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1. Clevis - Iron clevis

   Iron clevis, measuring 10.5" long and 4" wide, bent into a U shape. There are slits at the ends for a pin to be inserted. Clevises were used to attach plows and wagons to whipple-trees and draft chains.

   Record Type: Object

   
2. Postcard - Allis-Chalmers Model "C" tractor

   Color picture postcard of a farmer driving a new tractor & cultivating corn. Said to replace 4 to 6 horses. A barn with a silo can be seen in the distance. The card was addressed to Miss Loraine Lindeman, Brownton, Minn. The Washington one cent stamp was cancelled on Aug 29,1941 at Minneapolis, Minn. The message mentions fun at the fair and signed, "Ruth".

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Print, Photographic - C. E. Long" Farm Implement Depot

   Sepia toned photograph of farm machinery in a lot next to C.E. Long Farm Implement Depot. Advertising on the building mentions Buggies and Wagons, Milwaukee and Plano Binders & Mowers, Thrashers, Corn Huskers, Shredders. Signs on the front of the building also advertise Milwaukee Binders and Mowers and Plano Harvesting Machinery. Unidentified men and boy are pictured in front of the building and on the sidewalk. A telephone pole stands at the...

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Print, Photographic - Cultivator

   Sepia toned photograph of a man sitting on a plow being pulled by another man in front of a group of spectators. The names of several men are written on the photograph, including D. S. Sivright, Jim Copeland, W. W. Sivright, Gerhart ____, Guy Sivright, Henry Whitlock, John Ster___, Will Rotzein, H. H. Penroy(?), H. H. ___.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Print, Photographic - Ellis, Emil Theodore

   NAME: Ellis, Emil Theodore ADDRESS: Glencoe, MN ENLISTMENT DATE: January 10, 1961 DISCHARGE DATE: January 9, 1963 BRANCH OF SERVICE: U. S. Army RANK: SERIAL NUMBER: BASIC TRAINING AT: UNIT COMPANY: WHERE WERE YOU LOCATED DURING YOUR TOUR OF DUTY: He served his country in Germany during the Vietnam War. WHAT WAS YOUR MAIN JOB IN THE SERVICE: Tank driver TRAINING/EDUCATION: LIST MEDALS AND THE REASON REC...

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Print, Photographic - Eva May Ells Bell, 1920s

   Black & white photograph of Eva May Ells Bell holding the reins of a horse team hitched to a planter. Note on the back indicates it was taken in about the 1920s.

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Print, Photographic - Fred Ellies - Farm Implements

   Black and white oval photograph of Fred Ellies - Farm Implements, one of the Professional and Business Men of Brownton, MN photographed February 1911 by photographer West. One of 41 men's photographs in composite photo, originally pictured in Brownton Centennial 1857-1957 booklet, #2014-0188-042. Each photo with name & occupation has been cut from the original mounting board.

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Print, Photographic - Harvest

   Sepia toned photograph of Old Pumley Threshing Machine. There are four unidentifed men working the threshing machine. In front of the machine to the right sits a wagon holding several large barrels. Two horses are pulling a filled hayrack..

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Print, Photographic - Harvest Scene with Rufo & Roy Vollmer

   Black and white photograph of harvest scene, taken 1914 or 1915. Rufo Vollmer is driving tractor at right "The Tractor". Roy Vollmer is second from left (wearing vest), carrying bundle of crop being harvested. Other men are unidentified. Team of horses in background. Photographed by Fred Lhotka, Winsted, MN. Mounted in brown photo frame.

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Print, Photographic - Harvest Time

    Sepia toned digital copy of a photograph of harvest time about 1912-1913 in Sibley County, Alfsboro township, Section 18 belonging to Leonard Johnson. (His house was in Cornish township, Section 13.) Men, wagons and a threshing machine are shown. The girl on the very left watching is Ruby Sabina Johnson, daughter of Leonard and Alma Johnson. Ruby Johnson was the mother of Elizabeth Schwarze.

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Print, Photographic - Henry McCormick's Threshing Equipment

    Sepia-toned photograph of Henry McCormick's threshing rig, c. 1885-1886 (Rufo Vollmer wrote "1886" on photo). The tractor at far right pulls an open wagon, followed by the threshing machine. Henry McCormick is seated at the front of the tractor (far right). Felton Vollmer is seated on the outside of the wagon in a half-reclining position. The others are unidentified. Mounted on tan photo board. Reproduction photograph: 2016-0032-095

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Print, Photographic - Henry McCormick's Threshing Rig

    Sepia-toned photograph of Henry McCormick's threshing rig, c. 1885-1886. Henry is standing on the ground, the other men are unidentified. Pictured are a steel-wheeled tractor, wagon, horse hitched to threshing machine and wagon. Mounted on photo board. Reproduction photograph: 2016-0032-096

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Print, Photographic - Henry McCormick's Threshing Rig

    Black and white reproduction photograph of Henry McCormick's threshing rig, c. 1885-1886 (Rufo Vollmer wrote "1886" on photo). The tractor at far right pulls an open wagon, followed by the threshing machine. Henry McCormick is seated at the front of the tractor (far right). Felton Vollmer is seated on the outside of the wagon in a half-reclining position. The others are unidentified. Original photograph: 2016-0032-379

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Print, Photographic - Henry McCormick & Threshing Equipment

    Black and white reproduction photograph of Henry McCormick's threshing rig, c. 1885. Henry is standing on the ground, the other men are unidentified. Pictured are a tractor, wagon, horse hitched to threshing machine and wagon. Original photograph: 2016-0032-380

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Print, Photographic - Henry McCormick Threshing Rig

    Black and white reproduction photograph of Henry McCormick's threshing rig, c. 1885-1886 (Rufo Vollmer wrote "1886" on original 3.5" photo). The tractor at far right pulls an open wagon, followed by the threshing machine. Henry McCormick is seated at the front of the tractor (far right). Felton Vollmer is seated on the outside of the wagon in a half-reclining position. The others are unidentified. Original photograph: 2016-0032-379

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Print, Photographic - Henry Rickert - Farm Implements

    Black and white oval photograph of Henry Rickert - Farm Implements, one of the Professional and Business Men of Brownton, MN photographed February 1911 by photographer West. One of 41 men's photographs in composite photo, originally pictured in Brownton Centennial 1857-1957 booklet, #2014-0188-042. Each photo with name & occupation has been cut from the original mounting board.

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. Print, Photographic - Horses pulling a sickle mower

    Sepia toned digital copy of a photograph of a team of horses pulling a sickle mower on which an unknown farmer in a hat and overalls is riding.

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Print, Photographic - Langfitt & Co., Hutchinso,n MN

    Black & white photograph of the Langfitt & Co business located at 104-110 Main Street North, Hutchinson, MN. Attached on the right side of the building is a sign for Acme Harvesting Machine Co. W.G. Langfitt founded an agricultural implement business in 1898, located at 104-110 Main Street North. One year later H.J. Langfitt joined his brother in the business, and in 1917 they built a brick structure at 115 Main Street North. Langfitt & Co. s...

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. Print, Photographic - Langfitt, Horace J. Implement Business Office

    Sepia toned photograph of Horace J. Langfitt, in the office of his Farm Implement Business in Hutchinson, MN. Photo mounted on photo board. Written on back: Horace Langfitt Farm Implement Business. Horace J. Langfitt was a mayor, city councilman, and charter commission member. Among the kerosene lamps, posters depicting machinery, and account statements is a Bank of Hutchinson calendar turned to October 1908. Cary Safe Co is printed on...

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. Print, Photographic - Otto Hochsprung - Farm Implements

    Black and white oval photograph of Otto Hochsprung - Farm Implements, one of the Professional and Business Men of Brownton, MN photographed February 1911 by photographer West. One of 41 men's photographs in composite photo, originally pictured in Brownton Centennial 1857-1957 booklet, #2014-0188-042. Each photo with name & occupation has been cut from the original mounting board.

    Record Type: Photo