Curator's note | In the settlement and early post settlement era threshing and harvesting the fall wheat crop was usually too large a task for farmers to accomplish themselves. Up until the late 1930s it was common to engage custom threshing crews with the manpower and equipment needed for the task. It took a crew of 10-12 men an average of one week to thresh the average farm. Many men and boys travelled to the Canadian west from the USA and Eastern Canada to work on such teams. |
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Title | Threshing Crew |
Date | [between 1910 and 1912] |
Physical extent | 1 negative : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm |
Scope and content | A group of men threshing grain in the Prince Albert/Shellbrook, SK area. Included in the image is a man with a team of horses, a group of men sitting on a tractor, and a group by the threshing machine. In the foreground are some tools used by the crew, as well as a supply of cut wood to fuel the steam powered tractor, 1910-1912. |
Repository | Saskatchewan Archives Board |
Fonds/collection | Tom Maccagno Collection |
Retrieval information | Tom Maccagno Collection, S-B12627 |
Occupation(s) |
Agricultural workers - threshing crews |
Theme(s) |
Agriculture & Food Industry |
Database ID | 36661 |