Historical Agricultural Machinery

Documentary-style images showing early 20th-century agricultural machinery in action, emphasizing the farming techniques of the past.

Wreckage of cotton gin and compress at Big Spring, Texas 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Big Spring, Texas , Howard County

Squatter camp. Outskirts of Bakersfield, California. Note number of auto trailers and trailer being constructed on left. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Bakersfield, California , Kern County, Internal migrants, Squatter settlements, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Nurseries: Planting Stock - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Equipment: Range Improvement - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Equipment. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Machine Crew, Under Robert Murphy, Has Recently Removed to 202-25 in the Porcupine District, The "mucker" in Action during Process of Extending This Truck Trail. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

A truckload of household goods being moved off the farm of Everett Shoemaker, tenant farmer. Near Shadeland, Indiana. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indiana , Shadeland, Indiana , Tippecanoe County

Contract No. 54, Highway in Towns of Dana, Petersham, Worcester County, drag for mixing tar surface, Dana and Petersham, Mass., Sep. 24, 1936

Nurseries: Transplants - Wisconsin. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Equipment: Range Improvement - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wreckage of cotton gin and compress at Big Spring, Texas 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Big Spring, Texas , Howard County

Threshing Dan Needham's Crop. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Tractor-drawn combine. Whitman County, Washington. Notice that wheat is sacked on combine. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Whitman County

Digging carrots. Yuma County, Arizona 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Yuma County

Raking hay. Yuma County, Arizona 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Yuma County

Threshing wheat in central Ohio. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Equipment (Dump Truck). 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

Nursery Work: Seed Beds - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Old Bobcat and Grader Working on Trail. 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

Nurseries: Planting Stock - Kansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Helping German soldiers with hay, 1940 photograph German soldiers work with a hayman during hay in Opmeer. The farmer is looking at it. Text strip stuck to photo. North Holland photographic support reaping, picking, mowing ~ harvest North Holland. Lake

Logging: Skidding with Tractors - Mississippi. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Equipment: Range Improvement - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Farmer drilling water well. In this picture he is loosening and tightening rope around the pulley, thus raising and lowering the drilling tool, 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

Loading bags of onions, Rice County, Minnesota 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Oglala Dam Project. 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

Nursery Work: Seed Beds - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Trucks Unloading Wool. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Guinea: Transport tree trunks pontoons processing sawmill. Manokwari: Foundation sawmill, wood transport. April 1957. Manokwari, Guinea

Bear Creek Dam (District Dragline). 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

Methods and Technologies - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Gang plow of type that broke up forest land for farming. Pine Ridge project, Nebraska 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Trailers drawn by "cats" are used to gather carrots in the field. Imperial County, California 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Imperial County

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-1222. 1956

Construction , Construction. Photographs of the First Naval District

Equipment. 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

Combine with gasoline drums. Whitman County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Whitman County

Tractors used in cultivation, Wabash Farms, Indiana 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Farming. 1940-02-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Range Fences - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Set of Crushing, Screening, and Washing Plant. 1900 - 1960. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Fort Berthold Agency. 1949-. Photographs

Public Relations - Oklahoma. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Fill (Excavator Loading Truck). 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

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. karang deposited silos asphalt installation. February 1961. Biak, Guinea

Equipment: Range Improvement - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,EQUIPMENT War

Bean thresher. Mechanized agriculture between Turlock and Merced, California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Farm mechanization, Agricultural machinery, Threshing machines

Land Preparation Vehicle.

Nurseries: Planting Stock - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Farmers spreading poison grasshopper bait, Richland County, Montana 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Two "Walters" Pulling the Shovel. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Steam Engine Being Unloaded from Walter Truck at Agency. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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

Nurseries: Planting Stock - Nebraska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Kleimolen in Norfolk, Peter Henry Emerson, 1883 - 1888 photomechanical print Norfolkpublisher: Great Britain paper. cardboard. tracing paper treadmill. clay (soil type). adult man. horse Norfolk

Fill (Leveling Heaps). 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

Equipment (Bulldozer). 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

These Republic P-47s of the First Tactical Air force are shown taxiing up to take off on a mission and in the foreground is shown a huge bulldozer scraper that is one of the pieces of machinery that is building the unfinished drome.

Road Construction - Florida. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Reforestation: Planting - North Dakota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

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

Nursery Work: Seed Beds - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wildlife Ponds - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Repairing mechanical hop picker. Yakima County, Washington. This is the first year that the mechanical pickers were extensively used, they still have many "bugs" according to the growers 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Yakima County

Oglala Dam Project. 1939-01-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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

Reforestation: Planting - Ohio. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. mobile processing installation, coral ground, i.v. Cranes deposited coral seen. November 1953. Guinea

Fill (Excavator Loading Truck). 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

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

Equipment. 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

Description: Cayman Islands. 'The Superintendent of Public Works, Grand Cayman, grading the site of new government schools on the island'. Photograph No R 60328 Official Cayman Islands photograph compiled by Central Office of Information. Crown copyright reserved. Location: Cayman Islands Date: 1968 Apr caribbean, caymanislands, caribbeanthroughalens

Hay machine at the 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

Forest Fire Equipment: Bulldozers/ Tractors - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Vocational Agriculture Boys View Flax Cutting at a Farm. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Shearing, wool, lambing - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Martin Levings on Tractor Cutting Hay, John Seere Nearby. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Fort Berthold Agency. 1949-. Photographs

Logs Arriving and Being Unloaded at Mill. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Farming (Bean Harvest at Kyle). 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

Equipment: Range Improvement - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Kern County, California. Supply of fertilizer and potato seed on edge of field in which mechanical potato planter is operating. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Kern County, Farm mechanization, Agriculture

Combine and tractor are refueled in wheat field. Eureka Flats, Walla Walla County, Washington. Three men operate the tractor and combine 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Eureka, Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Small Sawmills (mold) - Louisiana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Construction, Quonset Point, Rhode Island. 1939 - 1947.

Nursery Work: Seed Beds - North Dakota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Nursery Work: Seed Beds - Wisconsin. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

NATIVE WORKMEN load bombs aboard an Ordnance truck at an Air Service Depot in North Africa. An American soldiers operates the crane. Another GI inspects the bomb fuse at lower left.

Equipment: Range Improvement - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Excavator in a tingroeve in Soeniliat, anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Part of photo album about the Tinwinning on Bangka. SoNeinist photographic support gelatin silver print minerals and metals: tin. mining. machines, engines ~ crafts and industries SoNeinist

Tree Seeding - Louisiana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Working on the Roads. 1926 - 1956. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pierre Agency. 1954-1972. Decimal Correspondence

Negro tractor driver. Aldridge Plantation, near Leland Mississippi. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Leland, Plantations, Agricultural laborers, African American agricultural laborers, Tractor driving, Tractors

Loading supplies into shed, Wabash Farms, Indiana 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Loading Rock for Riprap, Project 122-120a, Little Eagle SD. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Contract No. 60, Access Roads to Shaft 12, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick and Greenwich, placing seal coat on traffic circle, Greenwich and Hardwick, Mass., Aug. 3, 1938

Operating a harvester on a Texas wheat field 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Equipment: Range Improvement - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Placing the family chest into the rear of improvised truck which will take the Thomas family as migrants to California from Muskogee, Oklahoma 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Muskogee, Oklahoma , Muskogee County

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

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