Several people are posed on a tractor and thresher with other people driving teams pulling wagons. A barn and a large pile of chaff are in the background.
Members of a threshing crew are posed in front of and on a steam tractor and thresher. The tractor and thresher have large metal wheels. There is a large pile of chaff in the background.
The smaller wagon next to the tractor collects the grain after it is run through the threshing machine. The threshing machine separates the grain from the straw, much like today's combine.
Photograph of the Steen family on their farm with Iver Pederson's threshing crew, posed by the threshing machine. This photograph was taken in 1909. The little boy is Conrad Steen, shown next to his parents, Carl August Williamson Steen and Annie (Peterson) Steen, with his sister Jennie standing nearby. Also depicted is Carl Steen's sister Anne Marie (Steen) Pederson. The photograph was taken during a coffee break.
Threshing grain required many people and lots of work. One man is pitching bundles into the threshing machine while the other is watching the steam engine.
Men are posed on farm equipment and also standing by bicycles. A team of horses is in the background. A tractor, with a saw blade mounted on the front, is pulling another piece of farm equipment.
Five men have been busy loading a straw bundle wagon and are taking a break. The straw bundles will be later threshed in a threshing machine. The men are sitting on and around the large steam engine. One man is sitting on the large wheel used by the belt to power the threshing machine.
A team of three horses is pulling a binder to cut the grain and puts it in individual bundles. A man is riding the open binder The second man is gathering the bundles and placing them in shocks to be later thrashed.
Ten men with threshing equipment. Note on back of photograph says, "Norman family threshing rig. Left to right, George W. Norman (standing by horse) and Lee R. Norman (on the engine)."