Carrots Exposed

Richard Estelle
Palmer Museum of History and Art
Open Finding Aid
Creator

Tom Day, USDA Soil Conservation Service

Collection

SCS (Soil Conservation Service) Collection

Time Period

1950 inferred by other photos in the collection

Description

Image shows a winter scene of several carrots in foreground sticking up from the soil indicating wind eroded the soil from around them. A black hat is nest to the carrots for scale. A typical Colony barn is in background across a barren field. Patches of snow are evident in the background.Farm identified as that of Al Saxton.

Location

Two miles north of Palmer, Alaska

Type

Black & white paper print, 4" x 5"

ENTRY ID

Erosion#9x-SCS

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