A 1950s Thresheree

Here is another look back through that magical photographic window to yesteryear at a scene of a 1950s style thresheree.

 

This vintage Kodachrome only had a number penciled on it (probably for filing purposes), and the newest car model I could spot parked up on those hills was a 1951 Ford.

 

But there is so much cool detail in this photo, with the two vintage (even back then) steam powered tractors, a water wagon between them for when the boilers need a drink, and a well-worn 1936 Dodge farm truck that was probably loaded with split firewood to feed the fireboxes.

 

The truck had a license plate for the State of Washington, and based on the open terrain all around, this location was most likely somewhere in the more wide-open, East-Central Prairie Territories of the State.

 

I also noticed the somewhat formal, country-folk attire of many of the spectators, so maybe this was a Sunday after Church crowd attending on that Sunny day so many years ago. – Circa September 1952.

 

Photographer Unknown – Collection of, and Photoshop slide scan restoration by Jeff Hampton ©

 

 

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