Agriculture

From butter churns to diesel tractors, the Museum's agricultural artifacts trace the story of Americans who work the land. Agricultural tools and machinery in the collections range from a John Deere plow of the 1830s to 20th-century cultivators and harvesters. The Museum's holdings also include overalls, aprons, and sunbonnets; farm photographs; milk cans and food jars; handmade horse collars; and some 200 oral histories of farm men and women in the South. Prints in the collections show hundreds of scenes of rural life. The politics of agriculture are part of the story, too, told in materials related to farm workers' unions and a group of artifacts donated by the family of the labor leader Cesar Chavez.

John Deere Plow
John Deere Plow, 1830s
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1940s
maker
Associated Press
ID Number
2013.0327.0780
accession number
2013.0327
catalog number
2013.0327.0780
Photograph: An agent from the Texas growers association selects braceros for distribution among his association members in Hidalgo, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: An agent from the Texas growers association selects braceros for distribution among his association members in Hidalgo, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.14.14
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.14.14
Photograph: Braceros unpack their food and personal belongings as an inspector searches for contraband at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: Braceros unpack their food and personal belongings as an inspector searches for contraband at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.02.34
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.02.34
Photograph: Braceros wait in a line near Hidalgo, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: Braceros wait in a line near Hidalgo, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.05.04
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.05.04
Photograph: Braceros unpack their personal belongings as an inspector searches for contraband at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: Braceros unpack their personal belongings as an inspector searches for contraband at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.12.11
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.12.11
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1973
maker
Micro-Gen Equipment Corporation
ID Number
1997.0285.01
catalog number
1997.0285.01
accession number
1997.0285
model number
2AA
serial number
1485
Photograph: An agent from the Texas growers association selects braceros for distribution among his association members in Hidalgo, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: An agent from the Texas growers association selects braceros for distribution among his association members in Hidalgo, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.14.18
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.14.18
Photograph: Braceros dictate information to clerk typists during processing at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: Braceros dictate information to clerk typists during processing at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.14.28
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.14.28
Photograph: An agent for the Texas growers association examines a bracero's musculature at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, as a uniformed official looks on.
Description
Photograph: An agent for the Texas growers association examines a bracero's musculature at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, as a uniformed official looks on.
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.02.33
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.02.33
Photograph: Braceros' belongings litter the ground at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: Braceros' belongings litter the ground at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.12.25
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.12.25
Photograph: Braceros prepare tortillas at a camp near McAllen, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: Braceros prepare tortillas at a camp near McAllen, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.05.11
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.05.11
Photograph: Trucks used to transport braceros to their collection points stand empty at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: Trucks used to transport braceros to their collection points stand empty at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.12.26
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.12.26
Photograph: A bracero receives a chest X-ray during a physical examination at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: A bracero receives a chest X-ray during a physical examination at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.02.11
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.02.11
Photograph: Braceros wait in line for chest X-rays at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: Braceros wait in line for chest X-rays at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.02.09
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.02.09
Photograph: Braceros board a truck at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: Braceros board a truck at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.12.34
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.12.34
Photograph: Braceros unload cotton from bags onto a truck near McAllen, Texas.
Description
Photograph: Braceros unload cotton from bags onto a truck near McAllen, Texas.
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.18.01
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.18.01
Photograph: Braceros sit on a trailer truck while being driven on a road near Hidalgo, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: Braceros sit on a trailer truck while being driven on a road near Hidalgo, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.12.06
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.12.06
Photograph: Braceros prepare food in a living quarter at a camp near McAllen, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: Braceros prepare food in a living quarter at a camp near McAllen, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.05.21
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.05.21
Photograph: Braceros prepare food, chat and socialize in a living quarter at a camp near McAllen, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: Braceros prepare food, chat and socialize in a living quarter at a camp near McAllen, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.05.27
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.05.27
Photograph: A technician prepares to take braceros' identification photographs as one man waits in front of the camera at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Description
Photograph: A technician prepares to take braceros' identification photographs as one man waits in front of the camera at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.02.16
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.02.16
Photograph: Braceros receive their identification photographs at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, while others wait in line.
Description
Photograph: Braceros receive their identification photographs at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, while others wait in line.
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.02.03
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.02.03
Photograph: Braceros dictate information to clerk typists during processing at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.Currently not on view
Description
Photograph: Braceros dictate information to clerk typists during processing at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Location
Currently not on view
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.14.31
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.14.31
Photograph: Braceros unpack their food and personal belongings during inspections for contraband at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Description
Photograph: Braceros unpack their food and personal belongings during inspections for contraband at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.02.23
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.02.23
Photograph: Two braceros stand for identification photographs at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, while others wait in line.
Description
Photograph: Two braceros stand for identification photographs at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, while others wait in line.
date photographed
1956
photographer
Nadel, Leonard
ID Number
2004.0138.02.12
accession number
2004.0138
catalog number
2004.0138.02.12

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