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Men with a horse-powered threshing machine in Johnsburg

Men with a horse-powered threshing machine in Johnsburg

Four men and a horse on a treadmill driving the early threshing machine which does not have a mechanical elevator or blower as later threshers did. One of the men is Henry “Hank” Hewitt. Photograph by Osmond Putnam. Circa 1880. Johnsburg, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

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