13 Vintage Photos of Combines - Modern Farmer

13 Vintage Photos of Combines

Old photos of a farmer's favorite tool for harvest.

A combine in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, ca. 1937.

Named for combining the three-step harvesting process (reaping, threshing and winnowing) into a single speedy technique, combines have completely transformed the face of commercial agriculture and have helped farmers to maximize the potential of their land. We turned to the Library of Congress archives to for old photographs of this classic farm machinery.

Horse drawn carriage on dirt path on combine

[mf_h5 align=”center” transform=”uppercase”]A farmer and mules pull a combine through fields of wheat, ca. 1941.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”center” transform=”uppercase”]A harvest combine in action in a Kansas wheat field, ca. 1900.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”center” transform=”uppercase”]Oiling the combine in a wheat field, ca. 1941.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”center” transform=”uppercase”]Harvest scene with the combine on Tom Lyon’s ranch, ca. 1915.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”center” transform=”uppercase”]Dumping wheat into the truck from a combine in central Ohio, ca. 1938.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”center” transform=”uppercase”]A sixteen-horse combine in Whitman County, Washington, ca. 1936.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”center” transform=”uppercase”]Loading wheat following a combined harvester, ca. 1936.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”center” transform=”uppercase”]Combine harvester in a California wheat field, ca. 1938.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”center” transform=”uppercase”]Emptying soy bean seeds from a combine harvester, ca. 1939.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”center” transform=”uppercase”]Combined harvesters in operation, ca. 1907.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”center” transform=”uppercase”]A combine in the wheat field, ca. 1941.[/mf_h5]

 

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[mf_h5 align=”center” transform=”uppercase”]Sewing sack of wheat on combine, ca. 1941.[/mf_h5]

 

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