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Threshing Outfit and Crew
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Thirteen men take time from threshing duties to pose for a group portrait with a team of horses, threshing machine with straw elevator, and a steam tractor amid stacks of wheat. Some of the men are holding pitchforks. Farm buildings and a windmill are in the background.
September 15, 1904
Von der Sump Family
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W013M93
WHi 145095
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Tractor and Thresher
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Plowing
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Will von der Sump driving a team of four horses from the seat of what appears to be a single bottom sulky plow. He is in a large field on his family's farm; the farm buildings and windmill are in t...
Threshing
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A man at far left, possibly Frank von der Sump, is posing with his elbow resting on a steam tractor. A belt from the tractor is powering a threshing machine at right, where a crew of men are workin...
Manure Spreader
1905
Will von der Sump waves a greeting to the photographer as he drives a wagon manure spreader pulled by a three horse team. The new Von der Sump barn with concrete block foundation and cupola ventila...
The Young Folk
1910
A group of well-dressed young adults posing for a portrait near a porch. They include Margaret (Mae) von der Sump, sitting in the center, and standing behind her, from left, are: Leta and Will von ...
