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LongIsland00012.jpg
View of two workers harvesting potatoes in a large field. A truck and another worker are in the background. Printed text on verso provides brief details about Long Island potatoes. (Color)

LongIsland00013.jpg
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)

Hempstead, HH105.jpg
“Greetings from” postcard with image of a farmer plowing a field with a walking plow pulled by two horses. Message and addresses information, both handwritten, on verso. (Color)

Wading River, WA003.jpg
“Greetings from” postcard with image of two farmers in a field, loading hay onto a wagon. (Color)

Samuel Birdsal farm sale advertisement, 1795.jpg
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.jpg
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.jpg
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.jpg
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, 1858.jpg
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…
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