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1. Avery Tractor, Cottonwood County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Farmer dressed in overall and cap stands in front of an Avery tractor.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Binder that was pulled by four horses, Amo, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915
Description:
One and a half horse, international model gas engine used to cut grain. The trailer wheel was on the back to keep from tipping over backward.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Bunk house used by the tilling crew, Mountain Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880 - 1908
Description:
Seven men form a tilling crew sitting on top of a "Bunk house."
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Charles W. Stark farm, Selma Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
View of the farm which includes the house, barns, windmill and other outbuildings. In the foreground the threshing is in progress.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Corliss Mead Dairy Farm, near Windom, Minnesota

Date Created:
1946?
Description:
Located on the edge of Windom, the Corliss Mead Dairy farm had a large barn, silo and other outbuildings. In the background you can see the Windom Elevator.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Corn storage at the Gust Youngren farm, Dale Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1947-01-09
Description:
V. Paulson and Gust Youngren standing in front of two circular corn cribs filled with corn.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Delivering flax bales at Schweitzer Flax Plant, Windom, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Line-up of trucks delivering flax bales to Schweitzer's Flax plant in Windom.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Early farmstead north of Storden, Minnesota

Date Created:
1922
Description:
Log house, barn combination with wooden gate and split rail fence. One of the earliest farms in Cottonwood County.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Farming with horses on the Nordby family farm, Mountain Lake Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Three teams of horses hitched up with a single horse on the right taken in front of the barn owned by the Nordby family. Small boy in front with the three horses is R.C. Nordby (Rienhart).
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Farming with horses, Rose Hill, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880 - 1908
Description:
Six horses and three men working the ground in a field.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Flax bales stacked in the field in Windom, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Flax bales in the field with some loaded on trucks. A group of 2 to 3 men sit and have their lunch in the shade of a truck loaded with flax. A car with doors open sits in the field to the left of the lunch group.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Flax Yard in Windom, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Overview of the flax yard with the stacks of flax bales in the background. Trucks loaded with flax bales are driving into the yard.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Gang plow, Amboy, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1912
Description:
Harvesting with horses using a gang plow.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Genevieve Youngren driving a single row plow on the Youngren Farm, Dale Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930?
Description:
Genevieve Youngren is driving horses while her brother, Earl, manages the single row plow.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. George Mann combining oats, Windom, Minnesota

Date Created:
1949
Description:
George Mann combining with his tractor and Minneapolis Moline combine in the field.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Gerald Dempsey farm site, Great Bend, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905
Description:
The Gerald Dempsey farm site in Great Bend Township, on section 8.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Grain elevator built by C. W. Stark, Selma Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906-09-01
Description:
Granary with elevator built by C.W. Stark. It was run by horse power.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Grant farm, Lakeside Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1876
Description:
Photograph of the Grant farm which was built in 1876. A wooden windmill, silo and several other buildings are visible. Four unidentified men stand in front of the buildings.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Gust Youngren cutting grain oats, Dale Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Gust Youngren cutting grain oats with a team of three horses.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Haymaking with a haysweep and hay stacker, Westbrook Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910
Description:
Scene of haymaking using a haysweep and hay stacker with horses in Westbrook Township.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Henry J. Janzen plowing the field, Midway Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Henry J. Janzen plowing with an early tractor.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Herman Volk starting his Diesel W-D tractor, Cottonwood County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1977-04-13
Description:
Herman Volk stands in the front of his W-D McCormick-Deering diesel tractor turning the crank to start the engine. Notice the steel lug wheels.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Hiebert Steam Engine in Bingham Lake, Lakeside Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Claus Hiebert steam engine and separator. Several men working with horse drawn wagons in the background. Bingham Lake also in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Log building with a silo, Rose Hill Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880
Description:
A postcard showing the exterior of a log building with a silo beside it. Other buildings visible in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Men working on the Sunderman farm in Springfield Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900
Description:
Several men fill a barn with grain from a wagon on the Sunderman farm.
Contributing Institution:
Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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