Title:
Grain threshing machines and their crews in the eastern part of Stanislaus County, California.
Creator:
Unknown
Subject:
Agriculture -- California -- Central Valley (Valley) -- History
Combines (Agricultural machinery) -- California
Harvesting -- California
Description:
Three combines each with a crew of four to five men and a team of over twenty horses and mules are halted in a field of stubble.
The drivers sit on their high seats holding the reins and a long thin whip for controlling and guiding their teams. Other
combine crew members are; combine man (foreman), header-tender, sack-sewer and the sack-jig. The sack-jig pulls full sacks
of grain off the threshing outlet, gives the sack a "jig" (shake) and sets it where the sack-sewer can sew the sack closed.
In this photo sacks of grain can be seen stacked on the right side of the middle combine.
Publisher:
California State University, Stanislaus. University Library. Special Collections
Date:
circa 1910
Type:
image
Format:
1 photographic print: 20 x 25 cm.
Identifier:
cturs_002
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Stanislaus County (Calif.)
Rights:
Public domain;
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.