Agricultural History & Historical Photo Albumns

Old Historical Agricultural Photos

These pages contain old historical agricultural photos taken mostly in North Carolina and surrounding states. They are from the early 1940's and are presented here courtesy of the Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering at NC State University.

• Old Agricultural Machinery Photos
• Tobacco Picking 40-60's Photos
• Peanut Mechanization Photos
• An Old Tractor Sales Poster-pdf
• Other Resources
• Milestones in Conservation Tillage Photos
• NCSU Libraries Agriculture Rare photo Collection
• NCSU Libraries Archives Special Collections
• Agricultural History of North Carolina -Dept. Ag.
• State of N. C. Agriculture - Agricultural History

These pages contain old agricultural photos taken mostly in North Carolina and surrounding states from the early 1940's they are presented here courtesy of the Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering at NC State University.

This site is intended to inform the public about the roots of agriculture in the North Carolina and show the progression of the agricultural mechanization era. North Carolina was and still has an economy driven by agricultural production. This University and especially this department has played a strong role in the development of engineered mechanized agricultural equipment as well as farm drainage, and water issues related to protecting the environment for a healthy and productive agricultural system.

Learn more: There are many interesting sites on the web about the history of farming, including photos of farm machinery and related implements.

One such site is Ag in the classroom www.agclassroom.org/gan/timeline/

Living History Farm 1950-60 http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe50s/machines_01.html

Farming History http://www.antiquefarming.com/john-deere-history-1.html

Library of Congress American Memory Collection http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html

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