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Stacking hay on farm of L.S. Deets near Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska

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deets l s alfalfa harvesting haying equipment stacking horses buffalo county hay farm deets kearney buffalo nebraska farm of butcher solomon d solomon devore 1856 1927 prairie settlement nebraska photographs and family letters 1862 1912 solomon d butcher high resolution nebraska history farming library of congress
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01/01/1903
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Solomon D. Butcher (Photographer)
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buffalo county
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deets l s alfalfa harvesting haying equipment stacking horses buffalo county hay farm deets kearney buffalo nebraska farm of butcher solomon d solomon devore 1856 1927 prairie settlement nebraska photographs and family letters 1862 1912 solomon d butcher high resolution nebraska history farming library of congress