Neat link to a bunch of old pictures!!!

JD Seller · Feb 6, 2013

Here is a link to a bunch of old pictures of life from years ago. There are threshing pictures, plowing, homestead pictures and more. I just thought a bunch of you would enjoy looking at this piece of history.
Nice old pictures

fixerupper · Feb 6, 2013

Thank you. I really enjoyed them. Those were the days when men had to be tough.

Maybe twenty years ago I was riding with a neighbor going to a farm sale 20 miles north of me. He's passed away now but he'd be in his mid-90's if he was still alive. Anyway, we went past this one farm and he told me he slept in the haymow of that barn back in the thirties. He was raised in eastern Nebraska and sometime in the thirties he and a couple of other guys drove a model T to this region of northwest Iowa to find work pitching bundles. He said they were never allowed in the house. They washed up in the horse tank and slept wherever they could. Meals were served on a board laying on two sawhorses. Knowing him, I'll betcha that model T was parked in front of the local bar on saturday night. Jim

IlliniJohn · Feb 6, 2013

AWESOME - -some very pretty, some made me just stop...

Thanks for sharing!
John

Larry NEIL · Feb 6, 2013

Facinating pictures and the accounts are compelling to read!

richardinnz · Feb 7, 2013

Wow, those folk in 1929 with their whole life stacked up on a model T Ford, just makes me stop and think a bit when I think Iv'e got it rough!

keh · Feb 7, 2013

Thanks for the great pictures!

Re: The women with the long dresses. My mother was born in 1902 and she said her mother's long dresses would drag the ground and get frayed at the hem along the bottom. They would cut the frayed part off and sew a new strip of cloth along the bottom to get some extra wear out of the dress.

KEH

Fergienewbee · Feb 7, 2013

Neat pictures! I found some pictures of my grandpa while cleaning out dresser drawers at my parents house. If I can get them scanned, I'll post them.

I have a three-generation picture of my grandparents, great-grandparents, great aunts and uncles and uncles taken in 1907 as near as I can figure. I know the birth-dates of my aunts and uncles and judged by the age they looked in the photo. My Uncle George was born in 1908--died 1922 in a logging accident--is not in the picture. Fortunately, someone listed the participants on the back of the photo. It just shows the importance of leaving a clear record for future generations.

Larry

Neat link to a bunch of old pictures!!!

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