Bringing History Home

Aerial view of contour farming. Missouri, 1930. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 114: Records of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 1875 – 1977 [electronic resource]

Monterey County, California. Rural youth. Mechanization; the agricultural employee. In leveling a field the caterpillar must be kept in an exact straight line on the edge of the tracks already made, 1940. US National Archives & Records Administration, Item from Record Group 119: Records of the National Youth Administration, 1934 – 1945 [electronic resource]

Farm Machinery [35mm slide]. Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982 Collection [Digital ID, afc96ran 43772]

Seed Drill [35mm slide]. Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982 Collection [Digital ID, afc96ran 44605]

Unloading logs at [the] mill, Krug, Maryland, 1891-1936. Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, American Environmental Photographs Collection [reproduction number, AEP-MDS5]

Cutting dry farm wheat in Colorado / photo. by L.C. McClure, Denver [between 1900 and 1920]. Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, History of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library [reproduction number, MCC-2385]

Farming scenes. Three horses pulling disk II [ca. 1920-1950]. Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Theodor Horydczak Collection [reproduction number, LC-H832-F02-045 DLC ]

A threshing scene in Colorado / photo. by L.C. McClure, Denver [between 1900 and 1910]. Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, History of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library [reproduction number, MCC-1172]