Farm 5

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

Cliff Marcus USDA Soil Conservation Service

Collection

SCS (Soil Conservation Service) Collection

Time Period

July 20, 1958

Description

Image shows a tractor pulling a grain binder in a grain field, cutting and bundling the grain, identified as barley. The foreground exhibits stubble where the grain had been cut, with numerous harvested bundles on the ground. One man is on the tractor, another on the binder at the edge of the uncut grain beyond. Roof tops of several buildings are visible beyond the grain field. Heavy forest is in background with clouds above. Location is identified as Art Thompson's farm on Scott Road just north of Palmer.

Location

Palmer, Alaska

Type

Black & white paper print, 4" x 5"

ENTRY ID

Farming#12xn-SCS

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