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Life on the Farm in Texas 1850 - 1950 Farming in Texas from 1850 to 1950 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers. This was life in Texas as our parents, grandparents and ancestors saw it. |
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Tending
Chickens in Lubbock in 1920s A woman tends to her chickens on a farm near Lubbock Texas in the 1920s |
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Threshing
Crew at Work Very nice photo of a threshing crew at work in 1915 that includes 13 men, one boy, multiple mule teams and a steam powered tractor in Johnson County Texas. Many of the crew are named in this photo from 1915. |
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Threshing
Crew Breaks for Lunch In 1915 nineteen men on a threshing crew broke for lunch near Cleburne Texas and gathered around a lunch shack when this amazing photo was captured. |
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Threshing
Wheat Near Floydada 1910 Incredible photo of men, horses and machines threshing wheat on a farm near Floydada Texas in 1910 |
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Harvesting
Wheat near Petersburg Texas in 1890 Sometime around 1890 every member of the Arthur Barton Cheves family and four horses were needed to harvest wheat near Petersburg in Hale County Texas. |
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Cultivating
Cotton at Juvenile Training Center In 1931 students were cultivating cotton on the state's 1,800 acre prison farm in Gatesville Texas when this photo was captured for the school yearbook. Student prisoners are working behind the plows while guards watch on horseback. |
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Unloading
Turkeys in Brownwood in 1939 Workers unload live turkeys from farmer's trailer at poultry processing plant in Brownwood Texas in 1939 |
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Cotton
Pickers from Odessa in 1910 The Spring, Temple, and Blum family was picking cotton near Odessa in 1910 when this great old photo was captured with farmer's horse-drawn wagon in the background. |
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Repairing
Clutch on John Deere Tractor Great photo of man repairing clutch on an early John Deere tractor in El Indio Texas captured by famous photographer Russell Lee in March 1939 |
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Fordson
Tractor Powers Thresher in 1919 In 1919 J.N. Garretson used his Fordson Tractor to power his threshing machine on a farm near Clarendon Texas |
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Harrison's
Gin in Wellington Texas Very nice photo showing horse drawn wagons at I.N. Harrison's Gin in Wellington Texas in the early 1900s |
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Jerry
Fuller Ready to Pick Cotton in 1940's All suited up and holding bag she will drag behind her and fill with cotton. The cotton will be weighed and dumped into the trailer behind her. When full, the trailer will be towed to the nearest cotton gin . . . View full Size |
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Picking Cotton in Floyd County Texas Sometime in the 1930s a family in Floyd County Texas posed for this great old photo of the Newberry family picking cotton. Dale Newberry provided this photo and was able to identify his Grandfather Harvey, his dad Orval, and uncles Skeet... continued |
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Joe
Botelier plowing fields Floydada in 1905 In 1905 Joe Botelier was plowing a field with his two-horse team near Floydada Texas when someone captured this huge highly-detailed photo |
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Harvesting
Wheat on Hutcherson Farm Amazing photo of a man working on a combine to harvest wheat on the Hutcherson farm in Castro County Texas In 1923 |
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Corn
Harvest in Hall County In 1900 Lora and Irene Hutcherson sat on a horse-drawn harvesting machine to pose with two unknown men during the corn harvest in Hall County Texas. Lora is sitting on the machine holding the reins and Irene is standing holding a shock of corn. |
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Harvesting
Kaffir Corn Near Claude in 1910 In 1910 a farmer near Claude Texas stopped his 3-mule team and posed for this photo of the kaffir corn harvest |
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Wheat
Harvest in Castro County in 1929 Sometime around 1929 four combines were harvesting wheat on the Hutcherson farm near Hart in Castro County Texas when the event was captured on film in this huge image. S.C Hutcherson and Claude Hutcherson and three other men who were helping with the harvest appear in the photo. |
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Oil
Pull Tractor Pulls Combine in Deaf Smith County Sometime between 1910 and 1930 this kerosene- powered Rumely Oil Pull tractor was used to harvest wheat in Deaf Smith County. |
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Farmer and wife studying FSA farm and home plan
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FSA meeting in Mason Tx 1939
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Supervisor helping FSA Clients Mason Tx 1939
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Farm owner near Memphis
Texas in 1937
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Farmers on street corner. Odessa, Texas
in 1937 In 1937 two farmers squatted against a brick wall in Odessa Texas to talk when an unknown photographer captured this highly detailed photo. . . . See it full size |
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Two Farmers in Spur Texas in 1939 Two farmers visiting in Spur Texas. Both wearing suspenders and one with the sweat stained hat so common among hard working farmers |
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Farmers Relax outside Store in Spur Texas in 1939 . . . See full size |
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Dawson County Texas Farm
in 1940 |
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Farm
Scene Near Claude Texas in 1909 Two horse team pulls harrow in this scene from Armstrong County in 1909
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Horse
Drawn Planter Near Gasoline Texas in 1920s In the 1920s Farmer W. J. Carter was planting his field near Gasoline Texas in Briscoe County with a horse drawn planter when his daughter Ethel brought him a drink of water in a pan . . . See it full size |
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Marketing
Cotton in Coleman in 1909 In 1909 local farmers gathered in front of Farmers State Bank in Coleman to sell their cotton crop where cotton buyers would inspect the bales and make offers. |
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Mrs
L C Hanks, Paducah in 1936 In 1936 Mrs. L.C. Hanks of Paducah Texas endorsed the Electrolux Kerosene powered refrigerator as a means of bringing modern conveniences to farm families. |
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Gaines
County Farmstead in 1942
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Filling
Tank w Water from Irrigation Well in 1940
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Dust
Storm Threatens Farm in Gray County in 1935 Massive dust storm approaches farm homestead near Pampa Texas in 1935 . . . View full size |
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Wheat
Harvest Near Quanah in 1920s Four men, a woman, a dog and an early steel-tired tractor were all part of the wheat harvest team near Quanah Texas in the early 1920s |
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Kay
Shuey with her Dog Snip in 1914 On December 1914 Kay Shuey and her dog, Snip, posed on top of a bale of cotton for this very nice photo in Quanah Texas |
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Farmer
in Goodlett Tractored Out in 1937 In 1937 a farmer in Goodlett Texas posed for this photo and spoke out about how his family had been forced from the farm they rented when land owners replaced them with tractors. ""Well, I know I've got to make a move but I don't know where to. I can stay off relief until the first of the year. After that I don't know. I've eat up two cows and a pair of horses this past year ..." Read more in the article |
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T.C.
and Dean Faver on a farm near Littlefield in 1964 In 1964 T. C. and Dean Faver stopped to chat beside an irrigation well in Lamb County when this photo was taken for an ad promoting butane as a fuel for farm equipment. |
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Jim
& Ben Davidson of Sudan in 1966 Jim and Ben Davidson survey their herd of cattle on their farm near Sudan Texas in 1966 for an ad in a national farm magazine. |
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Farmer
and Wife with Horses in 1930s In the 1930s Melvin Collins and his wife Blanche Langford Collins posed with their horses on their farm near Earth Texas. Photograph courtesy of their great granddaughter, Tina Collins |
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Family
Plows Field with 4-Mule Team in 1920s In the 1920s a farmer in Lynn County near New Lynn Texas stopped his 4-mule team and posed with a young girl named Flossie Aycock, as her two little brothers and the family dog climbed on to the plow. Photo provided by KariLeanne Levacy-Torres. Flossie Aycock was her grandmother . . see it full size |
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4
Mule Team in 1937 In 1937 a man is using a 4 Mule Team to replant cotton near Stanton, Texas |
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Tractor
Powered Combine in 1930s Nolan County
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Maize
Harvest in Nolan County Texas in 1939
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Wheat
Harvest in Nolan County in 1930s
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Farmer
and Tractor in Nolan County in 1930's
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Harvesting
Wheat in Sherman County Texas in 1930 Photograph of a wheat harvesting crew on Dick Buckles farm 20 miles south of Stratford in Sherman County in 1930 |
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EW Jackson's Alfalfa Farm Near Tulia in 1909 | |||||
Horse-drawn plowing
in Childress County Tx in 1938 A four-horse team plows a field with rows that seem to reach to the horizon in Childress County Texas in 1938 . . . zoom in on this large photo |
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Tractor operator
in Childress County, Texas in 1938 Tractor operator stops his early tractor and two row planter to pause for picture in Childress County Texas in 1938 . . . zoom in on this highly detailed photo |
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Childress
Farmers Help Sick Neighbor with Harvest in 1914 In 1914, D.L. Smith fell ill before he could harvest his crop. 19 of his neighbors showed up with their mules and equipment to harvest his crop for him. Mark Hanna from Childress captured the event on film. This tradition of farmers helping sick neighbors and widows with the harvest is one that is practiced today in small farming communities across Texas. . . . see this amazing composite photo full size |
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Horse Drawn Machine Cutting Corn in Childress County | |||||
Mike
Murphy of Perryton in 1939 In 1939 Mike Murphy was a farmer near Perryton Texas when he posed for a large ad in a farm magazine. |
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Erath
County Farmers Meet in Huckabay Tx in 1928 In 1928 a group of 33 unnamed Erath County farmers posed for a photo at a meeting in Huckabay, Texas. |
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Cattle
in Downtown Stephenville in 1911 Cattle belonging to A.B. Yearwood at the corner of College and Graham in Stephenville. It was common for farmers and ranchers to drive livestock through the streets at the time. |
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Cow in Trailer Towed by Car in San Angelo 1939 Man takes family milk cow to market in low sided trailer. Many families kept kept milk cows in their back yards in 1939 often staking them them out to graze in vacant lots. |
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Old Car Converted into Truck near San Angelo Texas in 1920 In 1920 a farmer and his wife posed for a picture in their old car they converted into a truck complete with rifle mounted on side. look closer |
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4H
boys with sheep in San Angelo Tx 1940 Two teen-aged boys proudly show off their prize lamb in 1940. . . . Zoom in |
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Quaker Farmstead
in Crosby County 1890s The A. R. Michaels family at the original Paris Cox Farmstead in Estacado Texas |
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Early
Tractor pulls Road Grader in Gray County One of the first road graders is pulled by an oil powered tractor in Gray County Texas . . . Zoom in |
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Dust
Storm Threatens Farm in Gray County in 1935 Massive dust storm approaches farm homestead near Pampa Texas in 1935 . . . View full size |
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Plainview Texas
Wheat Market in 1910 In 1910 local farmers brought bags of wheat to market in front of the First National Bank in Plainview Texas |
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Plowing
a field in Bailey County Texas in 1936
Muleshoe Farmer plows a huge flat field in Bailey County
with his two mule team in 1936 . . .
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Digging a Livestock Tank with Horse-drawn plow in Hockley County 1936 |
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J
W James With His Tractor in Anton Texas in 1949
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Farm Family Ropesville, Hockley County Tx 1939 In 1939, a tenant farmer, his wife and their little boy posed on their porch near Ropesville Texas |
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Horse-drawn
Plow Near Ropesville, Texas in 1936
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Eddie
Schlottman with 4-Mule Team In 1940 Eddie Schlottman showcased a 4-Mule team he had trained on a farm near Pep Texas in this huge highly-detailed image courtesy of his granddaughter Corinna Robinson |
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German
POWs in Muleshoe Cotton Field World War 2 German POWs tend cotton crop near Muleshoe Texas. With nearly seventy prisoner of war camps, Texas had approximately twice as many as any other state . . . read more and see photo full size |
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Bailey
County Farmer with Mule Team in 1915 In 1915 a farmer in Bailey County Texas paused his mule team before plowing across a cow trail on the open plains to make his homestead ready to farm . . . see this huge photo full size |
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Dr Taylor's Dairy Farm in 1939 | |||||
Daniel's Gin in Wolfforth Texas in the 1930s Woman walks along highway past Daniels Gin and Model T pulling cotton trailer in Wolfforth in 1930's. Smoke fills the air in background from burning cotton burrs and trash. |
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Cotton
Gin in Slaton Texas in 1930s Workers pose beside their trucks at a cotton gin in Slaton Texas in the 1930s. Fuzzy cotton seed is piled two-stories high in the background. The gin was owned by Hiram Wesley (Bo) Stotts . . . read more |
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Scratch
Hill Farmer Going West to Lubbock in 1938 In June 1938 famous photographer Dorothea Lange captured this photo of an unnamed man living on "Scratch Hill" outside Atoka, Oklahoma. "I'm going west because this country's through, there isn't anything here for anyone. I'm going west to Lubbock . . . |
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Pig
Farm near Shallowater in 1940s In the 1940s the Williams family raised hogs on their farm for family consumption and for the market. Their well-known rock house can be seen in the background |
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Farmers
Talking in Downtown Glen Rose in 1939 Farmers chat over cotton seed sacks in Glen Rose in 1939. One of the farmers is wearing something unusual on his cap. A passer-by appears to be trying to figure out what it is . . . look closer |
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Hale
County Farm Scene 1940s Landowner Joe Phillips, Mr. T.A. Knight and son Marvin whose family lived on the 360 acre half-section of land near Plainview, Texas for over 30 years. |
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PB
Snyder Strawberry Farm Plainview Tx in 1910 Picking strawberries on the P B Snyder farm six miles south of Plainview in 1910. |
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Irrigation
in the 1950s Did you ever pump an aluminum tube to siphon water from an open ditch? Here's how it was done in Hale County Texas in the 1950s. Some farmers were so good at it they could set a tube with one hand and from the far side of the ditch ... See full size |
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Steam
Powered Silo in Hale County in 1912 Steam Engine powers a silo on a farm near Plainview Texas in 1912 as men on horseback and farmer's wife look on . . . take a closer look |
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Joe Phillips on His Farmall Tractor in 1950s Very nice image of Joe Phillips on his Farmall Tractor in Hale County Texas in 1950s |
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Farm
Family Near Plainview in 1930s
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Farm
House in Hale County 1937
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Steam
Powered Tractor Vega Texas 1910 In 1910 a tractor salesman demonstrated a steam powered tractor on a farm near Vega Texas . . . see full size image |
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Grain elevator in small town in Potter County, Tx 1939 Almost every small town in the panhandle had a grain elevator dominating the skyline. This one is in a small town in Potter County shows trucks lined up to unload freshly harvested wheat in 1939. The elevator would lift the entire truck . . . continued
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Steam Tractor Plowing Farm Near Amarillo Tx around 1910 A. M. Archambault & Company developed the first farm steam engine in 1849. The steam engine was later expanded into the steam traction engine with powered wheels and steering capabilities . . . view full size |
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Windmill and Farm Implements for sale Dallam County Tx
1939 Farm implements for sale in front of Dalhart store offering Cocacola and local newspaper. |
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Postcard
Advertisement for a Wife Sometime in the late 1800's a lonely farmer had a photograph taken of himself on his homestead on the Texas Panhandle. Then he turned it into a postcard and advertised for a wife to join him on his farm near Texline Texas . . . view it full size |
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Swenson Land Co and Farm Workers in Bovina in 1909 | |||||
Terra
Blanca Dairy Farms in Randall County in 1936 In 1936 the cows at the Terra Blanca Dairy farm near Canyon Texas were content and covered from the cold blasts of arctic air that sometimes blasts the Texas Panhandle |
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Farmer's
Elevator in Canyon Tx in 1940s
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Tractor driver on farm near Memphis
Texas 1937
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Sharecropper in Hall County Tx 1939
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Farmer
and Son on Horse Drawn Planter 1930s Sometime in the 1930s a father and son stopped their work in Hall County Texas to pose for this photo by famed photographer Dorothea Lange with their horse-drawn planter . . . see it full size |
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Jim
Bob Wills and Cousin Picking Cotton in Mid-1920s Very rare photo of famous musician Bob Wills picking cotton with his cousin in the mid 1920s |
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Jim
Harper with his prize Jack Sometime in the 1890s, Jim Harper proudly posed with his prize Jack for this wonderful old photo of early life in Hall County Texas |
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Washing clothes on farm at El Indio, Tx 1939 On a farm near El Indio Texas in 1939 a woman runs her clothes through the ringer as her children play and hundreds of chickens fee nearby. |
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Pump house on farm in Maverick County Tx 1939 At a pump house on a farm in Maverick County a Model T bus is parked near clothes drying on the line and a young boy plays with his dog in 1939
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Flax Harvester
in 1939 in Maverick County
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Maverick County Farm Scene
in 1939 In 1939 a Maverick County farmer works to fix a flat on his old car while his chickens rest in the shade under the car and his son relaxes nearby |
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John Deere Tractor Breaking Ground in 1939 An early John Deere tractor pulls a one-way in Maverick County Texas in 1939 in this rare birds-eye view
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John
Deere Tractor Front View The photographer must have been perched on a windmill when he took this amazing birds-eye view of an early John Deere tractor coming at him in 1939 |
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Building irrigation ditch. El Indio, Tx 1939
Digging a ditch on a farm near El Indio Texas in 1939
required a tractor and two men |
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Farmer near El Indio Tx
in 1939
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Horse Drawn Cotton Harvester Lockney Texas 1930's | |||||
H.
T. Coleman Shovels Wheat Floydada TX 1947
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C.
W. Thagard's Oat Farm Early 1900's Photo from early 1900's picture postcard depicts C.W. Thagard's Oat Farm near Floydada Texas. |
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T.
H. Chatham in 1954 Ad In 1954 T.H. Chatham, well known Floyd County Farmer from Lockney appeared in a national ad |
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Milo
Harvest Near Lockney in 1954 Combine unloading milo grain in to a GMC on a farm near Lockney Texas in 1954. The photo was part of an ad for a two-speed truck axle. |
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J
D Woody and Calf In this wonderful old photo from 1945, eleven month old J D Woody pets a calf on his grandparents farm in Dougherty Texas 20 miles west of Matador 17 miles east of Floydada. Debbie Brauneck provided this photo of her father from her mother's collection |
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1928
Model E Cotton Picker Near Ralls In 1928 a salesman demonstrated his Model E Cotton Stripper on a farm near Ralls Texas in Crosby County |
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Boy Drinks from Burlap Covered Jug Drinking water from jar covered in wet burlap on farm near Ralls, Texas in 1939 Rapping a glass jug in wet burlap would keep the contents slightly cooler than if it was left uncovered . . .
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Thirsty Farmer Drinks from Canvas Bag On a hot summer morning on a farm near Ralls Texas in 1939, a farmer pauses for a cold drink of water from a canvas bag. Hung from tractor fenders, car hood ornaments and side view mirrors, military vehicles or from a cowboy's saddle horn . . . read more and view large image |
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Setting
Up a Four Row Lister / Planter in 1939 Farmer in Crosby County Texas changes plow points and makes final adjustments to his 4-row lister planter in 1939.
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Sitting on Dad's
Tractor Near Ralls, Texas in 1939
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Changing plow points on four-row planter Crosby County Tx
1939
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Laundry Day on the farm in Crosby County Texas in 1939 Farmer's wife hangs laundry on clothes line to dry on farm near Ralls Texas in 1939. |
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Farmer sits on his new tractor in 1939 on a farm near Ralls Texas. |
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Allis-Chalmers Tractor with planter and go-devil attached Ralls Tx 1939 The "Go Devil" was a popular attachment for tractors in the 1930's through the 1960's.
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Farmer and His Farmall Tractor 1936 | |||||
Farmall
Tractor with Lister in 1936
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Farm Implement Show Carson County
Tx 1936
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Resources: Early Life in Texas County by County Books about Texas People and Places Amazing People from Texas County by County Texas History in the 19th Century (Amazon) |
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