Farmers Equip. Co. All-Crop Harvester on MO River, 1936
Name/Title
Farmer's Equip. Co. All-Crop Harvester being taken across Missouri River, 1936
Entry/Object ID
P2011.30.3
Description
Farmer's Equip. Co. All-Crop Harvester being taken across Missouri River, 1936. Black and white photograph.
When Ed Heney, a farmer living on a 3200-acre island in the Missouri River near Iowa Point, Kansas, recently purchased an all-crop harvester from the Farmer's Equipment Company of St. Joseph, he asked delivery of the harvester. The photos show the process of getting the harvester into the river to transport it to the island. The island armer has 200 acres of land under cultivation, 120 acres being in wheat.
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Date made
1936
Place
City
Iowa Point
State/Province
Kansas
Notes
Medium: Photographic Paper
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Agriculture
Search Terms
Business, St. Joseph Merchants, Farmer's Equipment Company, Missouri River
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 10 ¼ x 8
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Jan 24, 2012
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Ed Henely
Provenance
Notes
Donor daughter of owner of Farmer's Equipment Co., St. Joseph, Missouri. Photos from donor's family scrapbook
