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1. Knife, Beet-Topping - Beet knife

   Sugar beet topping & pulling knife with wooden handle and wide blade with hook on the end. Used for harvesting sugar beets and chopping off the leaves.

   Record Type: Object

   
2. Postcard - Steam driven tractors hauling flax,1912

   Sepia toned photographic oversize postcard showing two steam driven tractors hauling flax to market in 1912 at Beach, ND. The Townley Brothers were doing the hauling. The card is addressed to Mr.Henry Fritze of New Auburn, Minn. The green Washington one cent stamp was cancelled on March 20, 1916 at Litchfield, Minn. The message mentions the death of a 15 year old young woman named Irene Hinkleman and asks Henry to attend the funeral on the 23rd...

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Postcard - Walter Bonniwell farm

   Sepia toned photographic postcard of the former Walter Bonniwell farm (later owned by Wendell Zummach). A house and other outbuildings are pictured, with shocks in the field in the foreground.

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Print - "Corn Pickin' in the 1930's"

   Framed press proof of the print "Corn Pickin’ in the 1930’s" painted by Minnesota wildlife artist Les C. Kouba. This is the fourth print in the six print American classic series. Signed at lower right corner. Wood frame; glass. Corn, when ready for harvest, is left standing in the field, and when the "ear no longer creaks when wrung," it is ready to be picked. The artist remembers picking corn by hand in earlier decades before mechanization. Cor...

   Record Type: Object

   
5. Print - "Sharptails at Harvest Time"

   Framed press proof of the print "Sharptails at Harvest Time" painted by Minnesota wildlife artist Les C. Kouba. Shows a shocked wheat field with a classic farm steam engine tractor at harvest time and a flock of thirteen sharp-tail grouse bulking up for the upcoming winter. A farmhouse, barn and windmill are in the background. This is the second print in the six print American classic series. Signed at lower right corner. Wood frame; glass. In...

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Print, Photographic - Chaff Pile at Threshing Time

   Black and white reproduction photograph of chaff being blown onto a pile at threshing time. Unidentified men are faintly visible in the background, standing atop threshing equipment. A team of horses is standing at far left. Penciled date on photo reverse, "1938".

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Print, Photographic - Charlie Krsean steam threshing

   Sepia toned photograph of a Minneapolis steam threshing rig belonging to Chas. Krsean and operated west of Hutchinson, MN in 1920. Charlie Krsean is standing by the engine front wheel. Later Charlie gave the photo to the donor's father Gust Horrmann. Photo is mounted on brown photo board. After Charlie Krsean sold his threshing outfit he operated a sawmill with an Advance steam engine. He had two sheds connected at a corner of each and had...

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Print, Photographic - Children on Hay

   Sepia toned photograph mounted on white photoboard. Bertha Marie and Carl Brechet sit on stack of hay. There are many more haystacks behind them. On the back of the photo is written "October 1897" and "Rural Glencoe". Mounted on photo board.

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Print, Photographic - Cutting Grain

   Black and white reproduction photograph of unidentified men operating a tractor and a grain cutter. Note the tractor has large front wheels, with small wheels at the rear.

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Print, Photographic - Grain harvesting crew

    Sepia toned photograph of unidentified men riding on a grain harvesting machine pulled by 22 horses. Mounted on gray photo board.

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Print, Photographic - Grain stacks

    Black & white photograph of grain stacks.

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Print, Photographic - Grain Stacks

    Black and white reproduction photograph of grain stacks at the Gerber place, 1938. Five stacks of grain with fence in foreground.

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. 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

    
14. Print, Photographic - Harvesting

    Sepia toned photograph of an unidentified man on a "Light Running P ..." grain binder drawn by three horses. He has three tied grain bundles on the binder. On the left behind the binder is a child or small person on a blanket. There are some grain shocks and trees in the background.

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Print, Photographic - Harvesting

    Black & white photograph of five unidentified men in a field, possibly of grain. Behind them is a row of many teams of horses pulling swathers. Several more unidentified individuals handle the horses in the background.

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Print, Photographic - Harvesting

    Black & white photograph of 5 unidentified men in a field, possibly of grain. Behind them is a row of many teams of horses pulling swathers. Several more unidentified individuals handle the horses in the background. Same as 1997-0012-346

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. Print, Photographic - Harvesting, 1950s

    Scanned newspaper photographs of the harvest of winter wheat by Frank Dostal and Roy Pikal. Roy is seen operating the combine and Frank and Roy transfer the grain into a wagon. Undated; probably in the 1950s.

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Print, Photographic - Harvesting at Westrup Farm

    Sepia toned photograph of unidentified men (mostly Westrup's) working with threshing machinery at the farm of ____ Westrup south of Winsted, MN. A note accompanying the photo says the steam engine is a 40-140 Rumely, 1914 or older. The name "Buffalo Pitts" is printed on the steam engine; an internet search by cataloger of that term shows photos of Buffalo Pitts Steam Engine Tractors that more closely resemble the engine in the photograph. ...

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. Print, Photographic - Harvesting Potatoes

    Photocopy of a black & white photograph of a large group of people harvesting potatoes. A majority of the workers are women. An unidentified man in a suit on the right appears to be the supervisor. Two wagons are pulled by two horse teams. A man is plowing behind a team of four horses. The workers are putting the potatoes in rectangular wooden crates. In the far background are a couple of houses and other buildings.

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. Print, Photographic - Harvesting Scene

    Scanned sepia toned photograph of a harvesting scene with horses. Location and identity of men is unknown.

    Record Type: Photo