Farm Days Gone By
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Farm Days Gone By
Sharen Klausing Suste of Frankfort shares this photo from 60 years ago of the Fred Francis 4H Field in New…
Farm Days Gone By
Rex Steffes dropped by to show us this picture from 1926 of Jacob Steffes and his hired guy cultivating 40-inch…
Farm Days Gone By
Jeff Brandau shares a picture from 1969 of Clarence Sangmeister and Roy Sangmeister (with the grease gun) getting ready to…
Farm Days Gone By
Judy Brown of Lockport dug up this oldie but goodie from 1895, taken at her grandfather, Charles Burkhardt’s, farm in…
Farm Days Gone By
Farm Bureau member Judith Brown of Lockport shares this picture from 1926 taken of her grandfather, Charles Burkhardt, on his…
Farm Days Gone By
Rodney Bettenhausen shared this picture of his young self at age 2, unloading corn in 1961 with his grandfather, Fred…
Farm Days Gone By
Tired of the heat? Maybe this will help. Here’s a shot of the Seggebruch Farm with the hog shed in…
Farm Days Gone By
Rodney Bettenhausen shares this photo taken by his grandmother, Sylvia Bettenhausen of rural Manhattan, of Elmer Bettenhausen driving a John…
Farm Days Gone By
A tornado in May 1917 devastated many structures in rural Will County, including this one on the Seggebruch Farm in…
Farm Days Gone By
Rodney Bettenhausen shares this photo taken by his grandmother, Sylvia Bettenhausen of rural Manhattan, in 1926 of Fred Bettenhausen (standing)…
Farm Days Gone By
Fred Seggebruch, right, and Walter Seggebruch, second from right, show off their Hereford steer to a delegation from Italy that…
Farm Days Gone By
Corn picking was a lot different 80-some years ago. Kathy Forsythe shares this photo of her father, David, picking corn…