernels out a chute Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Potato Digger This two horse powered implement pulls an inverted spade through the soil to lift the potato from the ground. The potatoes were left on top the dirt to be picked up later. As Joe Klein mentioned, usually the younger children followed behind and picked up the potatoes. Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Potato Planter This horse-pulled implement was used to plant potatoes. In addition to placing the seed potatoes into the furrow, discs also pushed the earth back over the planted seed. Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Potato Planter The bin on a potato planter that held seeds Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]	Maytag Washing Machine Joe Klein remembers his mother using a similar electric-powered washing machine in the 1930s Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Seed Wheat Treater Formaldehyde was used to treat the seed wheat Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]	Oxen Yoke This yoke was similar to what Joe Klein’s grandparents used to attach oxen to implements Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]
Clothing Iron Joe Klein’s mother, Magdalena Klein, used an iron similar to this one. She heated her iron on a stove before using it to iron clothes. Photograph by Jennifer Wilkie [7 August 2006]

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