Historical Agricultural Scenes

Black and white photos depicting early 20th-century agricultural labor, showcasing tractors and workers in cotton and potato fields.

Two-row potato digger, Rio Grande County, Colorado 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Tractor in cotton. Near Corsicana, Texas. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Corsicana, Texas , Navarro County, Farm mechanization, Tractors, Farms, Cotton

Two-row potato digger, Rio Grande County, Colorado 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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

Potato field and pickers near Shafter, California. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shafter, California , Kern County, Agricultural laborers, Migrant agricultural laborers, Potatoes

Cutting celery, Sanford, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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

Mexican cantaloupe pickers at 5:00 a.m. Imperial Valley, California. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Imperial County, Agricultural laborers

Near Meloland, Imperial Valley. Large scale agriculture. Gang labor, Mexican and white, from the Southwest. Pull, clean, tie and crate carrots for the eastern market for eleven cents per crate of forty-eight bunches. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Meloland, California , Imperial County, Agricultural laborers

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. main agricultural products Nimboran earthnuts. September 1954. Guinea, Nimboran

Truck Garden. 1900 - 1960.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Harvesting mangle root by hand; The Mangold Harvest.

Harvesting milo maize, Tulare County, California. Cost of harvesting by this method totals ten dollars per acre. Cost of harvesting by cooperative harvester bought by Farm Security Administration (FSA) in this county, six dollars per acre. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Tulare County, Farms, Harvesting

Henry Shoop, Irrigator, Showing How to Irrigate. Original caption: Miscellaneous (Henry Shoop, irrigator, showing how to irrigate).. 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

Guermantes, France , 1930 - Ile -de -France - Stéphane Passet - (September -October) (French - Guermantes , France). Animal transport, agriculture , breeding, work scene, rural life, harvest, cart, field, peasant, work clothing, vegetable, man, Transport, economic activity, daily life, clothing, human beings, Seine et Marne, Guermantes, agricultural workers tearing the beets

A crew of 200 hoers were brought to the Aldridge Plantation to hoe cotton for one dollar a day. Many of these are ex-tenant farmers Near Leland, Miss.. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Leland, Plantations, Agricultural laborers, Cotton

Irrigator in brushed and capped cantaloupe field. Imperial Valley, California. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Imperial County, Agricultural laborers, Agriculture, Farms

Subsistence Irrigation Gardens: Riverside Garden, Agency District. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Potato digger and picking crew, Rio Grande County, Colorado 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Farming (Field). 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

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: "Harvest year '34 is good!". Collection Photo collection Deli Society, photo number 831_09. 1934. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Farming (Garden). 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

Harvesting peas requires large crews of migratory labor. Nipomo, California. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Nipomo, California , San Luis Obispo County, Migrant agricultural laborers

Setting out celery shoots. Sanford, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Weighting scales at edge of bean field. Near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon. General caption number 46. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , West Stayton, Oregon , Marion County, Agriculture, Farming, Crops

Day laborers hoeing cotton. Many tenant farmers become day laborers on mechanized farms. Near Corsicana, Texas. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Corsicana, Texas , Navarro County, Farms, Cotton, Agricultural laborers, Day laborers, Farm mechanization

Picking cotton, Lauderdale County, Mississippi 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

A photograph by Franz Duschek showing Romanian farmers plowing a field with an ox team, created on albumin paper mounted on a box. The image documents traditional agricultural practices, tools, and rural life.

Delta cooperative farm. Hillhouse, Mississippi. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Hillhouse, Mississippi , Coahoma County, Agriculture, Cooperative, Farming, Farms

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

Tractor on Lake Dick project, Arkansas. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arkansas , Lake Dick, Arkansas , Jefferson County, Agriculture, Cooperative, Farming, Tractors, Farms

The delta land of the Mississippi River is the largest alluvial section in the world, an area of 18 miles by 300 miles. It produces 500,000 bales of cotton annually. Photographs. 1937-07. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi, Cotton, Farms

Young sugar beet workers chopping sugar beets, Treasure County, Montana 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

End of the day. Near Calipatria, California. Pea fields. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Calipatria, California , Imperial County, Agricultural laborers, Croplands

Picking beans. Belle Glade, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Garden of agricultural worker living at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers community. Yuba City, California. 1942. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Yuba City, California , Sutter County

Near Meloland, Imperial Valley. Large scale agriculture. Gang labor, Mexican and white, from the Southwest. Pull, clean, tie and crate carrots for the eastern market for eleven cents per crate of forty-eight bunches. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Meloland, California , Imperial County, Agricultural laborers

Corduroy Work on Trail. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Cotton picker. San Joaquin Valley, California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , San Joaquin Valley (Calif.), Cotton picking, Cotton pickers, Agricultural laborers

Hoeing rice. 1868 - 1900. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. African Americans

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-1205. 1956

Farming (Potato Field). 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

Farming (Hand Picking Potatoes). 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

Farming (Crops). 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

Ploughing with a primitive native plough or how. A Russian peasant tills his leased fields, during the final decades of Tsarist rule in Russia. Circa 1900 print on stereo card or stereograph.

Contour plowing on mechanized farms. Childress County, Texas Panhandle, Texas. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Childress County, Agriculture, Farm mechanization, Plowing

Farming (Harvesting). 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

Description: New scheme farmer Location: Rodrigues, Mauritius Date: 1958

Wheat harvesting 1955

Farming (Field). 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Cultivating two-year-old guayule shrubs. For the first two years in the fields the shrubs are cultivated frequently to keep down weeds and break up the soil which crusts easily 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Salinas, California , Monterey County

Setting out celery shoots. Sanford, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Farming (Workers in Field). 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

Packing cut celery in the fields, Sanford, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Near Westmorland, Imperial Valley. Filipinos waiting for the signal to start cutting lettuce. California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Westmorland, California , Imperial County, Agricultural laborers

Photo collection Government information service. Traffic, Utrecht roundabout under construction. undated

Workers in Garden. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Picking potatoes in Caribou, Canada 1963

Japan. Planting rice ..

Workers Building Up the Grade of the Trail. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

Picking stringbeans near Cambridge, Maryland 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Ring Thunder Publicity. 1900 - 1960. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Farming (Irrigation). 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

Filipinos waiting for the signal to start cutting lettuce. Near Westmorland, Imperial Valley, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Westmorland, California , Imperial County, Agricultural laborers

Picking string beans in field near Muskogee, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Muskogee, Oklahoma , Muskogee County

Picking stringbeans near Cambridge, Maryland 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. N.V. Culture me. "Alo" - Ransiki. Tomato planting imported seed. care costs spent combating diseases teasing. 1958. Guinea, Ransiki

Vintage photograph. Harvesting cotton crop, Stoneville Mississippi or plant breeders are breeding new strains of cotton

Hightstown, New Jersey. The homesteaders of the farm group are proud of their straight potato row. They have raised very successful crops. The farm was started in 1934. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Jersey , Hightstown, New Jersey , Mercer County, Homesteading, Farms

Nursery Work: Seed Beds - Indiana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Jack Whinery works in his garden which will supply food for his family next winter. 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

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

Chopping sugar beets, Treasure County, Montana 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Nursery Work: Seed Beds - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Cultivating two-year-old guayule shrubs. For the first two years in the fields the shrubs are cultivated frequently to keep down weeds and break up the soil which crusts easily 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Salinas, California , Monterey County

Elsevier photo collection. thresher action Betuwe field. 1941. Betuwe, Gelderland

Near Manteca, California. Formerly rehabilitation clients. Now operating own farm under Tenant Purchase Act. A year and a half ahead on their payments. Family labor harvesting milo maize. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Manteca, California , San Joaquin County, Family farms, Assistance, Farming

Hemlock transplants, planted spring 1936, transplanted spring 1938, Baraniuk Field, north side of Blue Meadow Road, Belchertown Nursery, Belchertown, Mass., July 13, 1939 : Parcel no. 208-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, forestry, nurseries horticulture

White pine seedlings, planted fall 1937, Belchertown Nursery, Belchertown, Mass., June 16, 1939 : Parcel no. 208-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, forestry, nurseries horticulture

Wachusett Aqueduct, Crane Swamp before improvement, station 15, A Line, Northborough, Mass., Apr. 10, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, swamps, watershed sanitary improvement

Contour plowing on mechanized farm of the Texas Panhandle. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas Panhandle (Tex.), Texas , West Texas Panhandle, Farms, Farm mechanization, Farming

Harvest Color - Amish, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Field work, Tuskegee

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

Harvest Color - Amish, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Packing cut celery in the fields, Sanford, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Picking stringbeans near Cambridge, Maryland 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Picking cotton. 1868 - 1900. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. African Americans

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. N.V. Culture me. "Alo" - Ransiki. Vegetable growing. Spraying insecticides cabbage plant. operating costs spent combating diseases pests. 1958. Guinea, Ransiki

Elsevier photo collection. Potato harvest. Filling bags baskets sorting machine directly field. undated

Nursery Work: Seed Beds - Wisconsin. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Field workers Plants Rice, Anonymous, 1909 - 1920 stereograph Japanese publisher: Steglitz cardboard. baryta paper gelatin silver print cereal, grain, corn (grass with grains, grown for food, e.g.: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet). cultivated land Japan

Bouffémont (), France , 1930 - Ile -de -France - Stéphane Passet - (June 28 -July 8) (French - Bouffémont ( ) , France). Agriculture , Breeding, Hay, Field, Economic activity

Onion field worker, Rice County, Minnesota 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Tobacco harvesting 1963

Hightstown, New Jersey. Factory and field, both to be run on cooperative basis by resettled families at Hightstown. The men are working in the potato field, one of the crops on the farm of four hundred and fourteen acres. .... 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Jersey , Hightstown, New Jersey , Mercer County, Farms, Agriculture, Cooperative, Homesteading

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

Husking corn, Camden County, New Jersey 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Harvesting celery, Sanford, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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