description- – Ed Wheelock with oxen and horses at the Ward homestead circa 1890. Mr. Wheelock was hired by Henry Galbraith Ward as propertymanager for the Ward family. Under Wheelock's management, the homestead was a productive dairy farm well into the twentieth century.
subjectcollectiondatepublishercontributor- – Harlow family, Shrewsbury (Mass.)
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description- – Image shows a young boy driving a horse-drawn hay tedder across a field of mown hay. A large barn is visible in the background. This photograph is an illustration in"The Farmer's Boy,"written and illustrated by Clifton Johnson and published in 1894. The caption on the back of the photograph reads,"The hay tedder is one of the farm machines that the boy can run, and he heartily enjoys the racket and the responsibility."
subjectcollectiondatepublishercreatorrelation- – Image is part of the Clifton Johnson Collection, 1880-1940. Jones Library Special Collections, Amherst, Massachusetts. http://www.joneslibrary.org
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description- – View of two large horses hooked up to a disc harrow outside a large barn. Two young children stand nearby, one of them holding the reins of the horses. A large pile of firewood rests next to another outbuilding in the background.
subjectcollectiondatepublishercreatorrelation- – Image is part of the Clifton Johnson Collection, 1880-1940. Jones Library Special Collections, Amherst, Massachusetts. http://www.joneslibrary.org
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description- – Image shows two men using a team of two horses to clear a field by dragging the boulders away to use in building a rock wall. The caption on the back of the photograph reads,"Getting boulders off a field and using them for stone wall fencing."
subjectcollectiondatepublishercreatorrelation- – Image is part of the Clifton Johnson Collection, 1880-1940. Jones Library Special Collections, Amherst, Massachusetts. http://www.joneslibrary.org
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