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Case thresher and 75 horsepower steam engine [threshing grain] – Vintage Print

Case thresher and 75 horsepower steam engine [threshing grain], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Case thresher and 75 horsepower steam engine [threshing grain], [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Case thresher and 75 horsepower steam engine [threshing grain]

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A Case thresher hitched to a 75 horsepower steam engine makes this scene distinct: the engine supplied the power, and the separator beside it did the work of splitting grain from straw. Steam threshing rigs like this were a common sight on large American grain farms from the late 1800s into the early 1900s, and they usually needed a crew of workers and neighbors to feed sheaves into the machine and haul away the grain and straw. J.I. Case Company, based in Racine, Wisconsin, was one of the best-known makers of these engines and threshers. The record does not give a date, so the exact year is unknown.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsJ.I. Case Co. Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Farm machinery; Steam--Engines; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,238 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139820

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