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Field Tillage and Farming Workers

Images of workers using various farming machinery to till and prepare land, highlighting agricultural practices in mid-20th century settings.

Anefo photo collection. National team competitions 1965 in Swifterbant. Tractors with plows during the competition. October 26, 1965. Flevoland, Swifterbant
Anefo photo collection. National team competitions 1965 in Swifterbant. Tractors with plows during the competition. October 26, 1965. Flevoland, Swifterbant
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Vintage Photograph. Loosening soil and leveling with a disc and drag attachment prior to planting peanuts.
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Agricultural machinery and equipment, work, woers, Damme. January 1956. Middenmeer, Wieringermeer
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High angle view of a farmer sitting in a tractor on a soybean field
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USA, Washington State, Wall Walla, Combine harvesting wheat
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings baskets, spreading, foundations, spreading machines, workers, spreader box. October 1960
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Agricultural machinery and equipment, work, stabilization trams, Howard. undated
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Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Tillage, workers, agricultural machinery, tools. undated
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Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Agricultural machinery, tools, workers. undated
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Poll photo collection. Moselle: viticulture. Grape pickers at work. 1959. Germany, Kröv, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
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Vintage photograph. Plowing at the rate of 3.5 acres a day with a Farmall Cub tractor
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Anefo photo collection. 1953 flood plates. Goeree Overflakkee Sluishaven. Tractor sinks in mud. February 10, 1953. Goeree-Overflakkee
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Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Workers, shrubs, work, machines. undated
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Grader Does a Final Pass. 1926 - 1956. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pierre Agency. 1954-1972. Decimal Correspondence
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Modern Farming- Agriculture in Britain, 1943 A 'pick-up baler' at work in a Hampshire field. The job of this machine is to follow behind the combine harvester and gather up the straw. This straw is then passed up a conveyor to a baling machine, which presses the straw into bales. One agricultural worker drives the vehicle, and two other men (not pictured) are needed to wire up the bales as they are produced.
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Tillage, workers, machines, tools, branch boobs, leg work. undated
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings basins, stabilization machine, filter, Autobahn, Asschaffenburg. June 1957. Asschaffenburg
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings basins, agricultural roads, measurements, vibrating machine, equipment equipment. November 1957
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Soil Conservation in Huntingdonshire- Agriculture in England, UK, 1944 A farmer uses a horse-drawn tip cart to deposit piles of clay subsoil onto the fields around Huntingdon Fen. This clay will be dug into the ground to improve the quality of the soil in the area.
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Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Machines, tools, workers, tillage, cars. undated
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Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 6.1x6.2 Dorsing machine. June 1952
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Anefo photo collection. Dutch farmers are going to set up a company in France. A tractor draws a peasant cart with corners sheaves where a horse is inserted. August 1945. France
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Workers, cars, trailers, machines, tools, boxes, snakes, fields. undated
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Soviet Russian farmers on a collective farm
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Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Guayule planter. Seeds mixed with sawdust are planted by this machine which also distributes a thin stream of sand over the seeds. This is a nursery operation. Seedlings sprout in a few days, grow in 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Salinas, California , Monterey County
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Anefo photo collection. Dutch farmers are going to set up a company in France. Harvesting with a thresher pulled by a three-track horses. August 1948. France
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County agent inspecting farmer's wheat seeder, Pratt County, Kansas ca. 1936.
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View of Hough loader, Quabbin Section, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Aug. 4, 1948 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, bucket loaders
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Tillage, agricultural machinery, tools, workers, ground drills, tractors. undated
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High angle view of a farmer plowing a field with a chisel plow, California, USA
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Vintage Photograph. Putting superphosphate on manure before spreading.
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A Tiny Trickle Of Water To Settle The Dust And Pack The Earth Seems Futile On This Vast Airfield In Italy, But It'S Precious To The Men Who Have To Live And Eat With The Dust.
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Workers, spraying installations, roads, verges, cars. undated
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Workers, tree trunks, wires. undated
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. construction and improving roads, dikes and savings basins, cement stabilization, naphres, agricultural cutter. July 1957. Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings basins, agricultural roads, measurements, measuring truck. November 1957
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Farmer on horse-drawn Digger on Small Farm near Caribou, Maine, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Farm Security Administration, U.S. Office of War Information Photograph Collection, October 1940
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Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Woodworking, machines, tools, men, tree trunks, tractors. undated
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Anefo photo collection. Farm in Asperen at Leerdam. September 10, 1963. Asperen, Leerdam
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings basins, disadvantages. December 1956. Germany, Soltau
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Agricultural machinery, tools, spectators, demonstrations, ground drills, tractors. undated
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Anefo photo collection. Making snow-free roads and encourages farms from their isolation in the northern provinces. February 16, 1979
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Companies, turf, work, Heidemij-Barenbrug, the Rips. October 13, 1972. De Rips, Noord-Brabant
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. road layout, earthen tracks. 1972. Drenthe, Westerbork
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Anefo photo collection. Agricultural exhibition in Dordrecht. July 26, 1951. Dordrecht
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Vintage photograph. Stacks of coins sitting on bundles of cash bills in front of photo of farmers harvesting crops in field on tractor
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Anefo photo collection. Protection population suggests extinguishing equipment for farmers to spray land (Zaanstreek). 30 June 1976