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[A rice farm near the county line taken in 1904.]

Description: Photograph of a rice farm near the county line taken in 1904. Men on and around a threshing machine to far left of photograph. Wagon load of hay pulled by two dark horses next to the thresher is partially obscured by the long belt of the threshing machine. Sacks of rice in center background. Horses and wagons to right. Tractor (man is standing on the wheel of it) on far right of photograph. Rice field in foreground.
Date: 1904
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[A man using cultivating equipment.]

Description: Photograph of a man using cultivating equipment. Man sitting on equipment is wearing denim pants and shirt with a straw hat. Four dark-colored mules are pulling the cultivator.
Date: 1932
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[A rice threshing scene. Large groups of people are standing nearby.]

Description: Photograph of a rice threshing scene. Crowd of people watching threshing machines at work. Rice is pouring out of the thresher from the center to the right side of photo. Boy in a striped shirt in right, foreground. Automobiles can be seen in far left background. Photo has bent areas.
Date: 1954
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Rice harvesting operation.]

Description: Photograph of rice harvesting operation. Sacks of rice in far right corner. Two men (backs to camera) filling rice sacks in center of photo. Threshing machine to left. Horse drawn wagons in background (right).
Date: 1954
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[The harvesting of rice. Rice farming machinery to the left.]

Description: Photograph of the harvesting of rice. Rice farming machinery to the left of the photograph. A wagon load of rice is next to the equipment (center of photograph). Two men (one wearing dark pants, dark vest, white shirt and hat and the other wearing overalls, shirt and hat) are standing in the field (center of photo). Seven men are sitting and leaning against sacks of rice to the right of the photograph. A tractor (with man standing at back of tractor) is in the background next to two mules and a… more
Date: 1900
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[People Resting on Sacks Filled With Rice After Harvesting]

Description: Photograph of people relaxing on bags of rice after harvesting it. The rice harvesting equipment is seen in the background, with a man is on top. A large group of African-American men are sitting/leaning on the sacks filled with rice. There is a wooden barrel in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Grains of Rice]

Description: Photograph of ripe grains of rice growing in a field in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Three Machines in Field]

Description: Photograph of three thresher machines in a rice field in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Cattle at Watering Hole]

Description: Photograph of many cows standing in and around a watering hole in the middle of a rice field in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Orange Rice Mill]

Description: Photograph of the Orange Rice Mill on the Sabine River in 1903.
Date: 1903
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Tractor working at Kishi Rice Farm]

Description: Photograph of a man running a tractor on the Kishi Rice Farm in Terry, Texas. This 3,500-acre farm was founded by Kichimatsu Kishi, located on the Southern Pacific Railroad between Beaumont and Orange. The town of Terry, Texas no longer exists.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Threshing of rice near Beasley, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the threshing of rice near Beasley, Texas in 1915. R.V. Board leased the Chaney farm for rice farming purposes. The girls on the left are the Chaney girls and the house in the background (left) is the Chaney house. The man at right of photo wearing white straw hat (with dark band), dark pants and vest, white shirt, and dark tie, is the rice buyer who is discussing the sale with R. V. Board (father of Lawrence Board, donor of photo). Sacks of rice in foreground. Two African-America… more
Date: 1915
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Dolores Lamb Next to Rice Paddy]

Description: Photograph of Dolores Lamb in front of a rice paddy and a house in Japan. The note on the back reads, "Train Station at U[...]ama. Rice paddy and Japanese houses in the background."
Date: 195X
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Threshing Rice on the Rasmussen Farm]

Description: Copy negative of a black and white photograph of three individuals on the Rasmussen farm, working with the rice thresher. An animal on the right is yoked to a portion of the machine. The three men are all wearing hats; two of them are standing atop a nearby hill while the other is holding the reins of the animal. The wide body of the thresher is visible in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Threshing Rice on O. R. Johnson's Rice Farm

Description: Photograph of a group of men outdoors threshing rice on a rice farm one mile east of El Campo (this information is repeated on the back of the photograph's mat in hand-written text). The farm belonged to O. R. Johnson. The actual thresher is on the far right of the image, a large machine with several wheels and a conical pipe on its leftmost side. To the left, there are horses, some being ridden, while others appear to be harnessed to various equipment. Several bales of rice surround them on … more
Date: 1912~
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Threshing on Paul Acheson's Rice Plantation

Description: Photograph of Paul Acheson's rice plantation in El Campo, Texas during a threshing session. A large mound of what appears to be grass and dirt is in the background. In front of it, a threshing machine is surrounded by a large group of people who are all facing forward and looking at the camera. On both the right and left sides of the image, horse-drawn wagons are visible. Two other unharnessed horses are farthest right in front of a what may be a second thresher. The photograph has been placed … more
Date: 1903
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Threshing Rice

Description: Copy negative of Paul Acheson's rice plantation in El Campo, Texas, which is located in Wharton County. There is a large mound of rice in the background of the photograph, and there are many men working with machinery and horses in the foreground.
Date: 1903
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Combing Rice

Description: Copy negative of Otto Bram combing and harvesting rice on his farm in Wharton County, Texas. Otto is sitting in a large tractor in the middle of his rice field.
Date: 1953
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Loading Rice onto Truck

Description: Copy negative of Otto Bram loading harvested rice onto a truck on his farm in Wharton County, Texas. Otto is sitting on a tractor to the left of the truck. There is a car parked in the field on the left side of the image.
Date: 1953
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Rice Water Well

Description: Copy negative of Otto Bram on his farm in Wharton County, Texas. In the photograph, Bram and an unknown man are standing next to a rice irrigation well.
Date: 1953
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Truck Load Sacked Rice

Description: Copy negative of a group of people outdoors harvesting rice. A large truck faces the left and carries a large load of rice sacks on its bed. They have been stacked on top of each other and bulge outwards. On top of these, two men are seated. They both look to the direction where the photograph was taken. A third man standing near the back wheel and a woman seated inside the driver's side seat also look at the camera. In the distance, a large group of people can be seen standing near a tree.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Threshing Machine Blowing Out Rice Straw

Description: Copy negative of a group of people outdoors near a threshing machine. At one end of the machine, a spout is pointing upwards and blowing out rice straw. At the other end, on the left, there is a man on top; presumably operating it. On the rightmost part of the image, a series of rice stacks have been placed on the ground. The back row has been laid down. There at three other people by these stacks: two men and a woman. According to accompanying information, the sacs on the ground are waiting to… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society
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