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[J. P. Olson Farmstead]

Description: Photograph of the J. P. Olson's farm and several of its residents. A narrow dirt road on the left leads up to the main house in the background, a large single-story house with a gable roof and small domed windows. The people are dispersed on the grassy plot of land that precedes it. Along with the group, there are also three horses and a plow on the rightmost part of the image. The photograph has been placed on a mat that is chipped, torn, and water-stained.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

A. Longwood Home

Description: Photograph of the A. Longwood farmstead property in Danevang, Texas. A dirt path in the foreground leads up to the main structure, a two-story house with white siding, intersecting gable roofs with light gray shingles, and double-hung windows on the first and second floors. A parked car is to the left underneath a tree. To the right, there is a red mechanical plow, and behind it, what appears to be an outbuilding. A white sticker placed on the front of the photograph indicates that it is "now F… more
Date: August 1985
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Letter from Dinkie McGee to Mary and Charles B. Moore]

Description: Letter from Dinkie McGee to Mary and Charles Moore in which she discusses the weather, crops, visits to and from family and friends, and her garden of vegetables and flowers. She says that it is so hot that horses are dieing while plowing the fields. She mentions sending a sample of cloth that she is using in her sewing. The last page of the letter has the imprint of a check pattern.
Date: June 29, 1890
Creator: McGee, Dinkie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Henry S. Moore to Charles, Mary and Linnet Moore, August 19, 1893]

Description: Letter from Henry Moore to Charles, Mary and Linnet Moore in which he jokes about starvation and then lists the food he has available to eat. He was writing the Moore family while they were visiting family in Gallatin, Tennessee. Henry writesthat he has heard that there are more buggies than hogs in Texas. He discusses the financial crisis of 1893. He also talks about farming, harvesting cotton, and canning peaches. He is interested and would like to see a six inch telescope that the "College … more
Date: August 19, 1893
Creator: Moore, Henry S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letters from Charles B. Moore to Mary Ann Moore, November 30 - December 2, 1897]

Description: This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Charles B. Moore and is addressed to Mary Ann Moore. In this letter, Moore discusses the goings-on in Collin County since Mary's departure to Tennessee. He details community news and the health of friends, daily chores, weather updates, and a discussion about leading the calves to water. At the end of this letter, he notes that bright has paid him five dollars in interest and tell Mary the most current temperature reading.… more
Date: {1897-11-30,1897-12-01..1897-12-02}
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Charles B. Moore to Bindie McGee and Linnet Moore, June 26, 1901]

Description: Letter from Charles B. Moore to Bindie McGee Linnet Moore saying that he would be glad for Bindie and Linnet to come to visit and help Mary Moore. He says that Linnet has started a trip to Springfield to visit relatives. He writes about the difficulties with the rail road keeping workers. Willy had a tooth pulled. He sends news of the activities of friends and family. Charles relates that he purchased a plow. He give updates on the work around the house and the farm.
Date: May 26, 1901
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Horses Pulling a Plow

Description: Photograph of a five horses pulling a mechanical plow. They are in the middle of a flat, grassy terrain. They are harnessed together; two are in the front and three are in the back. The plow is barely visible past them, although the wheel can be seen underneath the legs of the horse in the rightmost part of the image.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Horses Plowing Virgin Land

Description: Photograph of four horses plowing land. The ground has been exposed in mounds of dirt, and looks visibly tilled. The horses are harnessed to a small mechanical plow. Two are in the front and the other two are behind them.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Man Plowing Sod with Team of Oxen]

Description: 35mm negative of a man plowing sod with a team of oxen. He wears a hat and overalls and holds both ends of the plow. The oxen harnessed to the plow are facing the right. Accompanying information states they are west of Danevang.
Date: unknown
Creator: Larsen, Jeanette
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Plowing with a Steam Tractor

Description: Black and white copy print that is missing its bottom left portion. The print is of the demonstration of a steam-powered tractor, which is visible on the right. A large group of spectators are gathered to the left of the tractor. One man on the left is holding a long spire-like object. Mounds of dirt dominate the foreground.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Man plowing fields]

Description: Postcard of a man plowing a field, shown from behind. He is wearing overalls and a hat, and working a small type of plow or tractor. The field is very large and flat, and nothing is visible in the distance.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Two men standing outside]

Description: Photograph of two men standing outside in winter coats. The man on the left has a pen and paper out to interview the other. Behind them is a brick wall with four wooden wheels leaning against it and a plow hung on the wall.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A mule, a man and a walking plow]

Description: Photograph of a mule pulling a walking plow through a field. A man is operating the walking plow, and walking behind the mule. The man is wearing a long-sleeve shirt, pants, and a hat. A barbed-wire fence is visible in the background.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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