Cliff Marcus

SCS (Soil Conservation Service) Collection

September 1957

This fall image facing east shows local farmer John Nash combining barley in a field next to the Pioneer cemetery on the east side of Palmer. Much of the field has already been cut, with the tractor pulling the combine in the center of the image advancing toward the camera cutting a final strip of grain in the middle of the field. Remaining uncut grain is visible in middle ground at left. A tall narrow spruce tree stands obviously near the middle of the field directly behind the combine. Heavy birch forest forms the middle ground across the image with clouded-shrouded mountains occupying the near background. At the base of the trees just beyond the edge of the field at left several white gravestones are visible in the adjacent Pioneer Cemetary. At right are several power poles and lines paralleling the slightly visible Glenn Highway.

Palmer, Alaska

Black & White Paper Print 4" x 5"

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