Historical Horse-Powered Farming

Black and white photographs of horse-powered farming practices from the early to mid-20th century, illustrating traditional plowing and land development.

Tractor-drawn floater on Gray County farm, Kansas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Kansas , Gray County

Farming (Plowing). 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Building a stock water dam, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA, during the 1930s.

Dam 20 (Work Crew). 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 (Plowing). 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

Tractor-drawn floater on Gray County farm, Kansas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Kansas , Gray County

Farming (Plowing). Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Iron Bear Dam (Horse Teams). 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. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Farming (Cattle). Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Teamwork at 122-166 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

Farming (Hauling Corn). 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

Men and Teams of Horses. 1900 - 1960.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Workers Filling in Dirt Around 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

Dam 11 (Under Construction). 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

Project (Kyle Dam - Ground Grading). 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

Alex Breland Stacking Quack Grass Hay. 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

Original caption: "PWA. 4/3/34. Manzanita Res. Two horse Fresno on new road.". 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

Farming (Horses and Carts). 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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

Original caption: "Los Coyotes Reservation. Ripping with No. 3 road plow. Second team moving loosened material with 3 foot Fresno". 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

Rural rehabilitation, Tulare County, California. This farm couple have been assisted to independence. In Feburary 1936 they rented a neglected farm of forty acres planted in grapes. They had no equipment, no stock, no seed, no money Farm Security Administration (FSA) granted a loan of one thousand two hundred and sixty one dollars to cover these items, and four months subsistence for the family. Now November 1938, they are reestablished on a successful diversified farm .... 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Rural development, Farms, California , Tulare County

Project (Ground Grading). 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

Major Project (Reservoir). 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

The Dutch sea dikes reinforced with piling, 1466. Four oxen drag two logs to the shore. In the distance some kind of hoist or piling machine, The Dutch sea dikes reinforced with piling, 1466, print maker: Hendrik D. Jzn Sluyter, (mentioned on object), after: Johannes Hubertus Leonardus de Haas, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1865 - 1870, paper, steel engraving, h 190 mm × w 240 mm

Workers leveling a cane field, Peru ca. between 1910 and 1935.

Major Project. 1939-11-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Mules at hitching posts, Eufaula, Oklahoma. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Eufaula, Oklahoma , McIntosh County

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

Farming (Cattle). 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Clarence Emery Showing Cattle on Feed. 1900 - 1960.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Ford Representative Lectures about Tractor and Disk. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Fort Berthold Agency. 1949-. Photographs

Mesteth Dam. 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

Barse Spring #1. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Lot in which farmers leave their wagons and horses while attending to do business in Eufaula, Oklahoma. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Eufaula, Oklahoma , McIntosh County

Dam 13 (Fill). 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

Farmers baling straw. Clay County, Iowa. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Iowa , Clay County

Man Plowing Field With Team of Horses. 1900 - 1960. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Farm Products - Kentucky. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Members of FSA cooperative manure spreader loading the spreader. 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

After Two Days, Large Stacks are on the Wagons, Men Stand with Rakes. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Fort Berthold Agency. 1949-. Photographs

United States: c. 1890 A farmer and his workers using a horse powered baler to make bales of hay out on the prairie.

IECW Men Digging Laterals at Soldier Creek. 1900 - 1960. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Truck Trail Construction. 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

Quick Repair on #32. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Stock water dam under construction. Pennington County, South Dakota 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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

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

Well being Used to Water Stock. 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

New Madrid County spillway where evicted sharecroppers were moved from highway, New Madrid County, Missouri 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana. July 1936. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indiana , Clayton (Ind.), Indiana , Hendricks County, Farming, Threshing, Agriculture

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

This photograph depicts Mennonite farmers in Paraguay using oxen to pull a wagon, illustrating the agricultural practices of Russian Mennonites and their adaptation to new environments.

The first step in digging a ditch with a ditcher is to plow a furrow. 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

Farming. 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Fillon & Heuse, Bucquet, A., Attelage de boeufs pres Pavie, photograph, foto, foto's, height mm, width mm, photographer, 1896 - 1896, fourth quarter 19th century, heliogravure, printer

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

Farming. 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Photograph of Farmers at Work in Field. 1914 - 1917. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Slide. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Irrigation Division. (1924 - 1940). Indian Life on the Western Reservation

Faro Caudill planting beans, 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

Farming (Plow). 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

Farming. 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

Farming (Plowing). Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Farmer's sons unloading manure, Scioto Farms, Ohio 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Tillage, Eggen. undated

Farmers baling straw. Clay County, Iowa. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Iowa , Clay County

Iron Bear Dam (Horse Team). 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 (Horses). 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Mules in barnyard of Negro farm owner near Vian, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Vian, Oklahoma , Sequoyah Coounty

Socket at the Isonzofront.

Major Project (Grading Ground). 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

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. agricultural machinery, tools, workers, animals, horses, plowing. undated

Peasant sowing grain. 1934, Israel

Cutting out calves from herd. Roundup near Marfa, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Marfa, Texas , Presidio County

Forest Mensuration - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Members of FSA cooperative manure spreader. 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

Farm scene. Pie Town, New Mexico 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

Livestock Dipping/ Spraying: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

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

Farm Products - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Plows continued by cattle; Plows in Deli. System MacDonald.

Elsevier photo collection. Rozenburg island disaster area, entirely dry again. farmers drive land cattle stands stable again. depends threads deposition. February 23, 1953. Rozenburg, South Holland

Farming (Cattle). 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Groups: Forest Service Technical. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana. July 1936. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indiana , Clayton (Ind.), Indiana , Hendricks County, Threshing, Farming

Drying Hides. Original Title: Miscellaneous. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Field train bridge at the providity in Bol Milcza.

Project (Goat Shed Construction). 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

The plowig of a field 1953

Farming. 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

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

Haymaking black-and-white prints

Equipment. 1940-02-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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

Cattle Range. 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

Wachusett Aqueduct, rolling bank for aqueduct, station 231, Section 6, Northborough, Mass., Oct. 19, 1896 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites

Farming (Clearing Field). 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

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

Agriculture in the front area.

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