deltacounty

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Pickers in a peach orchard, Delta County, Colo. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Quick Prose said:
    The ladders are NEW!!! I grew up in this part of the country and never saw a new ladder before. Probably used the same ladders in the 50's and 60's that were in these pictures. Probably still using them?

Hay stack and automobile of peach pickers, Delta County, Colorado (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Wade Griffith said:
    Why would you want to climb way up on that bail of hay? And couldn't that be a bad place to park if a strong wind came from the opposite direction?
  • Edwin said:
    It is a great place to get naughty.
  • Genevieve Netz said:
    The ladder may still be in place from the process of making the haystack. A well-made, evenly shaped haystack, with the hay firmly packed into place from the ground up, could withstand most winds without damage. I am curious about the oblong shape of this haystack. The shape is unlike the round haystacks that were usually made inside a large cage . Yet, the sides of this haystack are quite straight and it's very tall so if it was done freeform, it's a masterpiece.
  • perfgeek said:
    And here I thought they were putting the finishing touches on the country drive-in theater :) There are enough bulges here and there that I'd believe it was free-form - what strikes this city-boy's eyes is that is a lot of hay to have stacked outside without any cover?
  • Genevieve Netz said:
    I'm a generation younger than this photo, but I grew up on a ranch in northern Nebraska where we made haystacks. The haystacks were kept outside, and they were shaped to shed water. If they were used during the first winter after they were made, rotting of the hay from moisture was minimal. It wouldn't have been practical to keep all the hay inside because such a great quantity of hay was harvested each year to see the cattle through the long winter. I think this was probably true in 1940 in Colorado also. Also, keep in mind that the annual rainfall isn't that much in Colorado. The main reason to keep hay inside is to avoid water damage.

Winner at the Delta County Fair, Colorado (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Photographer Russell Lee (1903-1986): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Lee_(photographer)
  • jdavis417 said:
    Title: My prize-winning dress.
  • Quick Prose said:
    ajaxofsalamis--get a life. Go put your stupid notes on your own pictures.
  • awesome_sauce said:
    The detailing on that dress is just fantastic!
  • Dave Wadsworth said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called western slope faces, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.