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Collection: 00063 - Theodore G. Mattson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00014
Title: Forty binders cutting and binding grain on the Dalrymple Bonanza farm
Date: 1890
Inscription/Marks: On the front is a caption: Harvesting the "Golden Grain" 1890 Rear view", and the writing in the margins: Some of 40 binders cutting the grain on Dalrymlpe's 20,000 acres farm by Casselton, N. Dak....World's largest farm in 1890, "Donated by Theo. Mattson Little Falls Minn to N. Dak Museum. Keep out of strong light. On the back: col. 63-14.
Summary: Forty binders work to cut and bind grain on the Dalrymple farm near Casselton (N.D.).||Reaping the wheat on the Dalrymple Farm in 1890. Binders were operated by one man who used several levers to cut and bind the wheat into bundles. In this scene, 40 binders are at work in one field.
Red ID: PH_I_144760 Image ID: 105793 Image Notes: 00063-00014

Collection: 00063 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Theodore G. Mattson Photograph Collection
Date: 1890-1950

Summary: Images of Sanish (N.D.) before inundation by the Garrison Dam, Fort McKeen, the North Dakota Capitol Grounds, the Menoken Indian Village, and agricultural scenes, including several images of the Dalrymple farm Cass County (N.D.).

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