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32 Mules Pulling a Holt Bros. Side-hill Harvester - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Another of Benjamin Holt's innovations was the side-hill harvester shown here. Because of the need for two drive wheels, larger teams were needed to pull this more advanced model. Learn More -
A Donkey Nuzzles its Mother - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Who can resist a mother-and-child photo when both are soft and furry? This farm scene from a century ago shows that some things do not change. Learn More -
A Farm Scene near Medford - c. 1913
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This classic view shows a small grouping of farm buildings, including several houses. Probably an extended family lived here. Learn More -
An Oregon Barnyard - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Probably taken in Oregon while Meiser was working in the Portland area, this photo give a great overview of the life of a general farming family at the the turn of the last century. Learn More -
Bringing in the Hay, Paulina Prairie - 1911
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Hay wagons are prominent in this photo of haying at the Laurie Caldwell Ranch in Paulina Prairie, near La Pine. The woman in white near the center is most likely Mrs. Caldwell. Learn More -
Building Haystacks with Horse-drawn Wagons - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The six-man crew pauses to have their photo taken in the midst of constructing another in a row of haystacks, somewhere in eastern Washington. Learn More -
Case Combine Harvester and Crew - c. 1903
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Case company was pretty sure people would recognize their product when they built this combine around 1900, with large lettering in at least three locations. Learn More -
Charles W. Kruse and his Cauliflower Truck - c. 1920
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Kruse family first started farming in the Lake Oswego area in the 1850s, when Otto and Frances Kruse arrived from Germany. Learn More -
Cow & Calves on 13th Street in Willamette - c. 1898
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Looking north on 13th Street in Willamette, now part of West Linn, towards what's now known as Willamette Falls Drive. The cow belonged to H. T. Shipley; the house is the Leisman/Elligsen House. Learn More -
Deputy Sheriff, Stationed at Large Hop Ranch - 1939
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This deputy sheriff is stationed at the paymaster's window for a Josephine County hop ranch that employed over 500 workers for the three-week harvest season each year. Learn More -
Diversified Farm Scene in the Willamette Valley - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00As this photo demonstrates, the focus of Willamette Valley agriculture has long been small specialty farms, which today includes fruit, vegetables, and nursery stock. Learn More -
Early Hart-Parr 40-80 Gasoline Tractor near Wasco - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This very large gasoline tractor was introduced in 1908. It combined two No. 2 engines, for a total of four cylinders, hence the dual stacks. The engines were moved to the rear for improved visibility. Learn More -
First Carload of Express Melons in Grants Pass - 1886
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Local farmers have brought wagon loads of melons to the depot for shipment to hungry customers in the cities to the north. Despite its name, the Oregon & California Railroad shown here would not actually reach California until the following year. Learn More -
Harvesting Blueberries, Willamette Valley - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A group of farm workers of varying ages pause in their blueberry picking efforts long enough to have their portrait made, in this view from somewhere in the Willamette Valley. Learn More -
Harvesting Wheat with a McCormick Header and Barges - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In this system of harvesting wheat, the header was pushed, not pulled, by a team of six to eight horses. It cut off the heads of the stalks, hence its name, and using a conveyor, loaded them into distinctive wagons called barges. Learn More -
Harvesting Wheat, Wallis Tractor, Moline Reaper (#1) - c. 1920
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This highly-detailed view shows a Moline No. 11 reaper being towed by a Wallis tractor, likely near Eureka, California, where photographer Meiser had moved from the Portland area about 1905. Learn More -
Harvesting Wheat, Wallis Tractor, Moline Reaper (#2) - c. 1920
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This companion view to the reaper photo seen in Related Photos at the bottom of the item page focuses on the Wallis tractor, used here to tow the Moline reaper. Learn More -
Hog Heaven - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00If you've ever dreamed of owning an extremely detailed, century-old view of hogs hanging out on the ranch, here's your chance. (grin) Learn More -
Holt Combine Harvester Pulled by Mules - c. 1903
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Benjamin Holt was known as a mechanical genius, responsible for the "Link-Belt Combined Harvester" shown here, which used flexible chain belts rather than gears to transfer power from the wheels to the working mechanism, lessening breakage and down time. Learn More -
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Hop Farmers Conversing on a Drug Store Corner - 1939
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This Depression-era photo of an Independence, Oregon street corner shows a gathering of local hop farmers discussing politics and other pressing issues of the day. Learn More -
Hop Workers near Mount Angel - 1909
$25.00 As low as: $12.00With historic group photos, if you look closely, you can almost hear the individuals telling their stories. Here we see hop workers, an occupation that both then and now was plain hard work. Learn More -
Horse Powered Threshing near Cottage Grove - c. 1903
$25.00 As low as: $12.00While some large farms had steam power, in the early 1900s many farmers were still using horses to power their threshing machines. Learn More -
Horse-drawn Two-row Corn Planter - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A farmer shows off his team and planter, likely near Eureka, California, where photographer Jesse Meiser had moved in about 1905. Learn More -
Lighthearted Kids in Merrill FSA Camp - 1939
$25.00 As low as: $12.00While many of Dorothea Lange's Depression photos reveal the hardships and strain of life at that time, this view demonstrates that kids can still smile in any environment. Learn More -
Looking North across Pasture towards Mt. Hood - c. 1885
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This early photo of Mt. Hood from the south was taken by William H. Partridge during his short career in Oregon in the 1880s, before he headed back to the east coast. Learn More -
Mrs. Botner Arranges her Storage Cellar - 1939
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In a scene familiar to many of us, Mrs. Botner checks a box of rhubarb on the floor of her storage cellar in Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon. Learn More -
Mt. Hood from the Columbia River - 1901
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A pastoral scene that has everything -- flowers, water, animals, trees, a steamboat and mountain, and color, courtesy of the newly developed photochrom process. Learn More -
Putting Up Hay with a Horse-powered Stacker - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A large crew with four two-horse teams works at putting up hay on the farm of Mr. Emory Cole. Learn More -
Ranchers Near John Day - 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The John Day area has been ranch country since 1862, when B. C. Trowbridge staked the first land claim in Grant County. Learn More -
Shearing Sheep Near Heppner - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00For this large sheep shearing operation, power for the shears came through an overhead mechanism running the length of the shed. The articulated arm for the shears looked something like an old dentist drill. Learn More -
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Steam-powered Threshing Near La Grande - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00One detail that stands out in this photo is the distance between the wood fired steam tractor and the threshing equipment at the other end of the long (and wide) drive belt. Learn More -
Tending Plants in a Large Greenhouse - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Possibly at the University of Idaho in Moscow, this turn-of-the-last-century greenhouse scene shows several men tending plants, and a few others who appear to be observing their work. Learn More -
The Farm Laborer - 1939
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This portrait of a farm laborer from Oklahoma was taken by Dorothea Lange during her government-sponsored 1939 trip through remote agricultural areas of Oregon. Learn More -
The New Footbridge - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This detailed pastoral view features two men showing off their new bridge to the ladies. Another man tends some horses to the left. Learn More -
The Old Homestead - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This family portrait, which includes the cat and dog, shows a typical slice of life for homesteaders in the coast range of southwest Oregon. This particular scene is from Kent Creek, near Winston, in Douglas County. Learn More -
Threshing Crew near Vancouver, Washington - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The combination of steam and horse power used on Northwest farms is apparent in this view of a crew preparing to head out into the fields on a chilly fall morning. Learn More -
Threshing Crew with Steam Tractor - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A threshing crew with a steam tractor heads out for a long day's work, somewhere in Oregon. Learn More -
Wheat "Thrashing" near Arlington - 1900s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The crew gathers after threshing wheat near the town of Arlington, in Gilliam County. Learn More -
Wheatfields and Apple Orchard, near Salem - 1929
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This idylic view of Willamette Valley farming in the 1920s was taken in 1929 about eight miles south of Salem. Learn More -
Young Migrant Mother Just Finished Washing - 1939
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This photo was taken at the Merrill FSA (Farm Security Administration) Camp in Klamath County in October, 1939. Learn More
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