Harvest Tales - Finney County 03
Harvest stories submitted by Kansans for the online exhibit, Wheat People.
Submit your own at kshs.kansasmuseum@ks.gov.
Tom Shrimplin
Harvest Images From the Shrimplin Farm--Screen 1
Mr. Shrimplin (right) submitted 19 images of threshing machines, a hail storm, combines, and grain trucks. They are organized in historical order on two separate screens.
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Header barge crew on Shrimplin farm.
Another header barge crew.
Moving the harvest crew and equipment to a new location took two days on this trip, 1929.
Left half of a panoramic photo showing the Shrimplin & Murphy custom crew opening a field with pull-type combines, 1929.
Right half of a panoramic photo showing the Shrimplin & Murphy custom crew opening a field with pull-type combines, 1929.
Shrimplin grain truck, ca. 1930.
Another Shrimplin grain truck, ca. 1930.
Pull-type combine, ca. 1930.
Another pull-type combine, ca. 1930.
