Historical Farming Activities

Black and white images depict various farming tasks, including seed extraction and irrigation work, showcasing rural laborers and agricultural practices from the early 20th century.

Fruit farmer clearing out irrigation ditch. Placer County, California. Irrigated farming is a new thing to this man who migrated from Oklahoma and has now bought a farm through the Federal Land Bank 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Placer County

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

Child labor, cranberry bog, Burlington County, New Jersey 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Fruit farmer clearing out irrigation ditch. Placer County, California. Irrigated farming is a new thing to this man who migrated from Oklahoma and has now bought a farm through the Federal Land Bank 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Placer County

Farming (Branding a Horse). 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

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

Farmer using sacking to bank irrigation ditch. Placer County, California. He is from Oklahoma 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Placer County

Other Buildings. 1949-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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

Child Labor, Cranberry Bog Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915-1985). Child Labor, Cranberry Bog, 1939. Gelatin silver photograph, sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.4 cm). Photography 1939

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

Close-Up of Testing Equipment. 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

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Kvrong Inside fishing Guinea. landing net, Tilapia growers grasped net transplanting landscaped fish ponds. March 1958. Guinea, Sentani, Tamirivier

Mechanical treshing 1950

Testing relative soil moisture. Prince Georges County, Beltsville, Maryland.. Photographs. 1935-08. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

No Flesh Truck Trail (Making Culvert). 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

Vibrators. 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

Fastening Link-Mat to Pipe. Original caption: Miscellaneous (fastening mat to pipe).. 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

Marking freshly shorn sheep, Malheur County, Oregon. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malheur County

Fishing. 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

Oglala Dam (Dirt Mover, Human). 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

Weighing in a hamper of peas. Labor contractor's pea pickers crew, Nampa, Idaho. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Nampa, Idaho , Canyon County

Building Additional Span to Bridge on Truck Trail #202-25 Porcupine District. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Ready to Fit Gate Well. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Single tubular well ready to pour well slab on ground; Safe well demonstration near Ridge, Maryland, July 1941. An African American man fixing a well's tube into the ground.. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Maryland, Wells, African Americans

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

Cook of SMS Ranch making bread in front of chuck wagon. Ranch 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

Farmer banking irrigation ditches with sacks. Placer County, California. See caption for 38438D 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Placer County

Transport to Fires - Trucks. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

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

Sawmill, Skyline Farms, Alabama 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Pulp and Paper Woods - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Weighing cotton near Robstown, Texas. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Robstown, Texas , Nueces County, Cotton, Cotton industry, Agricultural laborers

Process position, pelvis of the shelters. .

8th Anniversary (Cooking Soup). 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

Range Improvement - Seeding - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Pulp and Paper Woods - Canada. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

8th Anniversary (Shoveling Out Soup). 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

Enrollees Checking a Protector Installation. 1926 - 1956. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pierre Agency. 1954-1972. Decimal Correspondence

Station #120, inlet brook to Moulton, drainage of Massachusetts Tuberculosis Hospital, effluent from sewage filters just below filter beds, Rutland, Mass., Nov. 20, 1930 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, watershed sanitary conditions

Oregon. Polk County, near Independence. Migratory hop pickers, man and wife, work together. General caption number 45-1. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Polk County, Migrant agricultural laborers

White House Grounds, Gravel, DC. Original caption: White House Grounds--gravel, D.C. Photo by J. K. Hillers, Sep. 7, 1937.

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

Oglala Dam Project. 1940-01-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Garbage disposal and water supply at end of the row shelters in Agua Fria Migratory Labor Camp, Arizona. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Agua Fria, Arizona , Maricopa County

Fishing. 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

Three Men Working on Thomas Heminger Home. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Farming (Spraying). 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

Cutting Brush Close to Ground. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Drinking water header to Henneberg in action. .

Equipment. Original caption: Miscellaneous. 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

Watering horses, wheat harvest time, central Ohio. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Pouring sand into the planter used in the guayule nursery 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Salinas, California , Monterey County

Cutting wood for shingles, Jackson County, Alabama 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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

Farming (Spraying for Bugs and Weeds). 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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

The Mop-up After Fire. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Other Project. 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

CONSTRUCTION OF A CHINESE AIRFIELD: The substitution for cement carried in true Chinese fashion.

Cutting wood for shingles, Jackson County, Alabama 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Darro River (Granada), May 1950. Gold prospectors on the Darro River.

Original caption: "Potrero - Truck trail ". 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

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

Kyle Dam (Machine Tamping). 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

Community Well. 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

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

Description: Panning - the classic method of prospecting for gold and tin is shown to would-be prospectors attending "School for Miners", East Africa's first training for prospectors, at Morogoro, Eastern Province. Location: Morogoro, Eastern Province, Tanganyika Date: 1960 africa

Description: Work on the Yendi-Bawku Road. Location: Togoland Date: 1953 africa

Digging Well on Julian Azure's Allotment. 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

Member of FSA cooperative spraying fruit. Cache County, Utah 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Utah , Cache County

Buildings Other. 1941-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Nimboran, south Hollandia, execution - auspices S.P.C carried out. (South Pacific Commission) Standing - Regional Plan. 25 hp Fordson Major Tractor revision then. happens Kota Nica, fleet housed. Ford tractor lubricating bridge, control. March 1954. Guinea, Nimboran

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

White migrant strawberry picker unloading automobile cushion springs from trailer. These will be used as bed springs. Hammond, Louisiana 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Hammond, Louisiana , Tangipahoa Parish

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

Faro Caudill making coffee for dinner the day he moved his dugout, 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

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

Water supply. Migratory camp for cotton pickers. San Joaquin Valley, California. American River camp. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , San Joaquin Valley (Calif.), Migrant agricultural laborers, Children of migrant laborers

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Dutch Guinea: visit UN representatives Cuba Columbia agricultural testing station government training. Dr. Emilio Núñez Portuendo Cuba Dr. Francisco Urutia Columbia - Permanent representatives UN - tour field agricultural testing station Kota Nica, Papua's receive agricultural technical training. August 1955. Guinea

Other Buildings. 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

Range Management Research - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Planting Tomatoes - Soldier Creek. 1900 - 1960.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Dutch Guinea: visit UN representatives Cuba Columbia agricultural testing station government training. Dr. Emilio Núñez Portuondo Cuba Dr. Francisco Urutia, Columbia-permanent representatives United Nations- ronule field agricultural testing station Kota Nica, Papua's receive agricultural technical training. August 1955. Guinea

Members of FSA cooperative sugar beet cultivator. 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

View of the Water Fountains at Gloucester Training School. This item is a photograph of an exterior view of the Gloucester Training School water fountains. This photograph was used as the Plaintiff's Exhibit No. 43 for the civil rights court case Alice Lorraine Ashley, et al. v. School Board of Gloucester Co. and J. Walter Kenny, Division Superintendent.. Mid Atlantic Region (Philadelphia, PA). Photographic Print.

Bear Creek Dam (Ramming Cement). 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

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Collaboration Netherlands .. Levantkade internment camp in Amsterdam. Disinfinition of blankets. Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Itinerant statue maker putting together the pieces of a mold for one of his statues. He had been at one time an oil field worker. He said that the WPA (Work Projects Administration) had reduced the possibility of the man on the road getting a job. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Spiro, Oklahoma , Poteau Creek

Nestable corrugated galvanized pipe sections being assembled at the site of installation. Original caption: 43-3992. Nestable corrugated galvanized pipe sections being assembled by Utah Construction laborers at the site of installation in the "frozen silt" country near Pickhandle Lake. Section B2, Milepost 1425.9 August 17, 1943. Photo by Pinkstaff. State: Alaska.

Electrification, cable laying.

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

Wood Preservation - Dipping. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wachusett Reservoir, planting brushy pasture land with white pines and sugar maples, Boylston, Mass., Apr. 11, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, forestry

Excavation for ringworks at road crossing on the line between Spångenäs and Totebo.

Digging Hole to Plant Tree. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Fox Lake Tower 40 Feet Up. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. look settler garden Manokwari. lettuce grown bamboo bins ground insects removed. addition, easier weed weeds way, quickly woert Guinea. addition, bins easily covered rainy season protect plants battle. December 1953. Manokwari, Guinea

Other Project. 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

Elsevier photo collection. Meicenkeneraprup started Betuwe. cherries weighed transported auction. undated. Betuwe

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