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Harvest Tales - Finney County 05

Harvest stories submitted by Kansans for the online exhibit, Wheat People.
Submit your own at kshs.kansasmuseum@ks.gov.

Tom Shrimplin

Harvest Images From the Shrimplin Farm--Screen 2

This is the second screen of harvest photos submitted by Tom Shrimplin.

 

Harvest workers


Harvest workers.

Cookshack wagon


Cookshack wagon belonging to Ed Shrimplin, 1931.

Shrimplin family car in wheat field


The Shrimplin family's new Dodge car in their wheat field, ca. 1930.

Joe Shrimplin and grain truck


The grain truck driven by Joe Shrimplin, ca. 1945.

Trucks lined up at elevator


Trucks lined up at the grain elevator.

Drying grain on the Shrimplin farm


Drying grain on the Shrimplin farm.

Hailstorm, 1951


The landscape was still littered with ice seven hours after a devastating hailstorm on Memorial Day, 1951.

Combining, 1950s-1960s


Combining during the 1950s-1960s.

Combining, 1950s-1960s


Another view of combining during the 1950s-1960s.

"Harvest Tales" is part of the online exhibit, Wheat People:  Celebrating Kansas Harvest.