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Farm Equipment

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: In front of two barns, a Ferguson tractor is hooked up to a trailer with a load of split wood. Picture printed in June 1963 but the tractor is probaby a model from the 1950's.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/033
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Working on the Farm

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: Two men sitting on a ten tonne excavator pulling a wafon with steel wheels. There is a large barrel in the wagon.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/041
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Hay Wagon

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: Two teams of Belgian horses with two men standing in empty wagons. Two large piles of hay off the right.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/009
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Working in the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A team of Belgian horses pulling a grain binder with a man sitting on it in a tall field of grain. The horses are facing west.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/006
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Putting Straw in the Barn

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A cockshut tractor hooked up to a threshing machine by a belt is used to blow loose straw up into the mow of the barn.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/032
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Working in the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A team of Belgian horses pulling a grain binder with a man sitting on it. Front/side viwe. This view shows the spool of binder twine. A tall elm is seen in the background.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/004
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Spraying

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A Belgian horse pulling a wagon holding a sprayer in a potato field. Evergreen trees and hillside in the background. Side view.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/012
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Farm Land

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A man walking with a plow begind a team of work horses in the large field. Farm buildings are visible in the background.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/147
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Barnyard

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A wagon with large wooden wheels is sitting in the yard in front of a barn. A multi-colored cat is in front of the wagon.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/034
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Logging in the Winter

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A man wearing a cap is pulling a log with a hook towards a pile of logs in the winter by a bush.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/115
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Harrowing the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: Two work horses pulling a spring tooth harrow. The farmer is walking behind holding the reins.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/021
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Working on the Farm

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: Two black work horses are hitched to a dump cart, perhaps full of turnips. Side of the Farmhouse and possible outhouse begind the horses and wagon. Caption: 1940's
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/035
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

People Posing with Horses and Buggies

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: The horse on the left is hooked up to a buggy with two women wearing dresses and hats. The horse on the right is hooked up to a buggy with two men wearing hats. A hay wagon, barn, pond, and hay stacks are visible in the background.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/037
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Working in the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A pair of white and gray work horses standing with a single furrow plough attatched. The farmer on the right is bent over looking at the field. Farm hourse peaking behind trees in the background.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/024
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Man Posing with Horse and Buggy

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A horse pulling a buggy with a man sitting in the buggy who is parked along a white wooden fence. The buggy has a dashboard along the front and smaller wheels for tight turns.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/036
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Working in the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A team of Belgian horses pulling a grain binder with a man sitting on it. Rear/side view.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/005
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Working in the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: Two work horses and man in a field that had been plowed. Rows of dead hollows are visible across the field.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/020
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Working Horses In the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: Several men gathering hay. There are 5 horses waiting to pull hay wagons after the men fill them. Barn visible in the background on the left.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/014
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Working in the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A farmer sitting on a farmall cub tractor pulling a grain binder with a farmer sitting on it. Both are looking towards the camera.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/028
Type: photograph

Working in the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A pair of gray work horses with fancy hames and bridles. They are standing in a field with a single furrow plough attatched. Other animals and people seen on the field behind, as is a barn in the distance.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/025
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Seeding the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A team of Belgian horses pulling a seeder with a man walking behind. Horses are facing east.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/013
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Working in the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A white horse and a black horse pulling a disc horrower in a field. A farm is visible in the background along with a stand of trees.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/019
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Harvesting in the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: An International Harvestor McCormick combine cutting a field of oats. The combine would usually be pulled by a tractor.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/030
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Rolling a Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A team of Belgian horses pulling a roller and man sitting behind the roller. The roller is used to flatten the land. Horses do not hhave their full harness rigs on - there is no breeching. Orchard and hillside in the background.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/015
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Working on the Farm

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A team of Belgian horses pulling a wagon with an engine with man at the reins. Visible are the pulley, funnel, and water tank. The engine may have been used to operate saw gear. Wood piles in the background and pond on the left.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/016
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Hooking up the Buggy

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A man is hooking up a driving buggy to a horse. A woman is sitting in the buggy. The buggy has boards across the front to protect the people from rocks, etc. The wagon has steel tires. A young heifer is in the yard. Two barns are in the background.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/017
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Working in the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A farmer sitting on a Farmall cub tractor pulling a grain binder with another farmer operating the grain binder.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/029
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Logging in the Woods

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: An old army-like vehicle with a winch on the front. It is pulling something because the cable is outstretched and the front wheels are blocked with rocks.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/042
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Farm Equipment

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A cockshut tractor and a threshing machine in front of two barns. Two empty hay wagons are also visible in the yard.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/031
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Moving Rocks

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A man driving a bulldozer is pushing a very large rock.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/121
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Man with Shovel

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A man wearing a straw hat carrying a shovel over his shoulder. He is standing in front of a barn and a wooden wheel barrow.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/120
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Man Standing on a Stump

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A man holding an axe is standing on top of a tree stump. Cut logs are laying all around the stump.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/174
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Buildings on the Farm

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A white house on the left with a tree in the middle and an outhouse [?] on the right of the photo. Several chickens in front of the tree.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/155
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Oxen

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A pair of oxen pulling a wagon near a pond. They had just finished spraying the orchard. Inscription: This is a picture of Mr. Frank Eldridge's Oxen just after they had finished spraying the Gormley Bros. orchard. Photo taken by J. A. Gormley at Upper Falmouth, N.S. From Benj. J. Baxter of Upper Falmouth, Hants Co., N.S.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/082
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Spraying the Field

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Collection: Gormley family
Description: A work horse pulling a wagon holding a sprayer in a potato field. A man is standing to the right holding a sprayer hose. The old wooden barrel with the metal hoops is used to hold the chemical spray, probably a "bordeau spray" for blight. Front/side view.
Accession Number: 2007.060-GOR/011
Creator: Gormley, Archibald (b. 1884)
Type: photograph

Gormley family

Dates: 1909 (year approximate) to 1961 (year approximate)
Collection: Gormley family, Archival Catalogue
Type: archival description