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A man standing on a wagon hefts a full potato sack over his head. A man standing in front of the wagon has a full potato sack over his shoulder. The horse team is waiting patiently during potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
"Farm workers in a celebratory mood hoist 100-pound sacks of spuds into a wagon at the Sherman ranch east of Eagle. The next step in the process was for farmers to haul their potatoes to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...
2) Loading Hay
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Gulling Offerson loading hay into barn on bench above Beaver Creek. A two horse team, left foreground, is being used while a team of mules is visible in the left background. The mules are pulling the cables that are lifting the load of hay to the top of the stack. The view is looking east with the Avon "gypsum cliffs" to the left.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A potato sorter (pulled by horse) shakes potatoes of similar sizes into sacks during the potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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George Ziegler (l), horses Nell and Trilby, and a ranch hand in Eagle, 1914. George is holding a hat over Nell's head; Trilby is wearing a hat. The horses are yoked as a team.
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Disk harvester pulled by a team of horses is harvesting potatoes on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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Full sacks of potatoes, lined up on wagon, ready for storage or shipping. A man rests on a sack for the photo, taken on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
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Horse teams turning furrows while harvesters fill sacks with potatoes on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.
8) Plowing
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Two teams of 3 oxen (first team has horse leader in center) pulling a plow. Teamster standing on plow with whip over his right shoulder.
Inscription on back: "Sec30,43,12. Grand view farm Sedgewick (?) serving Albert's clan. This is a view of my outfit and hired man. This is the way we do it in this country. We plowed 90 acres in 32 days. I have my farm most all ready for crop next year. How do you like the looks of the place? Yours truly,...
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Moving pigs on the ranch. The photo may have been taken on the Gerard ranch in Eagle, Colorado.
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Two calves in the field on Brush Creek. There is a fenceline in the foreground of the photo.
11) Keith Gerard
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Keith Gerard stands with a pig in the pigpen. He is wearing tall boots and knee-high waders to get through the mud. A barn is on the right and ducks stand together by a fence in the background.
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Two young calves stand with a horse in a muddy pasture. There is a shed to the right in the background, along with fences, trees, and a mountain backdrop.
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Moving pigs on the ranch. The photo may have been taken on the Gerard ranch in Eagle, Colorado.
15) "Bud & Betsy"
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"Bud & Betsy" (caption from photo album)
"Bud" is Duane Larsen kneels down with a calf named Betsy. Duane is wearing a cowboy hat and there is a fenceline in the background.
16) Feeding sheep
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"Mother & Duane feeding sheep" (caption from photo album)
Mary Hester Larsen and her son, Duane, feed the family sheep. There is a log building in the background and the sheep are gathered near a large woodpile.
