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 traveled to the Canadian west from the USA and Eastern Canada to work on such crews. |
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Title | Threshing Crew |
Date | [ca. 1890s] |
Physical extent | 1 photograph : sepia |
Scope and content | David Willett's threshing outfit. They were equipped with an early steam tractor and separator. There appear to have been at least 17 men employed in this crew. |
Repository | Saskatchewan Archives Board |
Fonds/collection | Saskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection |
Retrieval information | Regina Office Photograph Collection, R-B11752 |
Occupation(s) |
Agricultural workers - threshing crews |
Theme(s) |
Agriculture & Food Industry |
Database ID | 36883 |