Thursday, July 27, 2017

1910 Nebraska Threshing Crew



Threshing crew on Slater's farm east of Kearney, Nebraska. Photographer: Solomon D. Butcher. 1910. Glass plate negative 6x8. Nebraska State Historical Society. Library of Congress.

In 1993, David DeVries identified the the man with his hands on his hips standing third from the left as Charlie Krapp. Standing next to him with his arms folded is Frederick DeVries.

Every Thursday a carefully selected old agricultural photo is featured here on Big Picture Agriculture — lest we forget how things used to be.