Farm Labor and Activities

Vintage photographs showcasing farm workers in various tasks, including sharecropping, celery processing, and cleaning tools, portraying rural life in the early 20th century.

Rolling bleaching paper used to keep celery stalks white, Sanford, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

State highway officials moving sharecroppers from roadside to area between levee and Mississippi River, New Madrid County, Missouri 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Rolling bleaching paper used to keep celery stalks white, Sanford, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Tip Estes oils the spade before he puts it away. Near Fowler, Indiana. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indiana , Fowler, Indiana , Benton County

Sheep shearer washing up for dinner, Malheur County, Oregon. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malheur County

George Marra starting tractor, Pukeora farm, Waipukurau black-and-white prints

Project (White Clay Spillway "Vibrating Concrete"). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Construction worker at Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. 1940 - 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta Dam, California , Shasta County

Sheepshearer washing for lunch, Rosebud County, Montana. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Montana , Rosebud County

Sheepshearer cleans blade of his shears, Rosebud County, Montana 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Canyon County, Idaho. Mr. Palmer on the Black Canyon reclamation project administered by the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Canyon County

Sheep shearer, bags of wool in the background, Malheur County, Oregon. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malheur County

Fireman, Vale, Oregon. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Vale, Oregon , Malheur County

Drinking water for the whole town, also for the migrant camp across the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. See caption numbers 63-1 and 44. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Tulelake, California , Siskiyou County

Car trouble on west side of Highway No. 33 in San Joaquin Valley. Formerly a California cowhand and roving laborer. Now with his wife, he follows the fruit. "My uncle homesteaded here sixty years ago. I'm lower on money than at any time". 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948, California , San Joaquin Valley, Migrant agricultural laborers, Internal migrants

Sharecropper. Pulaski County, Arkansas. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Jack Whinery grinding pinto beans for chicken feed, Pie Town, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Emptying a corn crib in order to shell the corn for EverNormal granary storage, Grundy County, Iowa 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Man with chicken at cooperative poultry house. Brownwood, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Brownwood, Texas , Brown County

Emptying a corn crib in order to shell the corn for EverNormal granary storage, Grundy County, Iowa 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Japanese-Americans agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California. March 1937 photograph by Dorothea Lange.

Construction worker, Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. 1940 - 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta County

Harvest hand on combine, Walla Walla County, Washington. 1941 - 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Air Cargo - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Young boy packing shingles at small mill near Jefferson, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Jefferson, Texas , Marion County

Pea pickers who travel with labor contractors, Nampa, Idaho. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Nampa, Idaho , Canyon County

undefined. 1931 - 1963. NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. Minneapolis Regional Office. 1940-1970. Annual Reports

Tying bundles of wheat by hand, central Ohio. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Unloading turkeys at Poultry Cooperative, Brownwood, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Brownwood, Texas , Brown County

Farmer taking milk to milk station, Eufaula, Oklahoma. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Eufaula, Oklahoma , McIntosh County

Boys Sort and Sack Seed Potatoes. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Original caption: "Misc. Farming". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

1930s MAN TRUCK DRIVER GETTING INTO THE CAB OF A CONCRETE OR CEMENT MIXER TRUCK VEHICLE LOOKING AT CAMERA OVER HIS SHOULDER

Chipping off the slab before log is finished with broadaxe into a tie, Pie Town, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Blacksmith shop. Marshall, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Marshall, Texas , Harrison County

Workman repairing saddle. Alpine, Texas, saddle shop 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Alpine, Texas , Brewster County

Cowboy shoveling feed into pans for the stock which he is tending while at the San Angelo Fat Stock Show, San Angelo, Texas 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Crates of lettuce being packed in refrigerator cars for shipment. Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Nampa, Idaho , Canyon County

Camp cook at work with chuckwagon in background. Cattle ranch near Marfa, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Marfa, Texas , Presidio County

Plaster. Waco, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Waco, Texas , McLennan County

Equipment. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Threading a pipe at blacksmith shop. San Augustine, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Augustine, Texas , San Augustine County

Photo collection Government information service. Walcheren. Dijkherstel Nollegat at Vlissingen. Rijshout is processed into zinc pieces. 1945. Vlissingen, Zeeland

Southeast Missouri project. Field house erection. Lining interior walls with vertical boards. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri , New Madrid County

Emptying cotton after weighing. Small cotton farm. Kern County, California. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Kern County, Cotton, Farms

Sawmill worker. Irwinville Farms, Ga 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Dispossessed Arkansas farmers. Bakersfield, California. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Bakersfield, California , Kern County, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Spawning Operations Featuring Walleyed Pike. Showing a catch, sorting, culling and milking the male fish.. 1939-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Eugene Davis, gold prospector, making a pot of coffee in his shack on his diggings. Pinos Altos, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pinos Altos, New Mexico , Grant County

6:40 p.m. Tip Estes, hired man near Fowler, Indiana, filling an automatic hog waterer. He has to carry eighty gallons of water fifty yards to fill this. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indiana , Fowler, Indiana , Benton County

Description: A student is being shown how to locate underground telephone cables by using a search coil and tone oscillator. Location: Pakistan Date: 1954-1955 pakistan, asia, asiathroughalens

Resettled farmer mixing cement. Cumberland Farms, Alabama. 1935 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Migrant Day Laborer mixing Spray to kill White Flies and nourish Bean Plants, near Belle Glade, Florida, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, U.S. Farm Security Administration, January 1939

Description: The marking out of the keel and stam-post. Location: Solomon Islands australasia, oceania, solomonislands, australasiathroughalens

Tractor operator, Wabash Farms, Indiana 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Photo collection Government information service. Mt the Dutch motor ship "Kuwi" have returned many church bells from Hamburg in Rotterdam. However, they were all shards. Nevertheless, the clock bronze represents a precious material that is very good to use. An official examines carefully whether there is some usable material between the shards. December 8, 1947. Rotterdam, South Holland

Sugar cane grower. Plaquemines Parish, La 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Young Mormon boy pitching grain to be threshed. Box Elder County, Utah 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Utah , Box Elder County

Cooking sorghum syrup Fuquay-Varina, N.C. 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Member of the Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery pours up fresh milk. Notice the electric milking apparatus in his left hand. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

Postman loaded with mail waiting for streetcar. Streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , Oklahoma County

Shows stump on cut-over farm after blasting. Bonner County, Idaho. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Bonner County

Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, talking to another farmer as he waits at the blacksmith shop in Depew, Oklahoma for his plow points to be sharpened. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Depew, Oklahoma , Creek County

Vintage Photograph. Man at levers of dragline machine.

Member of the co-op in the woods. Ola self help cooperative sawmill. Gem County, Idaho. See general caption 48. 1939. Photographs, Portraits. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Ola, Idaho , Gem County, Lumber industry, Cooperatives

Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm now a tractor driver for one dollar a day on same farm. Bell County, Texas. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Bell County, Agricultural laborers, Farms

Migrants are taught handicraft work. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Original caption: "Gilbert Clelland, E.C.W. Asst. Leader.". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Scotts Run, West Virginia. Miner's sons. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Sewing sack of wheat on combine, Walla Walla County, Washington. 1941 - 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Fire Suppression: Ground Handtools - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Resettled farmers at work on Cumberland Farms Project, Scottsboro, Ala. 1935 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Foresters at Work - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Clifford Beason examining a sample of corn raised in 1936. The corn in this crib represents total crop from two hundred thirty acres of corn in five hundred twenty acre farm. His estimate of the crop is thirty-five bushels. Iowa. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Iowa

Splitting shingles. Arkansas. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Coos County, New Hampshire. Cutting ice on the Ottaquetchee i.e. Ottauquechee River 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

The use of copper in viticulture 1940

Miner working with Consolidated Coal Company, Kentucky. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Road Construction - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Checkers at sheep shearing outfit, Malheur County, Oregon. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malheur County

Southeast Missouri project field. House erection. Interior lining of exterior walls is placed after finished floor and finished ceiling. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri , New Madrid County

Workman checking miners' lights. Batteries of these lights are checked every day. Mogollon, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Mogollon, New Mexico , Catron County

Camp cook at work with chuckwagon in background. Cattle ranch near Marfa, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Marfa, Texas , Presidio County

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. SLA grown baking bamboo. addition easy treasure heavy rain, suffering caterpillars insects, weeds kept hand. Weeds considered rapid growth Guinea Staatsvijand No. 1 settlers. December 1953. Guinea

Vintage Photograph. Two men review blueprints next to machine.

Hop, transported from field to kiln. Near Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. General caption number 45. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Grants Pass, Oregon , Josephine County, Agriculture, Agricultural laborers

Syphoning gas from storage container to use in truck-tractor. Pie Town, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

The glove is thrown on after the wire lock somewhere on the line Gävle - Söderhamn - Kilafors.

Pinos Altos, New Mexico: May, 1940 A prospector panning for gold. The light objects in his pan are probably not gold as it is very unusual to find pieces this large in this section. They are probably mica (fools' gold) or mercury, which is used to attract the gold

Lee Wagoner, Black Canyon Project farmer, looks at cattle feed in his barn. Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Canyon County

Tree Seeding - Maine. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Miner in the anthracite district. Pleasant Unity, Pennsylvania. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

He gathers samples of wheat for a central sampling and testing station. Walla Walla County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Puerto Rico. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

El Monte Federal Subsistence Homesteads. 100 homes, all occupied. Each with nearly an acre of ground. Average family income $800 year. Calif. 1936. Photographs. 1936. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , El Monte, California , Los Angeles County, Homesteading

Member of the Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery, cooling fresh milk in water trough on his farm. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

Southeast Missouri project field. House erection. Nailing precut interior lining boards in place. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri , New Madrid County

Turpentine "stiller" near Valdosta, Georgia. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Georgia , Valdosta, Georgia , Lowndes County, Turpentine industry and trade, Turpentine industry workers

Drying apples, one of the few sources of income for the mountain folk, Nicholson Hollow, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Wagon. Trash. SST - Lövsta

Migrant Day Laborer from North Carolina on Tractor near Lake Harbor, Florida, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, U.S. Farm Security Administration, February 1939

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