Subcategory Men: Agricultural work contains 17 item(s).
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"Picking Potatoes, George and me"
c. 1920
1995.11.091
Although they were accomplished artists, George (1822-1884) and Elizabeth Fuller (1896-1979) also worked on their Deerfield, Massachusetts farm. |
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Onion Pickers
c. 1940
1995.11.135
Eastern European immigrants met the increased demand for farm
labor in the Connecticut River Valley at the turn of the century. |
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"Haying in Fuller Swamp"
c. 1855
1995.11.497
A painting by George Fuller (1822-1884) shows the process of cutting and gathering hay, an essential activity for a farm family in the 19th century. |
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Tractor
c. 1920
1996.12.2527
As tractors replaced horses and oxen in the 20th century mechanization age, the sights and sounds on the farms changed dramatically. |
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"Plowing Sward"
1893
1996.14.0157.01-.03
Frances and Mary Allen of Deerfield, Massachusetts, took this picture of a man plowing a field with his plow hitched to two horses. |
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"Last Furrow"
1901-1903
1996.14.0250.01-.03
This early 19th century photograph by Frances and Mary Allen of Deerfield, Massachusetts, shows one figure driving a harrow and another leading a horse across a farm field. |
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"Noon Rest"
c. 1914
1996.14.0252.01-.10
The early 19th century photograph by Frances and Mary Allen of Deerfield, Massachusetts, illustrates a noon-day rest for both men and beasts under the shade of an apple tree. |
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"Sharpening the Scythe"
c. 1900
1996.14.0308.01-.03
This photograph by sisters Mary E. Allen (1858-1941) and Frances S. Allen (1854-1941) of Deerfield, Massachusetts, shows a man, dressed in work clothes and a hat, sharpening his scythe. |
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"Haying"
c. 1909
1996.14.0967
This Allen sisters photograph was taken in haying season, summer, about 1909 in Deerfield, Massachusetts. |
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Some Apples and Potatoes - Eastern States Expo.
1923
1997.08.01.0018
The founders of the Eastern States Exposition expected the "Big 'E'" to promote New England industry and agriculture. |