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Hesston College
Students studying in the library at Hesston College, 1950. Also shown in comparison to a photo of the first library at the College, likely early…
Hesston College
Photo of Hesston College athletic fields in 1950. Also shown in comparison to an image of the school's first athletic field, taken in the early…
Agriculture
Farmer plowing and fertilizing a field outside of Hesston.
Agriculture
Photo of John Deere Backhoe Loader ("500 series A" handwritten on back of photo) in front of a field of wheat.
Agriculture
Combine harvester Massey-Ferguson 410 in operation
Agriculture
The D21 was introduced in 1963, and was the largest of the D Series, as well as the first Allis-Chalmers tractor to exceed 100 horsepower and the…
Agriculture
Photo of unknown person sitting in Oliver 1850 Tractor
Agriculture
"Stack Hand" picks up hay, makes stack and moves stack onto the ground.
Agriculture
Stack Handler picks up stack, cuts stack in loose portions, and delivers it to place for feeding. -- typed on back of photo
Agriculture
"When rabbits ate crops, farmers organized a hunt to decrease rabbit populations. W.K Pfautz Produce bought rabbits to ship to New York for food." --…
Agriculture
W.W. Stratton upon the tractor owned by Roy M. Smith and furnished to the city by Smith. It was the only tractor used by the city until approx 1957.…
Agriculture
Photo of wagons bringing grain to the elevator so the grain can be weighed and shipped out.
Agriculture
John Egy Threshing machine -- approx 1913 or 14 and steam engine -- written on back of post card
Agriculture
Steam engine (foreground) as power source to drive a grain threshing machine.
Aerials
Photograph of Hesston dated 1950, taken from the water tower. Green Gables is identifiable on the left side of the image.
Aerials
A view of Hesston from the water tower, 1932. Green Gables is visible near the middle of the image.
Street Scenes
Photograph of Hesston dated 1916.
Street Scenes
Photograph taken facing south on Main Street in Hesston, 1950.
Street Scenes
Photo of 100 block of North Main Street in Hesston, 1950.
Churches
"Methodist" -back of photo