Farm Vehicle Collection

Saint Isidore, patron of the plowers. An angel helps Saint Isidore plow a field with a
XEE4176001 Saint Isidore, patron of the plowers. An angel helps Saint Isidore plow a field with a plow. 19th century. Engraving after the painting by Luc Olivier Merson (1846-1920)

Agricultural Machine: Promotional flyer for the mower, harvester and binder "The New Empire"
NWI4825178 Agricultural Machine: Promotional flyer for the mower, harvester and binder "The New Empire", Seiberling and Co, Akron, Ohio, circa 1890

Feodalite: peasants (serfs) using a plow drawn by oxen to plow a field. Around 1340
NWI4892860 Feodalite: peasants (serfs) using a plow drawn by oxen to plow a field. Around 1340. Colourful engraving after an illustration of the Middle Ages.; (add.info.: Feodalite)

Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo, ploughing with two oxen held by a yoke using a primitive wood plough, 1900
LUX4777725 Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo, ploughing with two oxen held by a yoke using a primitive wood plough, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo)

Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo, ploughing with two oxen held by a yoke using a primitive wood plough, 1900
LUX4777696 Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo, ploughing with two oxen held by a yoke using a primitive wood plough, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a threshing scene with a thresher driven by a steam machine, 1870
LUX4751019 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a threshing scene with a thresher driven by a steam machine, 1870; (add.info.: France, Centre)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Vouvray: a peasant prepares sulphate to treat vineyards, 1895
LUX4751951 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Vouvray: a peasant prepares sulphate to treat vineyards, 1895; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: Harvest in Saint Roch with German prisoners, 1917
LUX4798202 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: Harvest in Saint Roch with German prisoners, 1917; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: farm du Tremblay, a wine press for harvest, 1917
LUX4798334 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: farm du Tremblay, a wine press for harvest, 1917; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: farm du Tremblay

The farmer. The peasant is assisted by Death, who directs the horses of his plow
FLO4675737 The farmer. The peasant is assisted by Death, who directs the horses of his plow. Hand-coloured engraving by Christian Von Mechel (or Chretien de Mechel)

France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63): A peasant plows his field with a plow pulled by a pair of beef, 1875
LUX4704487 France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63): A peasant plows his field with a plow pulled by a pair of beef, 1875; (add.info.: France, Auvergne)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Ballan-Mire (ballan mire): haying in Ballan-Mire with agricultural machinery, 1910
LUX4759351 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Ballan-Mire (ballan mire): haying in Ballan-Mire with agricultural machinery, 1910; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

France, Centre, Cher (18): the harvest, the team of harvesters poses in front of the thresher and its steam tractor
LUX4757732 France, Centre, Cher (18): the harvest, the team of harvesters poses in front of the thresher and its steam tractor, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre, Cher (18): the harvest

Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving)
DUV4220379 Capital letters Plate in "Picturesque alphabet or New informative and picturesque alphabet", 1892 (engraving); 27x17.5 cm; (add.info)

Letter A Farmer. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"
DUV4211429 Letter A Farmer. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers". A work in which a child, while having fun, can learn about the most useful Arts to the Society

First World War: France, Postcard representing a reproduction of Millet's Angelus with the peasant couple thinking
LUX4736013 First World War: France, Postcard representing a reproduction of Millet's Angelus with the peasant couple thinking of the soldiers of the front

A farmer his plow drawn by a horse guided by his son pose in front of the entrance to their farm, 1910
LUX4711528 A farmer his plow drawn by a horse guided by his son pose in front of the entrance to their farm, 1910; (add.info)

Farmer using a steam plow in the Dakotas, 1890's. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4952802 Farmer using a steam plow in the Dakotas, 1890's. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Farmer using a steam plow in the Dakotas, 1890's)

Greece, Niepili, CR, Niepili: Oriental life scene. The treading of the wheat. Animated scene
LUX4764664 Greece, Niepili, CR, Niepili: Oriental life scene. The treading of the wheat. Animated scene. Pair of oxen, yoke, windmill Cretan, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Niepili, CR)

Greek mythology: Ulysses plowing a field with a horse and a bull - Colorization of a 19th century illustration
NWI4930228 Greek mythology: Ulysses plowing a field with a horse and a bull - Colorization of a 19th century illustration - Ulysses plowing

La Baionnette, Satirique en Colours, 1917_4_9: War of 14 -18, Childhood, Agriculture - Peasants - Illustration by
ICA4856359 La Baionnette, Satirique en Colours, 1917_4_9: War of 14 -18, Childhood, Agriculture - Peasants - Illustration by Georges Leonnec (1881-1940); (add.info.: La Baionnette)

Agriculture: agricultural workers and machinery. Sowing seeds in the fields of Bonanza Farm, North Dakota, early 1870s
NWI4825349 Agriculture: agricultural workers and machinery. Sowing seeds in the fields of Bonanza Farm, North Dakota, early 1870s

France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Martigny-les-Bains: agricultural work, hay cart dragged by cattle, 1893
LUX4783660 France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Martigny-les-Bains: agricultural work, hay cart dragged by cattle, 1893; (add.info.: France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Martigny-les-Bains: agricultural work

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), La Membrolle sur Choisille: several tractors park near the Cafe de la Membrolle
LUX4798382 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), La Membrolle sur Choisille: several tractors park near the Cafe de la Membrolle, 1917; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Steam picker by MM Barrat Freres. Engraving 1867
JAB4121057 Steam picker by MM Barrat Freres. Engraving 1867; (add.info.: Steam picker by MM Barrat Freres. Engraving 1867); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Egyptian agriculture: priest of Osiris with sceptre 1, following a man with plow behind two yoked oxen 2
FLO4620567 Egyptian agriculture: priest of Osiris with sceptre 1, following a man with plow behind two yoked oxen 2, man sowing seed 3 from a box 4, men harvesting wheat with a scythe 5, 6

English farmers planting barley with a mechanical driller, circa 1880 - Colorisee engraving
NWI4825512 English farmers planting barley with a mechanical driller, circa 1880 - Colorisee engraving, 19th century - English farmers planting barley with a mechanical driller

Harvester from Cyrus Hall McCormick, American agricultural engineer. Invention of 1847
NWI4825222 Harvester from Cyrus Hall McCormick, American agricultural engineer. Invention of 1847. Colourful engraving, 19th century.; (add.info.: Harvester from Cyrus Hall McCormick)

Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Indre and Loire (37): A peasant with his horse and a plow, 1875
LUX4816290 Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Indre and Loire (37): A peasant with his horse and a plow, 1875; (add.info.: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Indre and Loire (37): A peasant with his horse and a plow

Greece, Niepili, CR, Niepili: Oriental life scene. Craft crushing and threshing of wheat by board pulled by a pair of
LUX4764684 Greece, Niepili, CR, Niepili: Oriental life scene. Craft crushing and threshing of wheat by board pulled by a pair of oxen. Animated scene. Pair of oxen, yokes, windmill Cretan

Greece, Nevkales, Crete: scene of oriental life, plowing, crew of oxen and mules for plowing
LUX4764517 Greece, Nevkales, Crete: scene of oriental life, plowing, crew of oxen and mules for plowing. Pair of oxen, yoke and wooden plow, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Nevkales)

France, Centre, Cher (18): the harvest, the team of reapers poses in a farm yard before threshing, 1900
LUX4759440 France, Centre, Cher (18): the harvest, the team of reapers poses in a farm yard before threshing, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre, Cher (18): the harvest

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: July 1917, hay near the chateau du Tremblay, a German prisoner, 1917
LUX4800297 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: July 1917, hay near the chateau du Tremblay, a German prisoner, 1917; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Children having fun, set up on a cargo of hay, in a hitch drawn by a pair of horses, driven by a peasant
NWI4879899 Children having fun, set up on a cargo of hay, in a hitch drawn by a pair of horses, driven by a peasant, during the summer and during the hay season

France, Lorraine, Vosges (88): hay, loading hay in a cart, 1900
LUX4773365 France, Lorraine, Vosges (88): hay, loading hay in a cart, 1900; (add.info.: France, Lorraine, Vosges (88): hay, loading hay in a cart, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Illustration for "Le livre unique de morale et d'instruction civique
DUV4212771 Illustration for "Le livre unique de morale et d'instruction civique, destine aux eleves des trois cours de l'Ecole primaire et a ceux des classes primaires des Lycees et

Agriculture: plow made in the region of Parma. Drawing of the 18th century. National Archive, Parma Italy
VEN5027361 Agriculture: plow made in the region of Parma. Drawing of the 18th century. National Archive, Parma Italy; (add.info.: Agriculture: plow made in the region of Parma)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: farm du Tremblay, a wine press for harvest, 1917
LUX4798332 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: farm du Tremblay, a wine press for harvest, 1917; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: farm du Tremblay

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: agricultural works, a tractor on Lemaitre lands, 1917
LUX4798277 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: agricultural works, a tractor on Lemaitre lands, 1917; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: agricultural works

Romania, Walachia, JU, Ploiesti: harvesting in a farm of a large owner with steam machine
LUX4788725 Romania, Walachia, JU, Ploiesti: harvesting in a farm of a large owner with steam machine and many agricultural workers, 1901; (add.info.: Romania, Walachia, JU)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): in a warehouse of agricultural machinery
LUX4760869 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): in a warehouse of agricultural machinery, workers scene a traffic accident between a tractor and a cyclist, 1905; (add.info.: France, Centre)

Agriculture in ancient Egypt: peasants sowing, plowing and recuding cereals
NWI4858569 Agriculture in ancient Egypt: peasants sowing, plowing and recuding cereals. Engraving colour in watercolour, 19th century.; (add.info.: Agriculture in ancient Egypt: peasants sowing)

History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Pioneers with a cart drawn by oxen plow a
NWI4888482 History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Pioneers with a cart drawn by oxen plow a field of the Mississippi prairies, 19th century

Daily American life: agricultural work, farmers have haying, equipped with fake
NWI4882896 Daily American life: agricultural work, farmers have haying, equipped with fake and rakes they gather the hay into piles, then the hay is picked up in a horse-drawn hitch

Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile, a Saidi plows his field with a wooden plow pulled by a pair of oxen, 1900
LUX4778487 Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile, a Saidi plows his field with a wooden plow pulled by a pair of oxen, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile)

A plough 9, wheat kernel 10, magnified kernel 11, and magnified mildewed kernel 12
FLO4728895 A plough 9, wheat kernel 10, magnified kernel 11, and magnified mildewed kernel 12. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T

Letters A Farmer; B Boulanger; C Charron (makes carts and ploughs); D Distiller (brandies, liquors, perfumes)
DUV4211418 Letters A Farmer; B Boulanger; C Charron (makes carts and ploughs); D Distiller (brandies, liquors, perfumes). Engraving in "An instructive alphabet of arts and crafts"

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: agricultural work, haying on the Lemaitre lands with the help of a
LUX4798410 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: agricultural work, haying on the Lemaitre lands with the help of a reaper, 1917; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

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"From Saint Isidore to Modern Times: The Evolution of Farm Vehicles" In the realm of agriculture, farm vehicles have played a crucial role in shaping our history and transforming the way we cultivate the land. Dating back centuries, these powerful machines have been instrumental in increasing productivity and efficiency on farms across the globe. One notable depiction takes us back to Saint Isidore, known as the patron saint of plowers. In this ancient scene, an angel lends a helping hand as Saint Isidore plows a field with unwavering determination. This symbolic representation highlights the significance of farming and its deep-rooted connection to spirituality. Fast forward to more recent times, an aerial view captures a modern-day tractor tirelessly plowing a vast field near Boryspil. With its robust design and advanced technology, this farm vehicle exemplifies how innovation has revolutionized agricultural practices worldwide. Meanwhile, French farmers faced challenges in selling their produce but found resourceful ways to utilize excess cucumbers by spreading them on fields as natural fertilizer. This sustainable approach not only nourishes the soil but also showcases their resilience amidst adversity. Delving into historical records reveals fascinating glimpses into earlier farming techniques. An illustration from 1931 portrays Grand'Aigle's masterpiece depicting plowering on Cours la Reine in Paris—a testament to human ingenuity even during urban expansion. Traveling further back in time brings us face-to-face with medieval plouchers and carpenters diligently working together to cultivate fertile lands using traditional tools such as wooden plows. These dedicated individuals embody the spirit of perseverance that has characterized farming throughout history. Examining costume depictions from different eras unveils how fashion intertwined with agricultural work over time. A hand-colored copperplate engraving showcases a farmer wearing a short tunic over stockings while operating his trusty oxen-pulled plow—an image that reflects both functionality and style during the 12th century.