The smaller wagon next to the tractor collects the grain after it is run through the threshing machine. The threshing machine separates the grain from the straw, much like today's combine.
Members of a threshing crew are posed in front of and on a steam tractor and thresher. The tractor and thresher have large metal wheels. There is a large pile of chaff in the background.
Several people are posed on a tractor and thresher with other people driving teams pulling wagons. A barn and a large pile of chaff are in the background.
A threshing team stands in front of steam driven farm equipment and horses. E. I. Olsen worked as a photographer in Ericson Township, Sacred Heart crica 1890 until 1920.
Threshing crew with steam engine, thresher, and bundle rack. Nick Scherer and Nathan Day at Quiggle farm, north of Amboy. Oscar Robinson on wheelbarrow.