Harvest Collection

Threshing in Cornwall. Around 1880s or 1890s
Threshing machine driven by a steam engine with a large number of people, men, women and children. The engine is probably a Marshall built at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Harvesting at Trewhella Farm, St Hilary, Cornwall. Around 1900-1910
Steam threshing using an Aveling & Porter engine built at Rochester, Kent. Engine no 3424. The farmer is thought to be Mr Berryman, probably the one sitting in the trap holding the whip

Threshing machine in collision with a hayrick
Threshing machine and steam engine partially collapsed and overturned, propping up a hayrick which is leaning over at rather an alarming angle. The chimney from the engine can be seen on the ground

Three men building a Cornish Mow. 1900
Three men building a Cornish Mow (rick) in a field overlooking a Cornish estuary while the dog takes it easy

Cutting broccoli, near Penzance, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A group of farm workers stand in front of a large cart with two horses. Photographer: Unknown

Haymaking near St Buryan, Cornwall. Late 1800s
Group of farmworkers haymaking with a horsedrawn cart. In the foreground is an open mangold clamp. Photographer: Unknown

Hand cutting corn, Belle Vue, Redruth, Cornwall. Around 1870s
Three men cutting corn in a field with cottages in the background. Photographer: Unknown

Harvesting mangolds, Cornwall. Around 1900 or earlier
Four women harvesting mangolds. Photographer: Canon Henry Holroyd Mills

Picking potatoes, Redruth, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A group of men and women picking potatoes in a field by an engine house. There is no associated mining gear such as head gear or stamps. Photographer: Unknown

Loading stooks onto a horse and cart during the harvest, Cornwall. 1920s
Cornishman and amateur photographer, Major Arthur William Gill

Threshing corn at an unidentified location in Cornwall. Probably 1900s
A Traction Engine on the left of the picture, provides the power via a long belt from its fly wheel to the threshing machine on the right of the picture

Hay wagon, Little Canaan, Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A hay wagon being loaded by the ford at Little Canaan, Kenwyn. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Haymaking, Cornwall. 1900s
Farmworkers using a steam driven threshing machine to make sheaves of hay and build a rick. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Haymaking, Cornwall. May-June 1916
Two men and horses gathering up the hay whilst haymaking. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Hay rick fire, Cornwall. September-early October 1921
Firemen throwing buckets of water on a burning hay rick. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

Hay waggon, probably Padstow, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A group of women and children sit in a hay waggon with two farm workers behind. Photographer: T.H. Williams

Haymaking, near Padstow, Cornwall. Around 1900
Haymaking with a group of male and female farm workers. Photographer: T.H. Williams

Threshing machine, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A Burrell steam engine driving a threshing tackle and elevator. Photographer: T.H. Williams

Nancemoy, Constantine, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A view of Nancemoy, south of Constantine Churchtown. Houses can be seen in the distance through the trees and a boy is standing in the harvest field in the right foreground. Photographer: Tonkin

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