Debra Reid left her family's farm to pursue a career in academic research on living history farms in the U. S. and Denmark. She relates how different regions of the world have differing farming practices. She explains why Illinois is special for agriculture: transportation, soil and immigrants.
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Debra Reid and her brother, Christmas 1960’s Where:
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The kids help out.Where:
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Preparing chickens for the fryer. Where:
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Three generations on the tractor.Where:
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Horse team ready for work. Where:
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Alice Reid and family ready to head into town, 1940’s (?) Where:
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Family reunion, Frances S. Reid family. Where:
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Harry D. Reid, Alice’s father. Where:
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Believed to be a young Russell Reid. Where:
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Mr. and Mrs. ReidWhere:
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Photo of Mr. Reid as a child outside of Rockwood, Illinois. Where:
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Old Platt map showing Reid farm outside of Rockwood, Illinois. Where:
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Reid kids on miniature horses, 1950’s (?) Where:
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Old painting of a Reid ancestor, undatedWhere:
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Older man in Reid family.Where:
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Possibly a photo of Harry D. Reid.Where:
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Men of Reid family: Harry, Russell and an unknown man.Where:
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Old picture of man in derby from Alice Reid, aunt of Debra Reid.Where:
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Old picture of man in derby from Alice Reid, aunt of Debra Reid. (Debra Reid’s Aunt’s Photos; Narrator’s PhotosWhere:
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Several generation of Francis Shuman Reid’s family.Where:
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Raising ducks.Where:
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Reid women, Quilting Circle.Where:
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Women of the Reid family canning vegetables.Where:
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Alice Reid and woman bicycling.Where:
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Harry Dubose Reid driving a horse team on the farm.Where:
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Butchering hogs on the farm.Where:
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Hog butchering at home.Where:
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Reid family on the Rockwood farm.Where:
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Ready to process hogs.Where:
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Sunday, the oldest and youngest waiting to head into town.Where:
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Harry Reid on his horse drawn ‘tractor’.Where:
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Discing by horse.Where:
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Horse pulled plow.Where:
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Farm woman in the field.Where:
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Folks outside the old store.Where:
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Early picture of the Reid family.Where:
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Portrait photo of a man, possibly Alice Reid’s father.Where:
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Russell (or possibly Harry Reid) as a young man.Where:
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Old log cabin on the farm.Where:
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Francis, Alice, and Russell Reid.Where:
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Young Alice in the yard.Where:
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Sunday school, Alice at the far right with child.Where:
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Sunday on the porch.Where:
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Mr. and Mrs. Reid with dog in front of a 1940’s roadster.Where:
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Posing for photos outside on a hill.Where:
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Taking a break from field work.Where:
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Three men taking a break from work.Where:
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Mr. Reid on a tractor.Where:
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Still butchering hogs the old fashioned way.Where:
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Horse drawn farm machinery.Where:
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Portrait of a woman, possibly Alice Reid.Where:
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Alice Reid as a young girl.Where:
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Men on a tractor, coming in from cutting wood.Where:
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