Albert Borth (5th from left, arms crossed) Threshing rig engine burned straw. 1921 Albert Borth - father of Mrs. Art (Lena) Asmus Asmus family came from Lester Prairie to Chokio 1896 Borth family came from Arlington, Minnesota to Chokio about 1900.
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.
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)."
A photograph of a threshing machine with Russel Gilbertson, Clifford Hanson, Gordy Johnson, Jim Ernst, Henry Hamann, Clarence Tinker, Rufus Ponto, Ed Schults, and Leslie Olson.
Threshing at the Mc Keever Farm six miles east of Worthington, Minnesota. W. P. Jenkins sitting in a horse drawn buggy between stacks of straw. A steam engine is running the thresher.
Several men and women pose for a picture out in the field where they are threshing. The women in their white aprons, have brought lunch out to the field for the men. Many horses and hay racks are being used to stack the hay.
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.
A threshing crew and their thresher at the Henry Meyer farm in Oshawa Township in Nicollet County. The names of the men appear on the reverse of the photo. Henry is shown with a pipe in the front row. Dewey and Bud Meyer are the children seated at right in the front row.
Threshing crew with steam engine, thresher, and bundle rack. Nick Scherer and Nathan Day at Quiggle farm, north of Amboy. Oscar Robinson on wheelbarrow.
Threshing crew in St. Clair area with threshing equipment and 7 men, including Willie Hall, Manaige, Jake Chase, and Campbell Henry. Note on photo says,""Photo taken in St. Clair area. Hall, Chase and Campbell were all married to Foster sisters. Manaige was a Winnebago Indian."
New Prague threshing crew with men, woman, baby and thresher with tractor. (Left to Right) John Kuzelka, George Minar, Frank Korbel, Mrs. Wrabek's father, Mr. Nickolay, John Mikiska, Frank Zelenka, William Wrabek. (Standing on Thresher - Left to Right) John Mares, Charles Flicek, Jim Houska, Boh. Flicek, Lud. Flicek, Al Zelenka, Lipold Wrabek, his daughter holding her niece.
View of a Nicollet County threshing crew in front of a threshing machine. A caption on the reverse indicates that the crew worked in Oshawa and Traverse Townships.
People and machinery in field, foreground plant stubble, two haystacks in background. Horse or mule and wagon on left, man in overhalls, long-sleeve shirt, standing to right of horse/mule holding onto halter. Woman and man on wagon (women in white mutton-sleeve shirt, dark skirt - man in white shirt, dark vest and tie, wide brim hat), threshing machine in background, foreground has 11 people standing in front . A wicker baby buggy is in the foreground.
A belt is running from the tractor to the threshing machine. Two men are on the stack of bundles pitching the bundles into the threshing machine. The threshing machine separates the grain from the straw. Along side it two horses are hooked up to a wagon. Two women came to bring lunch.
It took many people to thrash grain. Most of the work was done pitch forks. The pile in the rear is the straw blown out from the thrashing machine after the grain has been separated.
A photograph of six men on different machines. A water wagon, threshing machine, leaded bundle wagon, one empty bundle wagon and four teams of horse's.
A photograph of a steam tractor, horses pulling a water wagon, several men, threshing machine, horse drawn buggy, team of horses pulling a grain wagon. Included in the photograph is Truman and Louis Erdahl on the water wagon.
A threshing scene on the Gold Field Farm of C. W. Stark. The farm site includes a house, windmill and several outbuildings with threshing in foreground.
A threshing team stands in front of steam driven farm equipment and horses. E. I. Olsen worked as a photographer in Ericson Township, Sacred Heart crica 1890 until 1920.
Several man are working on this threshing crew. Even a young child is standing with a pitch fork in hand. As the day and work progressed, men would take off their coats and hang them on anything convenient.
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.
Eight men and one woman standing with harvesting equipment. Note on back of photo says, "Harvest machine and crew of William McMahill. Cross on Bill. The rest dont amount to much. Will McMahill used to own 40 acre farm in Section 1 Rapidan Twp. Later owned by Sam Keenan. I think this is in Idaho."