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PID: ourstories:3560
Title: McCormick-Deering 15-30 Tractor
Subjects: farming--agriculture--equipment--machinery--labour--implement
Description: Photo of a McCormick-Deering model 15-30 tractor, known as the "farmer engineered powerhouse." It had steel wheels, was, IHS1306

PID: ourstories:3543
Title: Albert Pratt and Grandson
Date: 1940
Subjects: agriculture--farming--equipment--animal
Description: Photo of Albert Pratt seated in a chair holding his grandson in his lap. They are outdoors, just in front of a team of, IHS2258

PID: islandora:3651
Title: Brian Baker - Farm Life
Date: 2013-03-15
Subjects: oral history--clover--farm--community--thresh--combine--machinery--binder--tools--labour--agriculture--interview
Description: Brian Baker recounts several stories of the daily life of a farmer in Innisfil in the 1940s and 1950s, including the use

PID: ourstories:1695
Title: Thomas Bowman Shearing Sheep
Date: 1937
Subjects: men--labour--rural--sheep--agriculture
Description: Thomas Bowman shearing sheep at Fred Peacock's, Crown Hill. Also pictured are Allan Henry (turning the machine by hand),

PID: ourstories:1698
Title: Steam Engine of Beverly Quantz
Date: 1910
Subjects: agriculture--barn--farm--tree--machinery--labour--rural
Description: Steam engine belonging to Beverly Quantz, SH Lot 14; part 15, Concession 12. Pictured are Beverly Quantz (left) and, IHS1418

PID: ourstories:3533
Title: Jenny the Sow
Date
Subjects: agriculture--animal--outdoor
Description: Photograph of Jenny the sow with several of her piglets on the Ross farm in Cookstown. The date of the photo is unknown.,

PID: ourstories:2061
Title: Hugh Donnelly III
Date: 1957
Subjects: tool--farm--agriculture--labour--produce--suspenders--glasses
Description: Photograph of Hugh Donnelly III in his potato patch., IHS1726

PID: ourstories:1701
Title: Clydesdale Horses at Plowing Match
Date: 1941
Subjects: rural--horse--plow--contest--agriculture
Description: The Clydesdale horses of Robert Boyes Sr., plowing at the South Simcoe Plowing Match held on the farm of Robert Campbell, IHS1659

PID: ourstories:1409
Title: Ladies at Barn Raising
Date: 1906
Subjects: farm--community--clothing--agriculture--cooking
Description: Ladies who provided food at Chris Grose's barn raising, west of Lefroy. Agriculture buildings., IHS2372

PID: ourstories:1688
Title: Threshing in the Field
Date
Subjects: rural--machinery--farm--field--harvest--agriculture
Description: Threshing team on what was likely a hot summer day. Women usually stayed in preparing huge meals for the men., IHS362

PID: ourstories:1424
Title: Barn Raising
Date: 1935
Subjects: construction--farm--rural--community--people--work--buildings--agriculture
Description: A barn Raising for Jim Leonard.,

PID: ourstories:5380
Title: Chicken Feeding
Date: 1916
Subjects: agricultural--cattle--animal--labour--farm--family--agriculture
Description: Photo from 1916 of chicken feeding time at the Wright homestead in Stroud. Pictured are Laura Wright (née McLachlen), IHS3405

PID: ourstories:1626
Title: Albert and Annie Pratt
Date: 1930
Subjects: goose--farming--animal--couple--outdoor--agriculture
Description: Photo from 1930 of Mr. and Mrs. Albert and Annie (née Hopkins) Pratt on their farm, which remained in the Pratt name, IHS2252

PID: ourstories:50013
Title: Geoff Dawney - Farmers on the Marsh
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: oral history--agriculture--farming--labour--equipment--interview
Description: Cookstown resident Geoff Dawney recounts his memories of the first farmers on the marsh lands near Cookstown and the

PID: ourstories:1469
Title: Barn Raising
Date
Subjects: rural--agriculture--barn--farm--horse--community
Description: Barn Raising in Innisfil., IHS1950

PID: ourstories:6000
Title: Frank Cowan Plowing
Date: 1978
Subjects: machinery--farm--agriculture--agricultural--labour--equipment
Description: Photo of Frank Cowan plowing a field in 1978 with a tractor and attached plow. Visible on the left is Andrew Cowan's, IHS3034

PID: ourstories:4921
Title: Prize-Winning Calf
Date: 1960
Subjects: agriculture--animal--cow--cattle--farming--farm--livestock
Description: Photo of an unidentified man in coveralls posing with a prize-winning calf, from 1960. The photo can also be found on, IHS3382-116B

PID: ourstories:1413
Title: Albert Pratt Farm
Date: 1917
Subjects: rural--agriculture--farm--barn--buildings
Description: Albert Pratt Farm; in Pratt name from Crown to 1959. John Pratt (1792-1861) came from Gloucestershire, England in 1832, IHS2293

PID: ourstories:1581
Title: Ground Leveling with a Scraper
Date: 1920
Subjects: equipment--horse--team--agriculture--labour--tools--hat--house--animal
Description: Photo showing Mr. King Houston leveling ground with a scraper near the end of Big Cedar Point (Concession 6-7). The

PID: ourstories:1478
Title: Frame of Barn after Raising
Date: 1935
Subjects: buildings--community--farm--agriculture
Description: The frame of a barn after a barn raising, 1935. Farm of Annie and Jim Leonard (son of John Leonard)., IHS134

PID: ourstories:1416
Title: Farm Barn
Date: 1930
Subjects: women--farm--agriculture--buildings--rural
Description: A photo taken of Pratt's barn with geese visible., IHS2251

PID: ourstories:1647
Title: Wheat Harvest at Thomas Reid's Farm
Date: 1915
Subjects: team--family--community--people--farm--agriculture--horse
Description: Wheat harvest at Thomas Reid's farm.,

PID: ourstories:1599
Title: Harvesting
Date: 1930
Subjects: farm--agriculture--harvesting--labour--equipment--animal
Description: Photo of the hay harvest on the Fred Lucas farm in 1930. The image shows two draft horses pulling a wagon stacked quite, IHS1604

PID: ourstories:2648669
Title: Keith Kell on Farming
Date: 2015-11-24
Subjects: community--agriculture--threshing--tractors--equipment
Description: Keith Kell reflects on his family history of farming, touching on threshing and threshing parties and history of

PID: ourstories:1499
Title: Peacock Homestead
Date: 1968
Subjects: winter--farm--agriculture--aerial
Description: Parker Peacock Farm, 1968-69, aerial view., IHS2479

PID: ourstories:1451
Title: Neville Jamieson Farm
Date: 1969
Subjects: barn--aerial--farms--fields--agriculture
Description: Aerial photo of home farm of Mr. and Mrs. Neville Jamieson. House is on left, where David Selby lives (SE corner). In, IHS1747

PID: ourstories:2201
Title: Thomas Donnelly with Horse
Date: 1920
Subjects: man--farm--agriculture--animal--bridle--hat
Description: Thomas Donnelly with his horse on the Donnelly Farm - 4th Line, Lefroy. The old dog in the photo was named Nellie., IHS588

PID: ourstories:24239
Title: Adolph and Anita von Graffen - Life in Innisfil
Date: 2013-11-15
Subjects: agriculture--oral history--interview--couple--family
Description: Adolph and Anita von Graffen describe their life in Innisfil working, living on a farm, and raising children

PID: ourstories:2320
Title: Zella Donnelly on a Horse
Date: 1923
Subjects: agriculture--child--animal--barn--hat--coat
Description: Photo of Zella Donnelly on a horse at the Donnelly Farm., IHS595

PID: ourstories:6244
Title: Scott and George Sharp on Farm
Date: 1908
Subjects: farming--animal--agriculture--equipment--labour
Description: Photo from 1908 of Scott Sharp and his father George standing with two teams of two horses on Scott's farm. One team is, IHS912

PID: ourstories:5113
Title: Receipt for Turnip Drill
Date: 1892
Subjects: record--farm--machinery--equipment--agriculture--document
Description: Copy of a receipt given to William Cowan for payment of $14 for a turnip drill from N. Hughes. The receipt is dated to 9, IHS3098

PID: ourstories:1668
Title: George Lucas on Threshing Machine
Date: 1940
Subjects: labour--farm--agriculture--rural--machinery
Description: Photo of Fred Lucas in 1940 using a thresher, a device used to separate the head of a stalk of grain from the straw, and, IHS1609

PID: ourstories:50022
Title: Geoff Dawney - Threshing
Date: 2015-07-21
Subjects: interview--agriculture--farming--neighbour--labour--equipment--tools--barn--harvest--oral history
Description: Lifelong resident of Cookstown Geoff Dawney describes labour intensive and community focused act of threshing the fields

PID: ourstories:1404
Title: Taking Down an Old Barn
Date: 1935
Subjects: construction--agriculture--barns--community--beams--buildings
Description: Old barn being taken down at John Leonard's farm, Craigvale., IHS128

PID: ourstories:2648737
Title: Bruce Webb - Jerry in the Well
Date: 2016-02-02
Subjects: oral history--interview--agriculture--community--neighbour
Description: Lifelong Innisfil resident Bruce Webb fondly recalls a story of near-disaster involving a horse named Jerry while living

PID: ourstories:2648742
Title: Bruce Webb - Threshing
Date: 2016-02-02
Subjects: oral history--interview--agriculture--farming--equipment--machinery
Description: Lifelong resident of Innisfil, Bruce Webb, describes the process of threshing and the community spirit required for

PID: ourstories:2648738
Title: Bruce Webb - Life on the Farm
Date: 2016-02-02
Subjects: oral history--interview--agriculture--youth--lifestyle--labour
Description: Lifelong resident of Innisfil Bruce Webb describes what life was like growing up and living on a farm in Stroud.

PID: ourstories:2648734
Title: Bruce Webb - Farming
Date: 2016-02-02
Subjects: oral history--interview--agriculture--equipment
Description: Bruce Webb, lifelong resident of Innisfil, recounts farming techniques and traditions in the Stroud area. Interviewed by

PID: ourstories:31302
Title: Bill Kell and Life on the Farm
Date: 2015-06-26
Subjects: agriculture--farms
Description: Bill Kell discusses farm life in Innisfil. Interviewed by Marj Mossman and Kathryn Schoutsen on 26 June 2016. Full

PID: ourstories:2649064
Title: Ashford Warnica's Barn
Subjects: agriculture--machinery--labour--work--animal--architecture
Description: Photo of the barn belonging to Ashford Wesley Warnica, which had been located on the east side of Yonge Street between

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