Archive Search Results
Showing
1 - 10
of 10
, query time: 0.01s
Format:
Image
A man standing on a wagon hefts a full potato sack over his head. A man standing in front of the wagon has a full potato sack over his shoulder. The horse team is waiting patiently during potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
"Farm workers in a celebratory mood hoist 100-pound sacks of spuds into a wagon at the Sherman ranch east of Eagle. The next step in the process was for farmers to haul their potatoes to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...
Format:
Image
Guy Cates, Doc Rodgers and Ed Rodgers loading lettuce at Bachelor Gulch. Cates is standing next to the wagon loaded with lettuce crates; the other men are in the wagon. A two-horse team pulls the wagon. A tall pine stands at midground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
8. Plowing
Format:
Image
Two teams of 3 oxen (first team has horse leader in center) pulling a plow. Teamster standing on plow with whip over his right shoulder.
Inscription on back: "Sec30,43,12. Grand view farm Sedgewick (?) serving Albert's clan. This is a view of my outfit and hired man. This is the way we do it in this country. We plowed 90 acres in 32 days. I have my farm most all ready for crop next year. How do you like the looks of the place? Yours truly,...