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Unidentified worker plowing under corn at Rushmore Farms.

Leon A. Rushmore, Jr., carrying a bunch of corn at Rushmore Farms.

Rushmore Farms Vegetable Stands Income and Expense Accounts ledger book pages for 1935. The pages covered sales and expenses for vegetable stands at Powerhouse Road and at Roslyn Road. There was also another stand at Willis Avenue. The account book…

Rushmore Farms information sheet for sales personnel at farm stands, written by Robert S. Rushmore. Information includes how to address the rumors that the farm, which was located in Roslyn Heights,N.Y., had been sold and that the vegetables on the…

Receipt for loan payment made by Isaac Beedle in the amount of ten pounds sixteen shillings for interest and past principle [sic]. Receipt was signed by Andries Hegeman of the loan office. Note: Beedle resided in Bethpage, Town of Oyster Bay.

Receipt for purchases made by Capt. John Birdsall from William Hawxhurst. Items purchased include salt, molasses, and sugar. Birdsall resided in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh). The location at the top of the receipt is listed as "Cold Spring," which…

Receipt for 2 pounds 12 shillings and 10 pence for purchases made by Capt. John Birdsall from William Hawxhurst. Items purchased included flaxseed, molasses, sugar, and rum. Birdsall resided in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh). The location at the…

Receipt for payment of six shillings and nine pence made by Capt. John Birdsall, "by hands of his wife," to Daniel Birdsall, on behalf of Daniel's uncle William Hawxhurst. Location listed at top of document was Jeruslam [sic] (present-day Wantagh),…

Receipt for payment of one pound one shilling owed by John Birdsall, Jr., to Thomas Williams. Payment was received "by hands of" Birdsall's father, Capt. John Birdsall. (Note: Birdsall, Jr., lived in the Township of South Hempstead (current day Town…

Bill for 1 pound 5 shillings 3 pence owed to John C. Birdsall for sawing boards for Jackson Seaman. Note: Birdsall, who lived in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh) ran a general store and had an interest in a saw mill.