Washington has always been home to some of the best agriculture. With a New Year starting, there may be some things that may change, but it’s always important to reflect and look back at where we’ve been so far. Check out these 17 unique photos captured of farms in our state during the late 1930s and 1940s:
- Here was a wheat farm in Whitman County, taken in the summer of 1936.
Yale - Photographer Unknown
- Harvesting wheat with a combine near Walla Walla, September 1941.
Russell Lee / Yale
- A few bags of wheat coming down off the combine - circa September 1941.
Russell Lee / Yale
- This farmer was providing hand irrigation on a small rented farm northeast of Elma in August 1939.
Dorothea Lange / Yale
- This beautiful orchard was seen along the Yakima River in July 1936.
Arthur Rothstein / Yale
- A candid shot of the orchard trees being sprayed, in the summer of 1936.
Arthur Rothstein / Yale
- Taken at a wheat farm near Bickleton in the summer of 1936.
Arthur Rothstein / Yale
- Dumping a full sack of pears into a lug box, which would be trucked away to the packing house.
Dorothea Lange / Yale Check out the “Yakima” design on the picking sack, which opens from bottom. Taken in August 1939.
- Here was a hop field and drying barn in Yakima around July 1936.
Arthur Rothstein / Yale
- Another fascinating perspective of the hop fields in Yakima, taken in July ‘36.
Arthur Rothstein / Yale
- If you headed out onto the fields, this would have been your view.
Arthur Rothstein / Yale
- A Yakima farmer taking a sack of hops from a portable-type mechanical picker in September 1941.
Russell Lee / Yale Those are some amazing overalls.
- This barnyard shot was taken near Bickleton in July 1936.
Arthur Rothstein / Yale
- An erosion on the farm near Bickleton in the summer of 1936.
Arthur Rothstein / Yale
- Up close, you can see more of the damage.
Arthur Rothstein / Yale
- Here was a charming, prosperous farm near Pullman in the summer of 1936.
Arthur Rothstein / Yale
- This farmer was being pulled on his combine through wheat fields, with mules leading the way!
Russell Lee / Yale Taken in the Walla Walla area in September 1941.
Aren’t these vintage photos of farms in Washington incredible? Which one was your favorite?
Yale - Photographer Unknown
Russell Lee / Yale
Dorothea Lange / Yale
Arthur Rothstein / Yale
Check out the “Yakima” design on the picking sack, which opens from bottom. Taken in August 1939.
Those are some amazing overalls.
Taken in the Walla Walla area in September 1941.
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