Frank and Mary Connelly Vegetable and Fruit stand, Highway 13 and 12th Avenue, Burnsville Minnesota. The family farm was homesteaded by his great grandparents James and Mary Connelly in the 1850s.
A farm building at the Walter and Rose Kennelly farm. This farm later belonged to Joe Kennelly. Located on Highway 13 in Burnsville, it stood 1905 - 1994.
Tractors (4), wagons (3), and elevators sit in a harvested field with the corn piles to the right. Paul Benson farm is located one mile south and one mile east of Storden. Hans William Hanson farmed the land and Ole Thompson shelled the corn.
Flax bales in the field with some loaded on trucks. A group of 2 to 3 men sit and have their lunch in the shade of a truck loaded with flax. A car with doors open sits in the field to the left of the lunch group.
Located on the edge of Windom, the Corliss Mead Dairy farm had a large barn, silo and other outbuildings. In the background you can see the Windom Elevator.
Seen from left to right are Arlyn Bohnsack, Vernon Ryan, LaVonne Bohnsack, Junette Bohnsack, Arthur Bohnsack, and Jeanne Bohnsack at the Bohnsack family farm in St. Patrick, MN.
A belt is running from the tractor to the threshing machine. Two men are on the stack of bundles pitching the bundles into the threshing machine. The threshing machine separates the grain from the straw. Along side it two horses are hooked up to a wagon. Two women came to bring lunch.
Panoramic view of a country area scene. The left area of the photograph depicts an unpaved roadway with cattle grazing. A headframe and mine dump are in the background of the photograph. The right area of the photograph depicts railroad tracks. The background of the right area of the photograph depicts a headframe and housing area. A mine dump is in the background.
Threshing grain required many people and lots of work. One man is pitching bundles into the threshing machine while the other is watching the steam engine.
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.
The Ed and Bertha Dahl home in Nora Township. Exterior view, probably from a silo, of the recently completed "four-square" home. Ed Dahl was a prolific builder of homes, barns and commercial buildings in Pope County and the surrounding region.
Panoramic view of farming homestead scene. The left area of the photograph depicts several farm buildings, the middle area depicts four haystacks and the right area depicts several more farm buildings.
Panoramic view of an unknown farmstead in winter. From left to right the image depicts: a large two-story house, several small buildings, a power pole, a bus vehicle with a logo "Carson Lake," three horses, and a large barn with silo.
Panoramic view of spectators sitting on both sides of a large empty field in former "Swandale" area, with Swandale School at left, Hibbing, Minnesota. Possible airshow or aviation related as land became site of current Hibbing-Chisholm Airport.
Aerial view of the Marvin Dorn farm facing west. This farm is at the present day junction of Minnesota Highways 19 and 217. The farm yard is surrounded by trees to act as a windbreak and stop some blowing snow from entering the yard in the winter. Behind the house is the barn and silo and a field of shocked grain, ready for a thrashing crew.
Ten horses lined up in front of the barn at the Gust Youngren farm north of Windom. In the background is Harder Lake. A lone chicken in the foreground pecks at the ground.
Several man are working on this threshing crew. Even a young child is standing with a pitch fork in hand. As the day and work progressed, men would take off their coats and hang them on anything convenient.