Farm Days Gone By
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Farm Days Gone By
This picture of the cattle feeder barn, shed and windmill on Seggebruch farm in Crete decorated by winter could have…
Farm Days Gone By
Judy Bunte and Betty Herbst share this photo of Mollie Osmus chillin’ in front of the farmhouse in Green Garden…
Farm Days Gone By
Walter Seggebruch takes a break atop his hay wagon on the Crete farm in 1930. He and wife Grace were…
Farm Days Gone By
We got a bunch of old pictures dropped off at the office, which was nice, because we’re running low. This…
Farm Days Gone By
Here’s a nice photo of the Seggebruch family of Crete in 1936: Walter and Grace with their children, from left,…
Farm Days Gone by
Wind power is nothing new on farms, as this farmhand on the Seggebruch farm Crete shows us the 16-foot diameter…
Farm Days Gone By
Jeff Brandau sends us this picture from the 1960s of Clarence and Ralph Sangmeister are dehairing a pig for butchering.…
Farm Days Gone By
Jeff Brandau submitted this photo from the 1960s of John Wille and Clarence Sangmeister shelling corn at John Wille’s farm.
Farm Days Gone By
The Seggebruch kids — Millie, Marie and Fred — in front of the farmhouse in Crete in 1941.
Farm Days Gone By
Rodney Bettenhausen shared a bunch of photos taken by his grandmother, Sylvia Bettenhausen of rural Manhattan. In this one, Glenn…
Farm Days Gone By
Jeff Brandau, whose Mom was a Sangmeister, shares this photo from 1967 of Marie Sangmeister at the sewing machine and…
Farm Days Gone By
John Kiefner provided this photo to go with his column this week. Before electricity and refrigeration came to the dairy…