Threshing, Russel County, Kansas 1908

The black-and-white image shows a vast field with workers and early agricultural machinery, including a steam tractor and a threshing machine, capturing a historical moment of farming in the open countryside. Expansive skies and distant horizons add depth to the scene, illustrating early 20th-century farming techniques.

The black-and-white image shows a vast field with workers and early agricultural machinery, including a steam tractor and a threshing machine, capturing a historical moment of farming in the open countryside. Expansive skies and distant horizons add depth to the scene, illustrating early 20th-century farming techniques.

Name/Title

Threshing, Russel County, Kansas 1908

Entry/Object ID

1979.2.44

Description

Men and women pose in a field as the workers thresh the crop.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Monochrome

Category

Vault, Plants and Nature, People, Animals, Landscape, Vehicle, Historical

Made/Created

Date made

1875

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

16 in

Width

20 in