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Unidentified man hitching a team of horses to a sleigh at Rushmore Farms
Unidentified man hitching a team of horses to a sleigh at Rushmore Farms
Unidentified worker plowing under corn at Rushmore Farms
Unidentified worker plowing under corn at Rushmore Farms.
Leon A. Rushmore, Jr., carrying a bunch of corn at Rushmore Farms
Leon A. Rushmore, Jr., carrying a bunch of corn at Rushmore Farms.
Picking Long Island Potatoes
View of three workers picking potatoes in a large potato field. Filled potato sacks are lined up to their left. Printed text on verso provides brief details about Long Island potatoes. (Color)
Samuel Birdsall farm sale advertisement, 1795
Printed advertisement for the sale of a farm in Jerusalem South (present-day Wantagh, N.Y.) in South Hempstead (present-day Town of Hempstead). The farm, which was owned by Samuel Birdsal (alternate spelling for the name "Birdsall") contained about…
William and John B. Garner receipt for purchase of Guano from Elbert Verity, 1855
Receipt for payment of $108.00 made by John B. and William Garner, Sr., to Elbert Verity. The payment was for the purchase of guano. Note: William and John B. were sons of John Garner (?-1833) and Sarah Birdsall (1790-1836). They were farmers in…
John B. Garner receipt for purchase of guano from Henderson & Snedeker, 1856
Receipt for payment of $45.24 made by John B. Garner to Henderson & Snedeker for the purchase of guano. Note: Garner resided in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. He was a son of John Garner (?-1833) and Sarah Birdsall (1790-1836). He was a farmer…
Mr. Garner receipt for purchase of guano from D.B Smith & Son, 1857
Receipt for payment of $57.31 made by Mr. Garner [would most likely have been John B. or William Garner, Sr.] to D.B. Smith & Son for the purchase of guano. The location written at the top of the receipt is Smithville, which was later Smithville…
William Garner, Sr., receipt for purchase of a fanning mill from E.J. & A.W. Jerome, Manufacturers of Horse Powers Threshing Machines, Mowing Machines, Fanning Mills, etc., 1858
Receipt for payment of $25.00 made by William Garner, Sr., to E.J. & A.W. Jerome, Manufacturers of Horse Powers Threshing Machines, Mowing Machines, Fanning Mills, at Mineola, N.Y. Payment was for the purchase of a fanning mill, a hand-cranked…
William Garner, Sr., receipt for purchases of guano, meal, and flax seed from Henderson & Amberman, Dealers In Grain, Flour, Meal, Feed, Hay & Guano, 1859
Receipt for payment of $12.69 made by William Garner, Sr., to Henderson & Amberman, Dealers In Grain, Flour, Meal, Feed, Hay & Guano, at Jamaica, N.Y. Payment was for the purchase of guano, meal, and flax seed. Note: Garner was a son of John Garner…