Photo Gallery (U.S. National Park Service)

Homestead expresses our sincere gratitude to all the talented and giving individuals who made this living history celebration a success! Thanks to all the volunteers, demonstrators, and park staff who made this event possible!

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Collage of 6 photos shows 3 different tractors with 4 different rear attachments plowing and seeding the field outside Homestead NHP's Heritage Center.

Lots of tractors!

7999 x 12000
33.0 MB

Tractor driver in straw hat and overalls turns the wheel of a green John Deere tractor on a field nearly all plowed and ready for seed.

Power steering?

4049 x 6073
13.2 MB

Tractor driver wearing straw hat, white beard, and driving a red-orange Allis-Chalmers takes a pass with his plow not far from the imposing architecture of Homestead's Heritage Center.

A building shaped like a plow?

5236 x 7850
30.2 MB

Two women sit behind a table covered with ornate lacework and booklets providing patterns and know-how regarding the art of lacemaking.

Lincoln Lacemaking

4085 x 6127
13.9 MB

Man in a red shirt smiles while holding a string between two hands with a button spinning and suspended in the middle. Behind him are the metal shapes of 30 states that homesteaded, and in front of him are the supplies with which to make hundreds or thousands more button toys.

Button toys

5464 x 8192
22.3 MB

Two women in red volunteer polos smile and look toward the camera as the woman on the left churns butter. Behind them are the yellow ropes supporting the large tent they're under and the Palmer-Epard Cabin.

Churning butter!

3492 x 5238
11.2 MB

Historic reenactor

5912 x 3941
12.9 MB

Capitol City Carvers

4610 x 6915
16.8 MB

Ranger Amber stands next to a green table with a sign reading "National Park Service, Girl Scouts." Two women sit behind the table dressed in green. The lady in the middle's shirt reads, "Girl Scouts- not waiting for permission since 1912".

The Girl Scouts

3388 x 5082
10.4 MB

Woman in red volunteer polo smiles and holds up a cornhusk doll. Towels are on the table in front of her and the wall of Homesteading states is behind her.

Cornhusk Dolls

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24.2 MB

Sock-making

3869 x 5804
16.3 MB

Man wearing traditional Indigenous regalia stands looking out at audience from the front of a white room. A US flag is in the left of the photo frame.

Chief Big Elk

3724 x 5584
9.5 MB

Man holds a white stick of glass into a small torch's flame. There are more glass sticks and multiple finished marbles on the table around him.

Making Marbles

5464 x 8192
29.7 MB

Two photo collage. In first photo, woman in red volunteer polo shows visitors how to use spinning wheel. In the bottom photo, wool, yarn, and knitted things are found on a table.

Making yarns

6689 x 6689
38.7 MB

Three women sit behind a table covered with smocking craft and literature about smocking. Several informational pamphlets are visible.

Prairie Belle Smockers

4090 x 6135
16.4 MB

Living History Extravaganza, HOME, Labor Day weekend (August 31), 2024