- GPC-AG5A
- Series
- [ca. 1900-1977]
Showcasing harvest practices throughout the 20th century.
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Showcasing harvest practices throughout the 20th century.
CPR train loaded with threshing machines.
Seven Rumely Ideal threshing machines, one per flat car, bearing signs saying "Douglas Bros. Zealandia & Rosetown" and "Zealandia Wheat Growing District."
Gas tractor on threshing machine
Linus Kunkel and Reg Conlin standing beside a gas tractor. A rack full of sheaves can be seen behind the tractor with a straw stack at right of the photo.
Kunkel Collection
Threshing at James Machan's farm
Big Four gas tractor, purchased in 1914 and used until 1921. 12 men, racks, sheaves. Avery separator.
Tractor, separator, wagons, teams of horses, men pitching sheaves.
Steamer driving double-sided threshing machine. Sheaves are being unloaded from racks on each side. Four racks can be seen in the picture. Straw stack in back.
Kessel, Albert (Jessop Studio)
Forking sheaves into a small threshing machine. Thresher is driven by a small engine rather than a tractor. Straw stack shown on left.
Huckstep Family
Men in racks are pitching sheaves into a threshing machine, one on each side. The belt in the foreground is fastened to a tractor (not shown).
Kunkel Collection
Tractor that runs a threshing machine
Gasoline tractor in a field using a belt pulley to drive what is probably a threshing machine. Two men in picture, one in full suit with tie and waistcoat, one in workman's clothing.
Kunkel Collection
"Wing Feeders" on threshing machine
An unusual system of wing feeders is shown that feeds sheaves into the threshing machine on the Sweatman farm near Zealandia, Saskatchewan. Visible are two mules in front area, two men forking sheaves, bundles wagons and a straw stack behind the wing feeders
Linklater, Al