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Farming |
Number of Archive records |
11 |
Number of Object records |
148 |
Number of Photo records |
4 |
Number of Library records |
2 |
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3-row Horse-drawn Walking Cultivator - Cultivator, Walking
Solid iron cultivator has curved unpainted wooden handles attached to base with flat metal strips to cross-piece. Cross-piece has spool ends that go against outer "V" of cultivator for manuverability. Single-loop horse harness at front.
Record Type: Object
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Adriance "Buckeye" Spring-tooth Harrow, 1897 - Harrow, Spring-Tooth
"Buckeye" spring-tooth harrow is solid metal in two pieces. Both have three rows of springs, one with 3, 2 and 1 and one on each row and the other with 2, 3 and 2 on each row. Each unit has a set of solid metal wheels, each with five large flat spokes. Metal pulleys are attached to front of each unit beneath brackets for rigging. Vertical levers are attached to the back of each unit.
Record Type: Object
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Adriance Platt Sickle-bar Mower, 1892 - Mower, Horse-Drawn
Adriance Platt sulky two-horse sickle-bar Mower, 1892. Used for mowing fields of grain. Once mown, grains are left flat and scattered. Horse tree is wood painted a light yellow with unfinished wooden pieces mounted below it. Silver colored spiked blade extends out the right side and has two stained wooden handles mounted to end with green metal. Center of mower is painted red with green and silver painted iron mechanisms for adjusting mower....
Record Type: Object
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Avery Six-Disk Harrow - Harrow
Sulky (seated) six-disk Avery harrow has a triangular body and two six-spoke wheels attached to central vertical axle in front so that it can rotate left to right. Spade-shaped seat has two rows of round perforations and is mounted to back of body and above disks. Two three-disk units are mounted to back of body and clamp into holes of horizontal bar to adjust width. Two wire spring levers mounted to either side of seat for making wheel height...
Record Type: Object
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Block and Tackle, c. 1930-1960 - Block and Tackle
Block and Tackle, c. 1930-1960. Double cylindrical wooden block with two metal rings for pulley system. Metal rings connected to wooden block through metal rod. Metal ring connected to wooden block attaches metal U-hook tackle.
Record Type: Object
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Box Scraper - Weeder
Solid iron metal box scraper has two large 16-spoke wooden wheels, painted gray, with iron metal band tires. A long square wooden beam with broken front end is mounted to front with heavy iron metal brackets. Scraper itself is a large shallow box with an open front. Two crosspieces attached above box are mounted to an iron level that extends out center back and attaches via a vertical metal hook to back of box for adjusting angle of scraper. ...
Record Type: Object
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Braceros Picking Brussell Sprouts in Half Moon Bay, October 14, 1964 - Negative
Braceros Picking Brussell Sprouts in Half Moon Bay, October 14, 1964. Black and white photo negatives of Braceros Picking Brussell Sprouts in Half Moon Bay. Part of a series of picking crops in Half Moon Bay. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.
Record Type: Photo
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Brussel Sprouts Farm Half Moon Bay - Painting
Unframed watercolor painting entitled "Brussel Sprouts Farm Half Moon Bay" by James W. Crawford (American, 1920-2005). Watercolor on paper. 01/17/71. 15 x 22 inches. Image depicts a two-story, wood frame house with green shutters and a pitched gray roof. To the right are three trees with green leaves on the limbs. Under the trees are several wooden shipping crates. A blue truck and a brown vehicle sit In front of the house. In the backgrou...
Record Type: Object
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Bull Rake - Rake
Large sulky (seated) bull rake has two giant iron six-foot seven-double-spoke wheels on either side attached to central axle upon which spade-shaped seat with two rows of oval shaped perforations and ten curved rake forks are also mounted. Wooden horizontal board covers tops of forks and a wooden beam extends out front.
Record Type: Object
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Cambridge Walking Plow - Plow
Cambridge Walking Plow. Plow has solid iron blade, painted red with an unfinished wooden beam out front to the back of which are mounted to unfinished wooden handles with curved grips. Metal brackets extend down from front beam. There is a small wheel in front with "spokes" comprised of three circular openings.
Record Type: Object
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Cascade Cheese Factory and Residence of R. E. Steele, Pescadero San Mateo Co. Cal. - Lithograph
Cascade Cheese Factory and Residence of R. E. Steele, Pescadero San Mateo Co. Cal., 1878. Plate 108 from Moore & DePue's Illustrated History of San Mateo County, California. Lithograph by Grafton Tyler Brown and hand-colored by Herbert Dengler of Portola Valley.
Record Type: Object
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Cavalli Scythe, c. 1927-1933 - Scythe
Cavalli Scythe, c. 1927-1933. Serpentine cylindrical wooden handle with two perpendicular wooden handles. Two metal screws attach scythe blade. Blade is curved with raised top edge.
Record Type: Object
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Champion Mower - Mower
Solid iron seated Champion mower with long front wooden beam, painted red, and unfinished wooden side plate to right, above and behind wide, sharp-toothed metal blade. A green painted wooden dowel extends above side plate. Seat is spade-shaped with two rows of round perforations inside of outer edge and is mounted above and behind body, which is painted green. A vertical lever just inside of right wheel is used to adjust blade. At center of b...
Record Type: Object
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Champion Walking Plow - Plow
Large Champion walking plow is wood with painted red wooden beam and green painted iron metal bracket. Oak wooden handles extend behind large blade and are supported near grips by a red crossbar. Small six-spoke red iron wheel is mounted between two V-shaped brackets at front of beam.
Record Type: Object
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Chattanooga Hillside Walking Plow - Plow, Hillside
Chattanooga Hillside Walking Plow. Plow has iron beam and center bracket, painted red, with arrow-shaped double-sided blade. Oak wooden handles come to a point above blade. Latch behind blade allows you to switch sides blade plows for making indentical rows perpendicular to slope as farmer switches back and forth.
Record Type: Object
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Coburn Branding Iron, c. 1872-1916 - Iron, Branding
Coburn Branding Iron, c. 1872-1916. Cylindrical metal rod extends length of tool. Metal rod splits into three metal tongs. Three metal tongs attach to rounded, C-shaped brand. Top of metal handle is shaped in a ring. Cylindrical rod is slightly curved from use.
Record Type: Object
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Cultivator - Cultivator
Seated cultivator has long wooden beam out front that tapers to a rounded end covered with iron metal. Two double-seven-spoke wheels on either side of body which is composed of two rows each of seven curved metal bars attached to vertical springs in center and a horizontal rod at front above which is mounted a spade-shaped seat with two rows of oval perforations. A wire spring lever is mounted to right of seat for making wheel height adjustment...
Record Type: Object
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Cultivator - Cultivator
Cultivator. Solid metal cultivator has wooden handles that are curved at ends to form grips. Three rows of spike blades form a triangle of 1, 2 and 3 spikes per row. Metal wheel at front center. Vertical handle with metal lever above center spike blades for adjusting blade angle.
Record Type: Object
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Cultivator - Cultivator
Iron metal walking cultivator has a small wheel, with three V-shaped spokes, in front. There are five curved metal prongs at bottom with a V-shaped metal scraper in back. Wooden handles with curved grips have wooden dowel and iron rod cross bars and come to a point at top center of body. A metal spring rod vertical lever is mounted between front of handles and is used to adjust width or tightening of blades. Cultivator is painted red while wo...
Record Type: Object
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Cultivator - Cultivator, Walking
Small walking cultivator has large 8-spoked iron wheel in front, small 5 prong cultivator in back and two oak wooden handles with curved grips and wooden dowel cross bar. Handles are mounted to wheel and cultivator by flat iron bar brackets. Used for weeding; it pops out weeds you do not want.
Record Type: Object
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Dain (John Deere) Wheel Buck Rake - Rake
Wood and iron wheel buck rake has a metal axle in back with inset six-spoke wheels between center and ends. Axle is framed by two horizontal wooden boards attached with metal brackets and approximately eight to ten "rake" pieces extending out front. Front piece has two long wooden beams attached by a horizontal board at front at the ends of which are attached two more six-spoke wheels. A larger seven-spoke wheel is sitting on top.
Record Type: Object
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David Bradley Walking Plow - Plow
David Bradley Walking Plow. Curved metal beam is painted red and affixed to black curved blade. Wooden arms attach to beam and blade via red-painted metal brackets. Arms taper and curve at ends, forming grips which have been painted red.
Record Type: Object
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Ditching Plow - Plow
Solid iron metal walking ditching plow has a double-sided blade that comes to a point in the center. A curved iron beam is mounted behind blade and extends out front and has a double six-hole harness mount at end. Iron handles have iron cross-support pieces and adjustable metal curved perforated grips. A small wheel with three V-shaped spokes sits just below and behind blade.
Record Type: Object
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Flat Shovel - Shovel
Large, flat, iron shovel with short oak wooden handle that has a two cylindrical shaft and a hand-carved U-shaped end with a D-shaped opening to form a handle grip. It appears that iron rods have been inserted above and below handle opening for strength and support.
Record Type: Object
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Gale Single-bottom Walking Plow - Plow
Single Row Horse-Drawn Walking Plow. Wooden hangles attach to wooden beam and center iron piece, painted orange, that holds blade. V-shaped handle unit is mounted so that it can pivit from side to side. Wood has clear laquer varnish.
Record Type: Object
