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Farm workers shearing sheep in a barn, Cape Neddick, York, Maine, undated

Three men shear sheep inside a barn. One man stands over the sheep to shave it and the other men have a sheep lying on a table shaving it. Sheep wool is in a ...

Stereograph of two men harvesting a hay field, Mt. Rural, Newburyport, Mass., undated

Two men harvest hay from a field in Newburyport, Massachusetts near Mt. Rural. One of the men sits on a hay cutter pulled by two horses and another man stands ...

Wagons outside cider mill with house, Windham, N.H., undated

This is an exterior view of a cider mill in Windham, New Hampshire, possibly in the 1880's. Several men have brought their barrels in horse drawn wagons to ...

Ploughing Groundnut Hill, Mt. Agamenticus, York, Maine

A man plows a field with two oxen, yoked together, while another man leads them through the field. There are mountains in the distance including Mt. ...

Harvest time, group of farmers

In a farmer's field in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, a group of agricultural laborers harvest plants.

Jeremiah & Daniel Moulton at Cape Neddick, York, Maine

Two men named, Jeremiah and Daniel Moulton, shear sheep in a barn in Cape Neddick, York, Maine. The sheep wool surrounds the two men as they work.

Theodore Robinson, Milk Man, York, Maine

A man named Theodore Robinson carries two pails as he passes through the door of a barn in York, Maine.

Three men in a marshy area stacking hay, Hampton, N.H., undated

In a marshy area in Hampton, New Hampshire, three men stack hay on pieces of wood with pitchforks.

Farming Scene, Oak Bluffs, Mass.

In this farming scene, some young men and children are working out of the back of a wagon pulled by a team of horses. They are stacking corn stalks on a ...

Samuel Payne in cornfield, York, Maine

A man named Samuel Payne stands in a field of corn and checks the stalks. There is a cart next to him and he is filling it with the vegetable.

Groundnut Hill, Rufus Rarnsdell & Howard, Cape Neddick, Maine

In Groundnut Hill, Cape Neddick, Maine, Rufus and Howard Rarnsdell use a grindstone to sharpen a tool in an apple orchard. A dog rests on the ground near ...

Ploughing Groundnut Hill, Cape Neddick, Maine., May 1893

A young man and his father plough the land with an oxen team on Groundnut Hill, Cape Neddick, Maine.

Three men plowing the ground, Shrewsbury, Mass., undated

This is three men plowing the ground with teams of oxen and horses in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

Cider Press, Farwell Farm, Cape Neddick, Maine

A man named Mr. Farwell stands next to a cider press with another agricultural laborer in Cape Neddick, Maine. There are other agricultural buildings around ...

Cape Cod cranberry industry bringing in the cranberries

Groups of people picking cranberries in the cranberry bog in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. There are men and women going out into the field to pick cranberries and ...

Gathering kelp, Long Sands, York, Maine, ca. 1882

This is a farmer loading his cart with kelp using a pitchfork on the shore of the ocean in York, Maine. The farmer owns a team of oxen that are pulling the ...

Stereograph of agricultural workers standing in a field, Winchendon, Mass., ca. 1877

Agricultural workers stand in a field, including one man in a hay-filled cart driven by oxen, in Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Three men haying on a marsh, Hampton, N.H., undated

Image features three men with pitchforks harvesting hay on a salt marsh. Two of the men are working on a hay stack and the third watches.

Salt haying, Polpis, Nantucket

In Polpis on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, a farmer collects cut hay in an ox cart in a salt marsh.

Evening chores, Webster, N.H., 1955

This Life photo-essay, "A Wedding in a Land of Dolls," described the fanciful wedding of dolls at the home of children's book author Tasha Tudor. Tudor ...

Farmer and boys, Tunbridge, Vermont, 1955

Reed visited Vermont's Tunbridge Fair, camera in hand, on several occasions. In 1964, Vermont Life published a major photo-essay on the fair, which the editors ...

Men at cattle auction, Morrisville, Vermont, 1953

In this study of a group of farmers watching a cattle auction, Reed was clearly interested in the character revealed by their weathered faces. The image was ...

Aroostook County potato picking, Maine, 1954

A young girl wearing a kerchief kneels in a field as she picks potatoes and places them in a large basket. Other pickers and barrels can be seen across the ...

Springtime, Stowe, Vermont, 1971

A tractor plows a large field on a beautiful spring day in Vermont. A farmhouse can be seen in the distance.

Senator George Aiken, Putney, Vermont, 1956

George Aiken (1892-1984) was a U.S. senator for 34 years (1941-1975). Even so, he was fondly called Governor Aiken throughout his years in Washington, a ...

Hay mounds on Lyman Estate grounds

Mounds of hay are scattered throughout a field on the Lyman Estate grounds.

Haying on Lyman Estate grounds, Waltham, Mass.

Workers pile hay into a cart in a field on the Lyman Estate grounds, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Exterior view of the John Robbins House, 144 Great Rd., Acton, Mass.

In this distant exterior view, the John Robbins House, the carriage house, and barn at 144 Great Road in Acton, Massachusetts are pictured. Cows stand in a ...

"Haying before storm," Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine

Agricultural workers gather hay in a field at Hamilton House in South Berwick, Maine as a rainstorm approaches. Two men load hay onto a horse-drawn wagon while ...

"Mowing Rye," South Berwick, Maine

Two men mow rye in a field at Hamilton House in South Berwick, Maine. One man mows the rye with what appears to be a scythe, and the other man gathers the rye.