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Post by doubs43 on Nov 29, 2007 14:07:19 GMT -5
This photograph appears to have been taken in the 1920's, judging by the cars and vehicles seen. Between the mows sits a tractor that likely powered the threshing machine. The threshing machine may be the object behind the tractor. I'm guessing the grain was wheat but don't know for certain. I'm also guessing that it was taken somewhere in Frederick County, Maryland, on one of the farms local to where I grew up. From the number of men it appears to have involved more than a single farmer's workers. This was scanned from a negative taken with an Exakta VX-IIa by my father of the original picture; i. e., it's a copy. The negative includes the large frame around the picture so what you see is roughly 1/3 of a 35mm negative. The photographer obviously knew his business and the original negative or plate must be very sharp. No McDonald people in this picture!   Walker |
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Post by John Parry on Nov 29, 2007 15:30:24 GMT -5
Fantastic! Half of them look happy, and the rest look totally fed up. Seems about right for a world average!
Regards - John
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Post by nikonbob on Nov 29, 2007 17:02:56 GMT -5
What a contrast to what that same scene would look like today. Automation sure makes for less work and employment.
Bob
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Post by doubs43 on Nov 29, 2007 17:34:27 GMT -5
Bob, today it would probably be two people: One to drive the thrashing machine and one to drive the truck that the grain would be unloaded onto.
Walker
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Post by doubs43 on Nov 29, 2007 17:40:56 GMT -5
John, my mother grew up on a farm with 12 brothers and sisters. None stayed on the farm and none became farmers. There were many easier ways to make a living!
I have a lot of respect for my grandparents who went from being farm help to owning their own farm.
Walker
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Post by SidW on Nov 30, 2007 18:30:08 GMT -5
Walker, I enjoy every picture of your father's that you reproduce here. Including like this one which is a reproduction rather than original. Of course, it may have been a request from someone to get a copy, or it might have had family interest for him or your mother.
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Post by doubs43 on Nov 30, 2007 19:31:51 GMT -5
Walker, I enjoy every picture of your father's that you reproduce here. Including like this one which is a reproduction rather than original. Of course, it may have been a request from someone to get a copy, or it might have had family interest for him or your mother. Sid, my father was often asked to copy old photographs. I wish he had written more of the details than he did as it leaves me quessing about more than I like to. For instance, the following picture is a copy of a friend's mother, still in the frame. I'm guessing that this picture would date to the last years of Queen Victoria's reign. Not only the manner of dress but I happen to have known the man and he was probably born in the late 1800's. The family name was Stunkle and our area had large numbers of German sur-names. This image is essentially full frame, just as my father copied it. Again, the original picture was very sharp so I'm pretty certain it was taken by a professional. Some may wonder why I post my father's images rather than my own and the answer is simple; I'm in a race against time to scan his negatives which number in the ten's of thousands. I take a break from time to time and do my own shooting but it's important to me to see that my father's images survive. If I'm lucky, I may be able to do a book from his pictures before I get too old to cut the mustard. LOL I try to only post images that I think will interest the board members here.  Walker |
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