Farm Days Gone By
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Farm Days Gone By
Dick Attaway shares this photo of his grandfather, Fred Attaway, on the left with an unknown associate on what he…
Farm Days Gone By
In June 1929, the entire class of a one-room schoolhouse gets ready to promote milk as good for health. The…
Farm Days Gone By
Lynn Wehrmann of Peotone shares this photo from around 1906. The home being moved was owned by his great- grandparents,…
Farm Days Gone By
Ed Nelson, president of the Peotone Historical Society, shares this photo of the 1917 graduating class of Peotone High School.
Farm Days Gone By
Dick Attaway sent along this photo from around 1916 taken at their farm on old Route 66 near where it…
Farm Days Gone By
From June 1929 — Total Enrollment of one room school. Promoting value of milk for good health. The children sewed…
Farm Days Gone By
Margaret Kennedy Benoit shares this photo of all the bright, shiny faces at Bell School in Wilmington, where she and…
Farm Days Gone By
The Brandau family shares this photo of Clarence Sangmeister holding Jeanette (Sangmeister) Brandau on their Uncle Erwin’s Farmall Picker. Good…
Farm Days Gone By
Andy Partak shares this photo of the Barr family on their farm on Arsenal Road. The house was built in…
Farm Days Gone By
Here’s a nice aerial shot of the Fred and Sophie Barten Farm in Manhattan. Thanks to Debbi Barten-South for submitting.
Farm Days Gone By
Brothers Rodney and Ron Bettenhausen (ages 6 and 4) standing in a wagon load of corn while their father, Rodger…
Farm Days Gone By
In 1951, the Eugene and MaryKay Gallagher family were voted Typical Farm Family of Illinois. They lived in Manhattan Township,…