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  1. 1997.1.13 - Print, Photographic

    There are eleven people harvesting potatoes. At least one of the people is a child. There is potato harvesting equipment and a team of horses (about 4 to 5). Potatos are seen on the ground, in baskets, and bags. The bags are full and are lined from the men to about a mile behind them.

    Record Type: Photo

    Ashford Field
  2. 1997.1.15 - Print, Photographic

    10 men on the Rio Grande River cutting ice and moving it to a flatbed truck with a horse close to the truck for additional assistance. Company name was S.A. Gerrard, CO Del Norte, CO 1-19-1928. Picture taken by MC.Donald Studios Del Norte, CO.

    Record Type: Photo

    Harvesting Ice on Rio Grande River
  3. 1997.1.19 - Print, Photographic

    Farmworkers washing the Spinach in a stream before reboxing and shipping. The company that they work for is Rocky Mountain Produce, CO.

    Record Type: Photo

    "Washing Spinach before Shipping"
  4. 1997.1.23 - Print, Photographic

    14 men, women and a child using a horse drawn cultavator to harvest spring spinach. There is also an old truck being loaded with the boxes of spinach as it is being loaded. Boxes line the fields for ease in changing full boxes for empty boxes for the pickers.

    Record Type: Photo

    Harvesting Spring Spinach
  5. 1997.1.4 - Print, Photographic

    16 people (men, women, and children) documented in photograph as the "Finch family is harvesting lettuce on the Frank Lohr Ranch." The date photograph was taken is "Aug. 13 or 15, 1928." This information can be found on the bottom left corner of print. On the bottom right corner the photographers mark is seen as " '45 Hume". In the background is a truck fully loaded with lettuce and you can see crates alinging the ground from the people and p...

    Record Type: Photo

    Finch Family Harvest Lettuce
  6. 1997.1.5 - Print, Photographic

    12 people harvesting lettuce on the Lohr ranch (one of 12 is far in distance carrying a crate). On the bottom left corner the picture says, "Harvesting Lettuce on Frank Lohr Ranch, West of Del Norte". On the bottom right corner the picture says, " '37 Hume". There is a farm truck packed full of lettuce in crates. Some of the people look like the people from the Finch family picture on Lohr ranch (1997-1-4).

    Record Type: Photo

    Harvesting Lohr Ranch
  7. 1997.1.9 - Print, Photographic

    This is a photo of two men on their lettuce farm. The photo has wording on the bottom left corner that states, " Grown by Geo Burris; West of Del Norte, Colo." One man is standing on his field and has his hands on his hips. He is wearing overalls and a hat. There is a younger man running a horse drawn plow.

    Record Type: Photo

    Geo Burris
  8. 2007.1.10 - Print, Photographic

    This photo shows 3 sets of teams of horses connected to what are described as "Buck Rakes and Dump Rakes". The horses all appear to be work horses and are standing in a field. I could only locate one man in the photo. The picture as a whole however shows the horses and there equipment in line.

    Record Type: Photo

    Buck Rakes and Dump Rakes
  9. 2007.1.11 - Print, Photographic

    Two horses attached to a buckrake are bringing hay in with driver close by. Man seems to have a pipe or something like it in his mouth. A pile of hay sits behind the buckrake, indicating the amount of hay that they were raking in. Both horses appear to be large work horses, a light Chesnut color with blonde manes.

    Record Type: Photo

    Bringing Hay to Stack
  10. 2007.1.12 - Print, Photographic

    This photograph shows the act of "Depositing hay from the buckrake" on the Medano farm. There are two horses as well as one man in the photo. Also, a hay pile.

    Record Type: Photo

    Depositing Hay from Buckrake
  11. 2007.1.13 - Print, Photographic

    This photo shows the delivery process of the hay to the stack. The Machine used to delivery the hay to the stack is upright and vertical. The exact material of the machine cannot be made out from the photo. This was taken on the Medano Ranch.

    Record Type: Photo

    Delivery to Stack
  12. 2007.1.15 - Print, Photographic

    This is the completed haystack of the process of haying on the Medano Ranch. There are two horses by the stack. The machine used to pile is also located in the picture.

    Record Type: Photo

    Completed Hay Stack
  13. 2007.1.9 - Print, Photographic

    This photo shows a crowd of horses hooked up to the haying equipment. Estimated 10 horses and 3 men. The photo was taken in the corrals. The horses all appear to be large brown work horses perhaps either getting ready to go to work or just finishing a days's work.

    Record Type: Photo

    Horse Teams and wagons

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