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1. Five men and a tractor, Lincoln County, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1890 - 1910
Description:: Five men have been busy loading a straw bundle wagon and are taking a break. The straw bundles will be later threshed in a threshing machine. The men are sitting on and around the large steam engine. One man is sitting on the large wheel used by the belt to power the threshing machine.
Contributing Institution:: Lincoln County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

2. Steam engine used in threshing, Lincoln County, Minnesota

Creator:: Thompson, Dr. C. O., 1913-2006
Date Created:: 1939
Description:: The steam engine powered the threshing machine by the large belt.
Contributing Institution:: Lincoln County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

3. Turning over virgin soil, Hendricks, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1904
Description:: A tractor is pulling four breaking plows to turn over the virgin Prairie Grass. It will be made ready for crops.
Contributing Institution:: Lincoln County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

4. Two horses pulling a plow, Lincoln County, Minnesota

Creator:: Thompson, Dr. C. O., 1913-2006
Date Created:: 1939
Description:: Plowing with horses in Lincoln County, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Lincoln County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

5. Watching the tractor run, Lincoln County, Minnesota

Creator:: Thompson, Dr. C. O., 1913-2006
Date Created:: 1939
Description:: 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.
Contributing Institution:: Lincoln County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs