Man shearing a sheep in stall at headquarters of the San Emigdio Ranch, Kern County, Calif. C. 1890.
Marking freshly shorn sheep. Malheur County, Oregon, ca. 1941.
Sacks of wool at sheep shearing time on ranch in Malheur County, Oregon. Each sack holds about 500 pounds of wool. Ca. 1941.
View of shearing sheep in shed near Verde River Sheep Bridge, Spanning Verde River (Tonto National Forest), Cave Creek, Maricopa County, AZ, ca. 1954.
Knox County, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Elmer Butter shearing sheep with electric clippers. Ca. 1942.
Shearing sheep on ranch. In 1937, Oregon produced more that 17,000,000 pounds of wool, the average weight per fleece being about eight and a quarter pounds. Ca. 1941.
Sheep and goat shearers sharpening a blade while at work on a ranch of rehabilitation borrower in Kimble County, Texas, ca. 1940.
Sheep shearers and bags of wool in the background, Malheur County, Oregon, ca. 1941.
Shearing sheep. Converse County, Wyoming, ca. 1936.
Shearing sheep. Rosebud County, Montana, ca. 1939.
6 Mexican men shearing sheep, Isabel, South Dakota, ca. 1911.
Sheep after shearing, Rosebud County, Montana, ca. 1939.
Sheep in shearing pen. Rosebud County, Montana, ca. 1939.
