Agricultural Labor and Farming Life

Depictions of farming activities, including cotton and potato picking, with farmers tending to crops and equipment in rural settings.

Mr. Leatherman starting for home in his burro-drawn cart. The handles of the cart belong to a homemade terracing implement belonging to Mr. Craig who loaned it to Leatherman to do his terracing, Pie Town, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Small cotton farmer stays at the wagon and keeps account of the weight of each sack brought in by pickers from the field. Kern County, California. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Kern County, Cotton, Farms, Cotton farmers

Potato picker empties basket into shaker screen, Rio Grande County, Colorado 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Mormon farmer working on FSA (Farm Security Administration) cooperative drill, Oneida County, Idaho. While the members of the cooperative live in Snowville, Utah, some of them farm in Oneida County, Idaho. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Oneida County

Cutting pulpwood, Eden Mills, Vermont 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

"Blue Monday" in a California migratory camp. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Sacking barley on Mormon farm. Box Elder County, Utah 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Utah , Box Elder County

Clearing land. Throwing mesquite onto pile for burning. Tom Green County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Tom Green County

Mr. Leatherman starting for home in his burro-drawn cart. The handles of the cart belong to a homemade terracing implement belonging to Mr. Craig who loaned it to Leatherman to do his terracing, Pie Town, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Cooking hog soup. Garrett County, Maryland 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Men scooping cranberries, Burlington County, New Jersey 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. These people are resettling themselves on the dump outside of Bakersfield, California. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Bakersfield, California , Kern County, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Tommy Ryan, old timer boxer.

Description: Land Preparations by Department of Agriculture Tractor Service. Location: Montserrat Date: 1972 tractor, montserrat, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Mrs. Hutton works in her seedbed, Pie Town, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

George Arnold and his son inspect some of the hives which produce a considerable amount of supplemental income on their farm in Chaffee County, Colorado 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Farmer taking milk to milk station, Eufaula, Oklahoma. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Eufaula, Oklahoma , McIntosh County

Loading hay to be fed to cattle. Dangberg Ranch, Douglas County, Nevada 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Irrigation worker near Eagle Pass, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Eagle Pass, Texas , Maverick County

Farmer unloading pulpwood. Coos County, New Hampshire. 1936. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire , Coos County

Looking southeasterly at damaged gate on Hacker Pond Road, close-up of bent gate post, broken concrete base, hinge and grillwork, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Sep. 22, 1941 : Parcel no. 571-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, gates, damage condition

Project (Concrete Work). 1939-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Pickers coming into the weigh master. Pea field near Calipatria, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Calipatria, California , Imperial County, Agricultural laborers

Farmer worker cutting weeds at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) labor camp, Caldwell, Idaho. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

Pulling ropes for attachment to stakes. Lasses-White show, Sikeston, Missouri. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri , Sikeston, Missouri , Scott County

Tractor operator, Wabash Farms, Indiana 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Tractor operator, Wabash Farms, Indiana 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Pea pickers coming into the weigh master. Near Calipatria, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Calipatria, California , Imperial County, Agricultural laborers

Picking onions, Delta County, Colorado 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

The tractor driver is colored. His wages when he works is one dollar and fifty cents a day as long as there is daylight. Aldridge Plantation, near Leland Mississippi. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Leland, Plantations, African American agricultural laborers, Agricultural laborers

Mr. Page and Colonel Harrington of drought committee at farm near Guymon, Oklahoma 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Greasing combine part, Walla Walla County, Washington. 1941 - 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Delta County, Colorado. Peach orchard. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , Delta County

Trap used on pine tree for catching sap for turpentine distillation, Irwin County, Georgia 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Throwing brush onto fire in process of clearing land, El Indio, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , El Indio, Texas , Maverick County

In the hay field at Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Casa Grande, Arizona , Pinal County

Construction worker, Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. 1940 - 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta County

Mr. Keele taking crate of grapefruit from truck, General store, Pie Town, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Maine. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Exhibit Supply Company Picture Post Card, Wallace Beery and Ernest Torrence. "Wallace Beery and Ernest Torrence building log church." This item is a picture post card used as an exhibit in the case of J. Frank Meyer, Trading as the Exhibit Supply Company v. Louis Hurwitz, Trading as United Postcard Supply Company. Issued by Exhibit Supply Company, this post card features a scene from the film "The Pony Express.".

Cook of SMS Ranch making bread in Dutch oven. Near Spur, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Spur, Texas , Dickens County

S & PF - Wisconsin. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Fishing - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Sawmill worker, Irwin County, Georgia 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Original caption: "Misc. Farming". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Team of two gold miners operating hand drill in contest on Labor Day, Silverton, Colorado. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , Silverton, Colorado , San Juan County

Miners' contest at Labor Day Celebration, Silverton, Colorado. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , Silverton, Colorado , San Juan County

West Texas cattlemen looking over the cattle which are offered for sale, stockyards. San Angelo, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Nursery Work: General - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Weighing in cotton, Pulaski County, Arkansas. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Mr. Page and Colonel Harrington of drought committee at farm near Guymon, Oklahoma 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Tenant farmer on thirds and fourths near Marshall, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Marshall, Texas , Harrison County

In a migratory labor camp. California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Weighing cotton. Kern County, California. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Kern County, Agricultural laborers, Cotton

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). Migratory workers, in camp for the pea harvest, scan the bulletin board at entrance. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Calipatria, California , Imperial County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Labor camps

Grubbing land. Mexican chopping mesquite, El Indio, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , El Indio, Texas , Maverick County

Equipment. 1939-07-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Naval Stores - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Flash lubrication from tramp dressin, system "Bollebygd".

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Missouri. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Electric pump system and wet cloth-covered milk can on farm of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower. Maricopa County, Arizona 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Maricopa County

Working cowboys cleaning out the stock barns at the San Angelo Fat Stock Show, San Angelo, Texas. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Worker Removing Rock. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

Gold Dredging In Grass Valley, California. Original caption: Photographed by Charles Ackley, Chief Photographer, Public Buildings Administration. State: California.

Ed Bagget, sharecropper, drawing water from well. Near Laurel, Mississippi. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Laurel, Mississippi , Jones County

Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. "Rubberman" in operation when lumberjack who is sawing down a tree does not have a partner 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malheur National Forest, Oregon , Grant County

Drawing water from the well in the early morning. Farm of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer. Creek County, Oklahoma 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Creek County

Seed Beds: Seeding by Machine. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Mrs. Hutton builds fire in outdoors burner which heats the water for laundering, Pie Town, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Trouble with Back Fire Torch. Original caption: Miscellaneous (trouble with back fire torch).. 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

August Feck and a load of soybean hay. Feck's three hundred tewnty acre farm near Templeton, Indiana, is owned by an absentee landlord who lives in Florida. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indiana , Templeton, Indiana , Benton County

Garage owner and farmer working on a car. Pie Town, New Mexico. The young man who owns the filling station, blacksmith shop, and garage came out from Texas when he could not get work either on the farms or in the farming community towns there 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Elmo Temple, Chaffee County, Colorado rehabilitation client and his wife, Louise, pose beside a feed grinder which is an important part of their farm equipment 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Making Reinforcements for Concrete Culverts. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Tying bundles of wheat by hand, central Ohio. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Crude Products - Bolts, Baskets. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Another Flow of Bernard Delorme and Mrs. Frank Delorme. 1931 - 1945. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

Detail of cleaning apparatus on portable-type mechanical hop picker, Yakima Chief Hop Ranch, Yakima County, Washington. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Yakima County

Cutting pulpwood, Eden Mills, Vermont 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Forest Fire Equipment: Fire Trucks - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Farming (Branding). 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Cook of the SMS Ranch frying meat at chuck wagon on ranch near Spur, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Spur, Texas , Dickens County

Man at work. Tar cooking. From the album cable work helmet - Norrtälje - Finnviken performed during the summer of 1928.

Photo collection Government information service. New Guinea, Indonesia. undated. New Guinea

Sons of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, drawing water and mixing bran mash to feed the hogs. Creek County, Oklahoma. See general caption number 23 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Creek County

Oiling the combine. Walla Walla County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Farm Security Administration (FSA) rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Tulare County, Farmers, Assistance, Farms

Harvest hands on the combine in the wheat field of Whitman County, Washington. Notice the sacks. The wheat is sacked before it leaves the combine 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Whitman County

"At a pea vinery," central Ohio. 1938 - 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Men Checking a Protector Installation. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Miner striking solid blows on coal rib, producing clear hollow ringing sounds. This technique, recorded with microphones and geophones, was used in war work and studied by the Bureau of Mines. The photo, taken on November 14, 1918, shows a 900 feet distance between the miner (operator) and observer.

Lumber mill worker, Lowell, Vermont 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking ahead from manhole 2A-1, Laurelwood Road Connection, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., May 22, 1941

Contract No. 85, Manufacture and Delivery of Precast Concrete Steel Cylinder Pipe, Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, Natick, Weston, unconcreted pipe on base ring, Lock Joint, Natick, Mass., May 29, 1939

Vintage Photograph. Two men work on bulldozer to get it running checking the oil.

Foreman at Berwyn Project, Maryland 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Men Cutting Logs for Agency Root Cellar. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Operation 'Alert' 1957 , Hoses, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Fruit pickers, Delta County, Colorado. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , Delta County

Recreation Improvements - Idaho. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Loading corn cut for fodder, Sheridan County, Kansas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Kansas , Sheridan County

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