Allis-Chalmers Company plant, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, manufacturers of agricultural machinery such as tractors. Date: circa 1909
UK Dairy Show - Feeding the goatsFeeding the prize goats at the UK Dairy Show of 1911, held at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, London - now the Business Design Centre and former venue for the BAPLA Picture Buyers Fair
Mitchells Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota, USAMitchells Corn Palace, The Worlds Only Corn Palace at Mitchell, South Dakota, USA. The card notes that this building is redecorated annually at a cost of $10
Harvesting barley with a combine harvester, SuffolkHarvesting barley with a combine harvester on a farm in Suffolk, England
Porthgain lime workings, Pembrokeshire, West WalesView of Porthgain lime workings on the Pembrokeshire coast, West Wales. Limestone was shipped in from South Pembrokeshire to produce lime
Caterpillar track steam engine by R. Hornsby & SonsThe first and original Caterpillar or walking engine made by R. Hornsby & Sons of Grantham. R. Hornsby & Sons grew into a major manufacturer of agricultural machinery, at their Spittle Gate Works
Agricultural Show, Penistone, Sheffield, EnglandAgricultural Show, Penistone, Sheffield, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. Showing the mills in full operation. Date: 1905
Threshing MachineCombined Thrashing and Stacking Machine, by Wilkinson, Wright of Boston, Lincolnshire
Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). The Gleaners (1856). OrsayJean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). French painter, one of the founders of the Barbizon School. The Gleaners (1856). Orsay Museum. Paris. France
Chinese Farmer with Palmleaf Raincoat carrying hoe and smoking a cheroot. Date: circa 1905
The Farming Year by Pauline BaynesThe Farming Year, painted in the style of a medieval stained glass window by Pauline Baynes, showing the agricultural activities of a farmer of the Middle Ages month by month
Foden Tractor UX 9728Foden Tractor, regn. UX 9728, number: 13784. Built in 1932 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a 6 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s
Aveling and Porter Steam Roller UR1881, built ca 1929, at Ferndown in Dorset. (Aveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steamroller (road roller) manufacturer
Cow over stone wall, YorkshireA curious cow looks over a dry stone wall in Rosedale, Yorkshire. An old stone barn is in the background. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1991
Old farmer with dog in orchardFarmer, Tom Herring with his old sheepdog in the orchard of his farm Walterstone, Herefordshire Date: circa 1975
Loading sugar cane in a field, Cuba. Date: circa 1910
Boys in field, Essex Boys Industrial School. ChelmsfordA garden squad doing agricultural work at Essex Boys Industrial School, Chelmsford. A cart bears the name of the institution. (See also the image of card reverse in this collection.) Date: circa 1906
Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine TA369 Red Gauntlet (msn 3798) at the 1959 Andover Steam Fair. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines, agricultural machinery)
Old Sugar Mill, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Jugend front cover, people in a horse-drawn carriageFront cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting a group of rich people in an open horse-drawn carriage, riding through the countryside, while farm workers harvest the fields in the middle distance
Harvest workers, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South WalesHarvest workers in a field above the town of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Ministry of Labour posterPoster for the Ministry of Labour, encouraging people to use the Employment Exchange Service for all agricultural jobs
Prizewinning bull at the Smithfield ShowOne of King Edward VIIs prizewinners at the Smithfield Show in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, North London
Listers Agricultural Chemical Works, Newark, New JerseyListers Agricultural Chemical Works, Newark, near Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Date: 1911
Champion goat at the Royal Cornwall ShowA championship goat and its keeper at the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, which takes place at the beginning of June each year, at Wadebridge in North Cornwall
Harvest workers near St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South WalesHarvest workers gathering and threshing near St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
Smithfield Cattle Show, Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1862Engraving showing the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, held in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, London, 1862
POLE VAULT, 1871Athletics meeting at the Agricultural Hall, Islington - vaulting the pole
Lesson in AgricultureA group of farmworkers receive instruction in agricultural methods
White shorthorn heifer exhibited at SmithfieldChampion white shorthorn heifer exhibited at Smithfield in December 1874
Aveling & Porter Steam Roller BY2185 (msn 2185), built 1886, of Croydon Corporation, at the 1959 Crystal Palace Steam Rally
A pair of Suffolk Punch working horses pull a plough in a stubble field in Suffolk, England. A young woman leads the horses and a man handles the plough Date: 2010
Farmers in old pub. HerefordshireThree mature male farmers sit in the parlour bar of The Carpenters Arms, Walterstone, Herefordshire, and enjoy a chat and a pint together Date: circa 1975
Farmer rolling the ground, Victorian period
Agricultural workers
Agricultural workers Victorian period
Kenninghall early 1900s
Wallis and Steevens Steam Roller ACG 760 MallardWallis and Steevens Advance-class steam roller ACG 760 Mallard (msn 8096), built 1935, at the Peterborough Steam rally on 26 August 1973
WW2 - Peggy Speeds The PloughAn illustrated front cover of a WW2 children's book, Peggy Speeds The Plough, written by Madge S. Smith. The images portray wartime agricultural working women, land girls
The Threshing Ground or Summer, 1786, by GoyaFrancisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. The Threshing Ground or Summer, 1786. Detail. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain
Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine PW 6287 Firefly number 4032, with 7nhp single-cylinder Engine, built in 1925. Seen at York on 16 May 1971
Garrett Showman's Tractor number 33987 The Leader BJ 5597, built in 1920. Converted from a Garrett 4nhp 5 ton General Purpose engine. Seen at Newark on 12 June 1971
Transland Ag-2 N8330H and N8831HTransland Ag-2 N8830H and N8831H, 1st and 2nd prototypes. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co
Transland Ag-2 N8330H, the first prototype in flight. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co
WW2, Women's Land Army Tractor DriverAn illustration showing a young woman wearing yellow, driving a blue tractor, doing agricultural work for the Women's Land Army
Laird LC-1B300 N10402 (msn 188), in use as an agricultural sprayer in the 1950s Date: circa 1955
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Plant Soya Beans! Date: circa mid-1970s
Gulf of Guinea. Coffee plantation on the island of Sao TomeHistory of Africa. 19th century. Gulf of Guinea. Coffee plantation on the island of Saint Thome. Alvaro Caminha founded the colony of Sao Tome in 1493. Engraving
