Photo Number 624

This is an interesting photo.  I don’t think they were pitching hay.   Maybe straw.  I have not seen a photo like this one before. 

Six men and six pitchforks and someone in the background.

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Photo Number 623

This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Park Rapids Minnesota.

Someone cut just a few cords of wood.

The barn in the background looks like it has one of those milk house additions off to the side and a Grainery is off to the right.  A milk house addition would have been built onto the barn so that you would have a reasonably clean place to separate milk and cream in a milk separator and a place to wash up all your separator parts.  We also kept the bucket and rags there that we used to wash up the cows teats with, and the teat medications and a container of Bag Balm sat in the window.  An old coffee can held the white papers that went into the milk strainer.  When we used milking machines all the milkers were washed in this room and set upside down to dry and the milker parts were all washed up morning and night.  ( If you cannot tell, I grew up on a farm, and I was in charge of the milk cows during the summer, first milking four cows by hand into a milk pail and then with automatic milking machines when the herd got larger.  I was also in charge of clean up.  I did not mind barn work..I liked it much better than house work.)

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Photo Number 622

This is another farm photo, this one is one of Johns 25 cent specials from the Antique Shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota. 

Perhaps a sister and a brother in the 1920’s, maybe this was taken after church or some other important outing.

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Photo Number 621

We continue our look at farming. 

This handsome young lad looks very proud to be photographed with this horse.  I am sure it was a working horse.

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Photo Number 620

I purchased this photo in Grand Forks North Dakota at an Antique Mall. 

Two women out for a ride.  Do you see the dog? The ladies have long dresses so I will guess that this photo was taken in the early 1900’s.

This buggy may be the one called the Concord Buggy with side spring suspension, built in Concord New Hampshire. I am not a buggy expert.

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Photo Number 619

A farmer with his horses and some of his cattle in 1922.


I would guess that this photo was taken in Minnesota or possibly North Dakota.  Moorhead Minnesota is right across the river from Fargo North Dakota.

It says:
Aslak ( Or Aslar) Nordbo first set of horses and cows when he started farming in 1922.

Jim  Fanny  Mut +Jeff

It looks to be early Spring or maybe late Fall.

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Update from Iggy:
Aslak Norbo (b. abt 1890 in Norway) is listed in the 1920 US census living in Steele County, North Dakota.

Remember the Midboe's fancy barn? (Photo 612)? Aslak was living with Tobias' father Ole! :)


Sophia Midboe (1890 - 1953) married Aslak Nordbo (1890 - 1959) on May 30, 1920.

Photo Number 618

This is a photo from the Antique Shop in Dorset.

It is a horse drawn school bus. I think it says ------? Consolidated School Dist. 42   Route No. 2

 

Here I have perked up the print a bit.   Al is a Canadian reader that loves these challenges..perhaps he is still reading..and can figure it out!

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