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Author Allen, J. C. (John Calvin), 1881-1976, photographer.

Title Memories of life on the farm : through the lens of pioneer photographer J.C. Allen / Frederick Whitford and Neal Harmeyer.

Publication Info. [Ashland, Oregon] : Purdue University Press, 2019.

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Description 1 online resource (409 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Founders series
Founders series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary John Calvin Allen, professionally known as J.C., worked as a photographer for Purdue University from 1909-1952, and operated his own photography business until his death in 1976. The J.C. Allen photographs represent a historical account of the transition from pioneer practices to scientific methodologies in agriculture and rural communities. During this major transitional period for agriculture, tractors replaced horses, hybrid corn supplanted open-pollinated corn, and soybeans changed from a novelty crop to regular rotation on most farms. During this time, purebred animals with better genetic pedigrees replaced run-of-the-mill livestock, and systematic disease prevention in cattle, swine, and poultry took place. Allen's photographs also document clothing styles, home furnishings, and the items people thought important as they went about their daily lives. Looking closely at tractors, livestock, wagons, planters, sprayers, harvesting equipment, and crops gives one a sense of the changing and fast-paced world of agriculture at that time. This volume contains over 900 picturesque images, most never-before-seen, of men, women, and children working on the farm, which remain powerful reminders of life in rural America at the turn of the twentieth century. As old farmhouses and barns fall victim to age, Allen photographs are all that remain. While those people and times no longer exist today, they do remain "alive" because of the preservation of that history on film. A camera in his hands and an eye for photography allowed Allen to create indelible visual histories that continue to tell the story of agriculture and rural life from long ago.
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Subject Allen, J. C. (John Calvin), 1881-1976.
Family farms -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
Family farms.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Genre/Form Pictorial works.
Subject Farm life -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
Farm life.
Agriculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
Agriculture.
Farm life -- United States -- History -- Sources.
Photographers -- United States -- Biography.
Photographers.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Sources.
Electronic books.
History.
Illustrated works.
Illustrated works.
Biographies.
Added Author Whitford, Fred, 1955- writer of added text.
Harmeyer, Neal, 1981- writer of added text.
Added Title Photographs. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2019015189
Other Form: Print version: Whitford, Frederick. Memories of Life on the Farm : Through the Lens of Pioneer Photographer J.C. Allen. Ashland : Purdue University Press, ©2019 9781557538666
ISBN 155753909X
9781557539090 (electronic book)