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A Bumper Crop: 1939
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/30/2013 - 8:33pm.
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October 1939. "Garden Park, Fremont County, Colorado. Mrs. R.C. Williams, wife of FSA borrower." An obvious connoisseur of corn. Medium-format negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
Beautiful
Submitted by Berean on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 10:59pm.
After nearly a decade of drought in that part of the country a large, fully filled corn crop was truly a sight of beauty. That is a very genuine smile.
Times have changed
Submitted by vajimmy on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 2:10pm.
It is difficult to look at this without applying the morals of 2013, if you know what I mean. I am old enough to remember when we pulled ears of corn and shucked them by hand to have animal feed all winter. However, I have never seen anyone look at an ear of corn with such tenderness!
Oh what beautiful corn! (colorized)
Submitted by Deborah on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 12:51am.
All I can see is the sun and the bright sky and her joy!
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