Marshall Field Ranch
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Marshall Field Ranch 1900 (Breadwinner Stock Farm)
This is a ranch that was owned by the Chicago merchant. It was located just north of Leigh, Nebraska. To the best of my knowledge, Marshall Field's only visited a few times. To quote my Great Great Grandfather Thomas Mortimer, who managed the property, Marshall Field only visited properties that weren't making him money.
In 1909 Thomas Mortimer bought out the Field's interest. It stayed my family for anothe half century.
Because of the age of this image, my mother refused to let me take the image out of frame, so I had to scan the image still in its frame. Also, since the original image is about 3 1/2 feet long, I had to scan this imge in sections and then use photoshop to put the separate sections back together.
To the best of my knowledge, there is only one original print left in existence.
Stanton Breeding Farm
Stanton Breeding Farm (circa 1917)
Formerly the Marshall Field Ranch. In 1909, my Great Great Grandfather, Thomas Motimer bought Field's interest in the ranch. The ranch remained in possesion of the Mortimer and Barr families for the next 50 years.
Because of the age of this image, my mother refused to let me take the image out of it's frame, so I had to scan the image still in its frame. Also, since the original image is about 3 1/2 feet long, I had to scan this imge in sections and then use photoshop to put the separate sections back together.