Highlights : Work : Men: Agricultural work

Subcategory Men: Agricultural work contains 17 item(s).

	"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.
	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.
	"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.
	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.
	"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.
	"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.
	"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.
	"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.
	"Haying" c. 1909 1996.14.0967 This Allen sisters photograph was taken in haying season, summer, about 1909 in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
	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.