T.H.Day

SCS (Soil Conservation Service) Collection

October 14, 1949

This fall photo shows a recently harvested grain field on the Matanuska Colony farm of Joe and Velma Dragseth on tract 84 southeast of Palmer. Several shocks of harvested grain are seen in immediate foreground. Bundles of grain lie in rows over the whole field which takes up the major portion of the view in foreground and middle ground. Bundles have begun to be formed into shocks in a line through the center of the field from front to back. In far middle ground a narrow line of dark spruce forest extends across the image. At far right of this band of trees a typical Colony barn is apparent, and a couple of smaller structures are visible. Snow-covered Chugach Mountains are obvious in background.

Near Palmer, Alaska

Black & White Paper Print, 4"x5"

Farm#3x-SCS