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| Title | Print, Photographic (threshing scene) |
| Coverage / Year | 1900 to 1910 |
| Description | Photograph. Threshing scene on the Allen Grant Little farm, Hensley Township, Champaign County, Illinois. Image shows a threshing crew operating a steam thresher attached to a blower. Several full wagons are in the foreground, along with waterbarrels and a water truck. |
| Interpretation | In 1881, Allen Grant Little and his parents and two brothers moved to an 160 acre farm in Hensley township. At age 21 Allen began keeping a journal of his farm life experiences, which he maintained for 27 years between 1888-1917. This picture of a threshing crew on the Little farm shows a threshing ring in action. Steam threshers were too expensive for most individual farmers to own, so a group would either buy one together, or hire a professional thresher to thresh their grain. The group of farmers would work together to bring the crop in quickly. As this picture shows, threshing was also a social event involving large groups of people. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | Celebrations and Festivals; |
| Learning Standards | 16 History; 18 Social systems; |
| Author or Creator | Early American Museum |
| Subject / Keywords | Threshing; Illinois; Farming; Farmers; Agriculture; Little, Allen Grant; Threshing Ring; Hensley Township, Illinois |
| Collection Publisher | Early American Museum
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | 1995.008.0008 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 30.jpg |
