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John McKay threshing outfit, Milton, North Dakota showing the threshing rig, the crew, the cook car, the man cook, and visitors, halting long enough to have their pictures taken
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| Title | John McKay threshing outfit, Milton, North Dakota showing the threshing rig, the crew, the cook car, the man cook, and visitors, halting long enough to have their pictures taken |
| Date of Original | 190- |
| Creator | McCarthy, John, 1861-
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | Threshing scene with about thirty-six men and eighteen horses pictured. In the foreground there are two well-dressed men in a buggy. Behind them are men standing with pitchforks, men standing in grain wagons, a steam engine, cook car, threshing machine, and several hay racks. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Agriculture
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Threshing
Threshing machines
Carriages & coaches
Agricultural laborers
Horses
Steam engines
Harvesting
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| Subject (LCSH) | Canadian Americans
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| Subject (Local) | Threshing crews
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| Personal Name | McKay, John, 1855-1924
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| Location | Milton (N.D)
Cavalier County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 2028.173 |
| Negative Number | 2028.173 (8x10 glass neg.); 2028.173 (8x10 copy neg.); 120mm-0301 copy neg.; |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
Glass negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 21 x 26 cm. |
| Notes | Title taken from label with hand-colored print.
Photographer name handwritten on back of hand colored print.
Handcolored version of image available. |
| Biography/History | John McKay was born at Holyrood, Ontario, Canada in 1855. He married Margaret McLarty in 1877 and in 1882 they came to Dakota Territory and homesteaded at Milton, N.D. They had ten children. He died in 1924. |
| Bibliographic Reference | "John McKay Family." A Century of Area History, 1882-1982, Milton, North Dakota. [Milton, N.D.: Milton Area Historical Committee, 1983] |
| External Resource | Images featured on "Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920" part of American Memory, Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection 2028
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| Credit Line | Fred Hultstrand History In Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo (2028.173) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs005065 |
| Original Source | Glass negative |
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